James May in 1998

[Wacky Racer]

[johnsmith222]

Thanks for sharing . The real star of this is council kangol wheelie man. Wonder if he's still around or if he became one with the street furniture. His stories have a strong whiff of chinny though.

I'm more familiar with bikes than I am with fast cars, but I doubt the performance of say a 98 R1 would "bury it" vs "a ferrari" unless he just means 0 to 60 times or something.

Edited by johnsmith222 on Monday 20th January 23:17

[carinaman]

johnsmith222 said:

Thanks for sharing . The real star of this is council kangol wheelie man. Wonder if he's still around or if he became one with the street furniture. His stories have a strong whiff of chinny though.

I'm more familiar with bikes than I am with fast cars, but I doubt the performance of say a 98 R1 would "bury it" vs "a ferrari" unless he just means 0 to 60 times or something.

Just responding to your second paragraph. The SV650 is a bit of do it all, happy shopper A2 bike used by some rider training schools:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ9FlON7EtU

I wasn't denigrating the SV650 just trying to give context in that it's not a '98 R1.

As legendary engines go the SV650 motor is in the same league as the 911 Flat Six?

Edited by carinaman on Wednesday 22 January 20:04

[trickywoo]

johnsmith222 said:

Thanks for sharing . The real star of this is council kangol wheelie man. Wonder if he's still around or if he became one with the street furniture. His stories have a strong whiff of chinny though.

I'm more familiar with bikes than I am with fast cars, but I doubt the performance of say a 98 R1 would "bury it" vs "a ferrari" unless he just means 0 to 60 times or something.

Edited by johnsmith222 on Monday 20th January 23:17

A 98 r1 would do a standing 1/4 in low 10s. Enough to keep a modern Ferrari honest. In 100-200 kph terms it’s probably in the 5s bracket. A Ferrari 488 is probably about the same. The r1 would have buried any contemporary Ferrari.

[johnsmith222]

carinaman said:

Just responding to your second paragraph. The SV650 is a bit of do it all, happy shopper A2 bike used by some rider training schools:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ9FlON7EtU

I wasn't denigrating the SV650 just trying to give context in that it's not a '98 R1.

As legendary engines go the SV650 motor is in the same league as the 911 Flat Six?

Edited by carinaman on Wednesday 22 January 20:04

trickywoo said:

A 98 r1 would do a standing 1/4 in low 10s. Enough to keep a modern Ferrari honest. In 100-200 kph terms it’s probably in the 5s bracket. A Ferrari 488 is probably about the same. The r1 would have buried any contemporary Ferrari.

Thanks guys. I've got an E1 ZX9R which has similar performance to the 98 R1 in terms of acceleration. I was thinking more along the lines of track times rather than acceleration and straight line stuff. I know more about bikes than I do about high end cars so could be off.

[carinaman]

johnsmith222 said:

Thanks guys. I've got an E1 ZX9R which has similar performance to the 98 R1 in terms of acceleration. I was thinking more along the lines of track times rather than acceleration and straight line stuff. I know more about bikes than I do about high end cars so could be off.

Stats from back in the day featuring an R1:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/triggerscarstuff/311...

[J__Wood]

Unless I'm reading that carefully placed plate wrong, it's still alive -

R346 UFR HONDA VTR1000 F MOT valid until 23 July 2025
and not even SORNed VED due 1 August 2025

Nice MOT history, my favourite - "Rear fairing is loose but does not appear to be in a position to fall off."

[carinaman]

J__Wood said:

Unless I'm reading that carefully placed plate wrong, it's still alive -

R346 UFR HONDA VTR1000 F MOT valid until 23 July 2025
and not even SORNed VED due 1 August 2025

Nice MOT history, my favourite - "Rear fairing is loose but does not appear to be in a position to fall off."

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