…down the quarter mile (below).At the drag strip there are multiple times gathered in the quarter-mile. The delay in a rider?s response to the green light is dubbed the reaction time. (There always is a built-in fractionally small delay or else the rider is given a red-light.) A 60-foot time is also registered…

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…name proud and demolishes the ZX with its stupendous 60-foot time, a massive 32% quicker. By the eighth-mile mark, the big Kaw's greater peak horsepower is pulling back time on the Harley, but it's not enough to beat it through the quarter despite going through the traps 9 mph faster.?????????????????????Kawasaki…

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…status on the street. Nothing else could hope to hang with it at the strip, as it was the first production bike capable of running a 9-second quarter-mile. The Hayabusa has been a staple for dealers, as sales have steadily increased year after year, beating the sales number of the previous season since…

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…flexes some muscle on the '09 V-Rod Muscle.The void between me and the far hill at the end of Infineon's drag strip was black and measureless, the quarter-mile strip sticky with high-grade NHRA rubber left over from the day before. I did my best to channel the spirits of Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines riders…

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…to that of the ground-based rubber shod-type, then even a million dollar-plus Bugatti Veyron supercar might fall short in a drag race under a quarter-mile. The VMax is that fast! But there's much more to this machine than outright acceleration. We expected it to haul-ass as soon as we set our eyes…

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…like a full-on sportbike. Use all that Revolution power and the Harley will lay down quarter-mile times in the 11.3-second range at 115 mph. It'll take another second or so later until the Warrior cuts the timing lights in the mid-12s. The Yamaha's advantage in torque can't make up for its 35-hp deficiency…

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…enough power and torque to gratify any cruiser enthusiast, short of wiley power-cruiser devotees who expect nothing less than low 11-second quarter-mile times. Dropping the clutch and grabbing a fist-full of throttle is enough to get adrenaline going, and rarely, if ever, were we looking for more power…

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…riders. And while this may sound easy enough to achieve, it's not. It is, however, extremely important. This is why Star has spent a great deal of time and money developing the all-new V-Star 950. According to recent market research, in the United States cruisers find their way into the hands of the…

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…paired off on the drag strip for some performance testing. With the same rider on board, the?V-Strom and?BMW posted similar times in both the eighth- and quarter-mile times. The?Ducati and Triumph, the lightest of the group, were the fastest and also closed out with similar score cards. With its water…

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…radiator tucked between the front frame rails.The 1312cc motor is plenty capable of propelling the bike at a spirited pace too. Quarter mile times are in the mid-13s at 90-plus miles per hour, which is just about as fast as a $30,000 BMW M3 for those of you taking notes. Bore and stroke measurements of 89…

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