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The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: punkynlew1 on April 28, 2013, 08:48:58 PM
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I'm curious. I've read jokers claiming a certain color is fastest. Who has the fastest C14 proven with a time slip from a 1/4 mile drag strip and what color is the bike? Mine is neutron silver and has a time slip showing 9.92 et @ 144 mph. I know Spaz has said his silver has tied mine exactly. Maybe we can settle this matter once and for all? Lew :stirpot: :popcorn:
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You would have a better chance of settling the KiPiss debacle.
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Mine is neutron silver and has[...] I know Spaz has said his silver has tied mine exactly.
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There is no debate. The first year, 2008, was the only year without an electronic speed limiter. Therefore it is the fastest. If you are wondering about quickest in the quarter mile that is another matter.
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I'm curious. I've read jokers claiming a certain color is fastest. Who has the fastest C14 proven with a time slip from a 1/4 mile drag strip and what color is the bike? Mine is neutron silver and has a time slip showing 9.92 et @ 144 mph. I know Spaz has said his silver has tied mine exactly. Maybe we can settle this matter once and for all? Lew :stirpot: :popcorn:
Is that NA??
FWIW, Silverdammit (The ORIGINAL Neutron Silver) is and always will be first, therefore faster than the rest ;)
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I'm curious. I've read jokers claiming a certain color is fastest. Who has the fastest C14 proven with a time slip from a 1/4 mile drag strip and what color is the bike? Mine is neutron silver and has a time slip showing 9.92 et @ 144 mph. I know Spaz has said his silver has tied mine exactly. Maybe we can settle this matter once and for all? Lew :stirpot: :popcorn:
Ok, What have you done to your C14 to get that kind of ET? My best run is 10.8@126MPH. You are spanking me by a whole second. A stock ZX14R usually runs in the 9.5-9.9 range....
Aaron
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I'm curious. I've read jokers claiming a certain color is fastest. Who has the fastest C14 proven with a time slip from a 1/4 mile drag strip and what color is the bike? Mine is neutron silver and has a time slip showing 9.92 et @ 144 mph. I know Spaz has said his silver has tied mine exactly. Maybe we can settle this matter once and for all? Lew :stirpot: :popcorn:
Holly garbanzo beans!!! 9.92 on a C14!!?? What mods have you done?
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Holly garbanzo beans!!! 9.92 on a C14!!?? What mods have you done?
I do believe he bolted on a hairdryer ;)
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Green ;D
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I do believe he bolted on a hairdryer ;)
A very high speed hairdryer.
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Holly garbanzo beans!!! 9.92 on a C14!!?? What mods have you done?
:popcorn:
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Ok, What have you done to your C14 to get that kind of ET? My best run is 10.8@126MPH. You are spanking me by a whole second. A stock ZX14R usually runs in the 9.5-9.9 range....
Aaron
Not much ;)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0)
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Neutron Silver got here first. Matter settled.
Doesnt matter if you won by a day, or a year...
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I am going to say the fastest color is whatever color Fretka's turbo is. If we are going to have drag races and talk smack, my wager of a six pack is on the turbo colored one. My red one is not the quickest, nor is it the fastest - it just has the best looking rider :finger_fing11:
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Not much ;)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0)
Ah, he is the turbo guy. That explains it. Although then we go from the time being to fast to it being too slow (for what it is)....
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Not much ;)
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=9375.0)
Well ok then, that splains it. :hail:
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Yep, she's turbocharged by Chris Jones. That didn't come cheap. I'm still expecting the bike to do better than 9.92 et @ 144 mph. Lew
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Well, my C14 goes around 750mph when in my garage, which is just over a 1-second quarter-mile.
It all just depends on your point of reference. Mine is a point in space just over my head :-)
So, the answer is Candy Arabian Red! :deadhorse:
Jeff
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Well, my C14 goes around 750mph when in my garage, which is just over a 1-second quarter-mile.
It all just depends on your point of reference. Mine is a point in space just over my head :-)
So, the answer is Candy Arabian Red! :deadhorse:
Jeff
What color is a stop light?
What color is the reflective mirror in your headlight? Yep, Silver is what excelerates light. Black is a big light sucker as it knows it can't keep up. The go light is green yes? All lined up for another stop light ;D
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I am going to say the fastest color is whatever color Fretka's turbo is. If we are going to have drag races and talk smack, my wager of a six pack is on the turbo colored one. My red one is not the quickest, nor is it the fastest - it just has the best looking rider :finger_fing11:
Why thank you! I guess you'll be wanting your bike back now? 8)
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Yes, Conrad I would appreciate it. I have a nice ride in West Virginia this weekend and I don't want to take the car. :D
At least I was correct about the turbo color - I just didn't know someone else put a turbo on the C-14.
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...you've got me by about .03 seconds Lew. :) My run was only 9.95 @ 144.86mph.... but I was up in Tucson (I'm also at stock ride height too ;D ). But that still makes Silver the quickest.
But as far as fast goes, Black has the only 200+mph run I've ever seen. I know.... I filmed it. :)
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...you've got me by about .03 seconds Lew. :) My run was only 9.95 @ 144.86mph.... but I was up in Tucson (I'm also at stock ride height too ;D ). But that still makes Silver the quickest.
But as far as fast goes, Black has the only 200+mph run I've ever seen. I know.... I filmed it. :)
Do you know what mods enabled the black's 200 mph run? I haven't tried it, yet. Have you and/or Fretka got your turbo C14s fixed and back on the road? Lew
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I took the bags off.... that's about all the mod it required (or needed).
My bike runs fine now, sans turbo. As soon as I can afford a proper fuel pump and regulator, It'll all go back together. In the mean time, I'm working out the bugs in my supercharged ZX10R. Once that's 100% daily-drivable, I'll get back to putting the snail on the C14.
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...you've got me by about .03 seconds Lew. :) My run was only 9.95 @ 144.86mph.... but I was up in Tucson (I'm also at stock ride height too ;D ). But that still makes Silver the quickest.
But as far as fast goes, Black has the only 200+mph run I've ever seen. I know.... I filmed it. :)
Have you guys had any worries of running this much horsepower through the stock transmission and shaft-drive? Just curious. Also, any vids of your burnouts and trips down the dragstrip?
Aaron
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No worries on the tranny at all... ZX14 parts in there and they're all battle tested & approved. The front bevel gear for the driveshaft was my only concern, but it's built like a tank. The GVWR for this bike is insane... it's overbuilt on purpose. I wouldn't make a bit out of hard launching a turbo c14 at max GVWR, but it took any abuse I could throw at it... even fast runs with the Significant Other aboard. :) I think Fretka had a bevel gear issue, but it was likely a factory defect. All that said, if you beat on anything hard enough it will break... and you don't need a lot of HP to do that.
...and I don't do burnouts at the track on a SWB (short wheel base) bike. An Angel tire @ 40psi hooked up just fine to run 9's.... it just doesn't need those shenanigans on a well prepped track unless it's long and low.. and going a lot faster than we are now. :)
Turbocharged C14 Runs 9's (Kawasaki Concours) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvF9ZiumcnI#ws) ...that's the only 1/4 mile video I have. It's crappy, but the bike in the far lane was a ZX10R running about a 10.8 for reference. :)
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Turbocharged C14 Runs 9's (Kawasaki Concours) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvF9ZiumcnI#ws)
:o
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It's silly to debate what color is the fastest........
At least we all know black is the prettiest. ;)
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It's silly to debate what color is the fastest........
At least we all know black is the prettiest. ;)
Them's fightin' words....
Black might be purdy, but only when it is clean which is pretty much NEVER ;D
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It's silly to debate what color is the fastest........
At least we all know black is the prettiest. ;)
And like pretty women requires lots of maintenance to stay that way ;D That dinner date in 30 minutes? Better call for new reservations :P
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Black might be purdy, but only when it is clean which is pretty much NEVER ;D
Yeah, but wimmin like dirty guys. :rotflmao:
Silver is like beige,.... it means you have given up on life.
Red = young and desperate
Blue = middle aged and comfortable
Black = Goth or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Silver = senile or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Beige = just shoot me already
Bright Green = Mid-life crisis,.... eh ZG? :rotflmao: :stirpot:
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Yeah, but wimmin like dirty guys. :rotflmao:
Silver is like beige,.... it means you have given up on life.
Red = young and desperate
Blue = middle aged and comfortable
Black = Goth or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Silver = senile or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Beige = just shoot me already
Bright Green = Mid-life crisis,.... eh ZG? :rotflmao: :stirpot:
^^^^^spot-on, plus the chix dig the blue ;)
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So, just what is Silverdammit? It aint really silver, it aint blue, it aint green, and in damn sure aint even close to black!! I say Silverdammit ia s close to perfection as you can get, looks awesome, never really needs to be washed (short of routine maintenance), and is the proven fastest color ;D
Don't believe me? See Conrads sig line ;)
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So, just what is Silverdammit? It aint really silver, it aint blue, it aint green, and in damn sure aint even close to black!! I say Silverdammit ia s close to perfection as you can get, looks awesome, never really needs to be washed (short of routine maintenance), and is the proven fastest color ;D
Don't believe me? See Conrads sig line ;)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9S7Ai8S-h7o/Teegu5HIG_I/AAAAAAAABiU/WBP1s_aAIis/s1600/we+have+a+winer.jpg)
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Yeah, but wimmin like dirty guys. :rotflmao:
Silver is like beige,.... it means you have given up on life.
Red = young and desperate
Blue = middle aged and comfortable
Black = Goth or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Silver = senile or can't be bothered with choosing a colour
Beige = just shoot me already
Bright Green = Mid-life crisis,.... eh ZG? :rotflmao: :stirpot:
:rotflmao: :chugbeer:
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Yeah, but wimmin like dirty guys. :rotflmao:
Hence why Silverdammit comes out on top, yet again, no need to wash her, always ready to ride, regardless of road grime ;D ;D
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So, just what is Silverdammit?
Silvery light baby blue.
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Silvery light baby blue.
With a hint of Kawi Green for good measure ;D