Your 0-60?

I'm a heavy fellow at 275lbs. I timed it, took me about 7 - 7.5 seconds with a normal start. Could maybe shave it down half a second with some clutch abuse. Wondering how much weight plays a part and how fast everyone elses is versus their weight.

My Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dAy_C5sZI

oic0 wrote:

I'm a heavy fellow at 275lbs. I timed it, took me about 7 - 7.5 seconds with a normal start. Could maybe shave it down half a second with some clutch abuse. Wondering how much weight plays a part and how fast everyone elses is versus their weight.

My Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dAy_C5sZI

I just captured a similar run on my largely stock WR250R (with 47T rear sprocket) - that involved a running start from about 18km/hr to 100 km/hr (10 mph - 62 mph) - using my new Sony DSC-HX20V digital camera sitting on a Drift GoPro Mount Adaptor and connected to a GoPro Chest Mount filmed in 1080P 60FPS. It appears to take about 7.5 to 8.0 seconds for the run. I suspect with the street tires on the WR-X, it is able to put the power to the pavement a bit better.

Here is a compressed version of the video, encoded in 1080P @30FPS in Windows Media (.wmv) format from my DropBox account if you are curious about the setup.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/97531182/WR250R%20-%200-60%20mph%20running%20start.wmv

Today, I configured my Samsung Galaxy S Glide to work with a bluetooth GPS (BT 818XT) receiver using the Android app called Dynomaster. It will be interesting to see whether this setup will yield accurate and consistent performance data.

Oic0 - I would be curious to see your results using a street-start (5 mph - 60 mph) run.

Mike

Why ?

Inquiring minds want to know.
Gives the bookies somewhere to start...

X-Racer wrote:

Why ?

for me it was a matter of everyone always saying "Oh you weigh X amount? the bike will be too slow with you on there!, buy something bigger". Well, I weigh close to 300 with all my gear on. I wanted to see how much different it really is for people substantially lighter compared to my fat ass. I fully understand how power to weight ratio is supposed to work, but if I can manage 7 - 7.5 seconds to 60...

Ahhhh.... Got it. Thanks....