0 - 60mph times

[DanAbnormal]

Anyone know what the sv650 0-60 time is? Either the curvy or the pointy I can't imagine they are that different.

Trying to settle a debate here at work that for the money the SV is as quick as some very expensive cars (these cage drivers!)

I mean stock times too.

[Filipe M.]

Data for the curvy:

What are the performance figures?

Figures are pretty thin on the ground at the moment (Nov '99) but these figures were published in May 1999 Cycle World :

1/4 mi. 11.85 sec. @ 110.17mph.

0-30 mph 1.34 sec.
0-60 mph 3.20 sec.
0-90 mph 6.79 sec.
0-100 mph 8.76 sec.

40-60 mph 3.27 sec.
60-80 mph 3.90 sec.

Measured top speed 128 mph

Take a look at the org's home page, FAQ's and How To's.

[Daimo]

3.2 0-60mph, not bad. Very short gearing on it low down though.

11.8 1/4 mile. Well i've watched that video of the guy in the USA doing a 12.3 @ 103mph so thats my target on our visit to Santa Pod on the 13th May.

Post is in Rideouts for those interested. Come on, take on the challange :wink: 8)

[haggis]

Anyone know what the sv650 0-60 time is? Either the curvy or the pointy I can't imagine they are that different.

Trying to settle a debate here at work that for the money the SV is as quick as some very expensive cars (these cage drivers!)

I mean stock times too.

Yep, you have to go to really highly tuned stuff to beat it 0-60.
The extra horsepower shows up on the 1/4 mile times though.

[DanAbnormal]

3.2???

Christ on a stick that's quick.

I mean that's up there with Ferrari F430 and V8 Vanquish times.

My word. Bikes rule!!!

[Jelster]

Aerial Atom is repotedly under 3 secs, at about £30k'ish, lot of 4 wheel speed for the money.

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[Toypop]

Yes the one on Top Gear (300bhp job) was actually 40kish and whilst claimed to do sub 3 to 60 it appeared to get wasted off the line by a lardy CBR600...

[Jelster]

Yes the one on Top Gear (300bhp job) was actually 40kish and whilst claimed to do sub 3 to 60 it appeared to get wasted off the line by a lardy CBR600...

I think you're right; that's the supecharged one, the standard Honda powered unit is about 3.2 0-60, and about £30k.

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[tricky]

I'd test it myself (SV650) but I've got nowhere to stick the G-Tech

[DanAbnormal]

I've just checked this site for all manner of car 0-60 times and 1/4 mile times too. I'm rather pleased with my sub £5k bike can outperform a car worth almost a million squid.

Car's of note (car - 0-60 - 1/4mile):
2003 Audi TT 1.8 Quattro 7.3 15.7
2002 Aston Martin V-12 Vanquish 4.4 12.9
2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur (twin-turbo W-12) 4.6 13.1
2002 BMW M3 4.7 13.4
2006 Bugatti Veyron 2.3 10.8 (This should beat everything though! 1000+bhp)
1992 Ferrari F40 3.8 11.8
2002 Lamborghini Murcielago 3.6 12.0
1997 McLaren F1 3.9 11.7
2002 Porsche 911 GT2 3.6 11.9
2006 Subaru Impreza 22B STi 4.7 13.5 (hahahahahahahahaaaa)

[mysteryjimbo]

Aerial Atom is repotedly under 3 secs, at about £30k'ish, lot of 4 wheel speed for the money.

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That used hold the 0-100-0 record. Then for the first time a bike won, GSXR 1000. I think its held by a car again now.

[Daimo]

Dan, wouldn't take those times as gospel, msot of those are wrong (TT will hit 60mph in 6.4, Mclaren F1 in 3.4).

And the Veryon, well if it can hit 60mph in less than 3 seconds, it will certainly do the 1/4 in less than 10.8.... Funny though, i know cars with around 250bhp less than run around the same 0-60mph but run a faster 14 mile.... Can't say any of them will do 250 though lol...

PS, Arial Atom doesn't hold the 0-100-0mph. Thats held by the Ultima GTR...

http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/gtr/pics/gtr71.jpg

http://www.ultimasports.co.uk/gtr/pics/gtr06.jpg

[Filipe M.]

Now that's what I call an air filter!!! :shock:

[mysteryjimbo]

Dan, wouldn't take those times as gospel, msot of those are wrong (TT will hit 60mph in 6.4, Mclaren F1 in 3.4).

And the Veryon, well if it can hit 60mph in less than 3 seconds, it will certainly do the 1/4 in less than 10.8.... Funny though, i know cars with around 250bhp less than run around the same 0-60mph but run a faster 14 mile.... Can't say any of them will do 250 though lol...

PS, Arial Atom doesn't hold the 0-100-0mph. Thats held by the Ultima GTR...



Aerial Atom is repotedly under 3 secs, at about £30k'ish, lot of 4 wheel speed for the money.

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That used hold the 0-100-0 record. Then for the first time a bike won, GSXR 1000. I think its held by a car again now.

Not strictly what i said..... :wink:

[DanAbnormal]

Ooh I love Ultima's. I saw one race a few years back by that Quaiffe guy (the gearbox man who died not so long ago). It killed everything it that race. It was a little unfair really as it was clearly much more tuned than the rest.

[Peter Henry]

oh I say that's a tastey looking "maquina!" :shock:

[jayjay]

0 - 60 in 3.2 is this realistic, i hope it is, did not think the SV was that fast, wow :shock:

[Filipe M.]

0 - 60 in 3.2 is this realistic, i hope it is, did not think the SV was that fast, wow :shock:

It is, within a couple of seconds give or take... :wink:

[kwak zzr]

so is the pointy quicker or about the same?

[GSXR Carlos]

i bet my blue curvey is quicker than your silver pointy :lol:

[kwak zzr]

yep your probably right :wink:

[The Basket]

0-60 is based on weight and skill.

Fat knacker with no skill 0-60 pah!!!

Dani Pedrosa...now that is 0-60.

[kwak zzr]

:winner: very true! thats why i'm a tad under 11stone, dieting is cheaper than carbon and alloy mods. :D

[valleyboy]

3.2 seconds sounds a bit too quick for an SV... the ZX-6R is supposedly a 3.2 second thing, and the CBR600 is a 3.3 and a 749 is down as 3.5 seconds...

Im just going form these links I found...

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/600AccelerationComparison2.gif

http://photos.motorcycle-usa.com/SupersportQuarterMileChart.jpg

the SV is defo a sub 4 second bike though.. no doubting that.... :D

[Saint Matt]

Realistically, you would be lucky to see 4.5 seconds assuming you are a competant rider. Maybe 4 secodns if you were running on fumes, and were an anorexic clutch raping dwarf.

[valleyboy]

:lol: :lol:

[kwak zzr]

i always thought most big bikes did it in the 3's and they wasnt much between them up to 60.

[Valman]

3.2 would be difficult.

A BMW M3 takes around 5 seconds to hit 62 mph and I've beaten M3's in a drag race off the lights with a little distance between me and the car so for my bike I would say it takes around 4.5 seconds, but then I only weigh 11 stones and I do have a 47t sprocket. However, I do normally have a full tank of fuel and I normally carry an Almax chain and lock, a Motrax Vishas disk lock and rucksack with a bike cover and any thing else I need for work with me so I could probably get it down to 4 seconds by getting rid of the unnecessary stuff.

[tricky]

I've done a few a laps of Donnington in someone else's Noble M12 GTO 3R and the accelleration isn't as exciting as my SV.

If I gave up little luxuries like food and shoes I could probably afford a Noble, I saved up for 6 months and paid cash for my SV.

SO I'm not really that fussed if its 2.3, 3.2 or 4.6, makes me grin every time.

[amarko5]

Aerial Atom is repotedly under 3 secs, at about £30k'ish, lot of 4 wheel speed for the money.

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but not a lot of car :P :wink:

[rob13]

Someone i know has one - immense looking car, especially when he started using it for work!

[amarko5]

http://upload4.postimage.org/174576/arielatomf34500.jpg (http://upload4.postimage.org/174576/photo_hosting.html)

[Jelster]

The chances of anyone doing really quick 0-60's on the road is pretty slim. The car/bike has to be in a suitable state of tune and the driver/rider also has to be on form.

In general, most bikes should leave most cars, the power/weight ratio is in our favour and very powerful cars have problem getting the power down on normal roads. However, there are a few cars driven by "good" drivers that will give you a run for your money, especially if they get away half a second or so before you.

When I had a head to head with an M3 the conversation between us was something like:

Me "4.2 litres and over £30k ? This is 600cc and only £6k" (I was on my Gixer)
Him "Maybe, but I don't get wet when it rains and get the family in too" :lol:

See, it's all relative..... But it's all about fun isn't it ?

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[Peter Henry]

Steve....So that makes it that his super dooper car is only priced at 4pence per cc more than your Gixxer was? Difficult to make financial sense about owning a bike isn't it? :wink: :P

[Jelster]

Steve....So that makes it that his super dooper car is only priced at 4pence per cc more than your Gixxer was? Difficult to make financial sense about owning a bike isn't it? :wink: :P

Maybe, but I haven't got £30k laying around right now.... And how much per mile does it cost ? 8)

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[A-jay]

RIDE datalogged a pointy at 3.64 secs 0-60 and 0-100 in about 9.5 secs.

Not bad... 8)

[DanAbnormal]

My cat can do 0-60 in about 2 seconds flat. Now that's impressive. Must be the 4 leg drive thing. Just need to figure out a way to attach a seat and some renthals to her.

[socommk23]

why do we get restricted licenses? and yet if you can afford it from 17 you could get a veyron! yet bikers be stuck on a 125?

bet the rules are made by car drivers!

[GSXR Carlos]

or the majority of voters

[DanAbnormal]

why do we get restricted licenses? and yet if you can afford it from 17 you could get a veyron! yet bikers be stuck on a 125?

bet the rules are made by car drivers!

As replied to in other posts if a 17 year old could get hs hands on a GSX-R1000 then we really should start to worry. There would be so many deaths. I for one agree with the current system but feel there is not much need to make it any harder.

[Yarodia]

I agree with the current system for bikes, but new car drivers shouldn't be able to drive big cars for a year either. Surely they should be on a graded licence too?

[socommk23]

I agree with the current system for bikes, but new car drivers shouldn't be able to drive big cars for a year either. Surely they should be on a graded licence too?

some one talking and thinking sence!
for christ sake!
why the rest of you so prepared to roll over like dead dogs!

[madmal]

I agree with the current system for bikes, but new car drivers shouldn't be able to drive big cars for a year either. Surely they should be on a graded licence too?

good point. surprised this hasn't become standard already.

[goonrider]

A mate of mine who is a bit of a 'boy racer' who to be honest has never grown up (currently drives an Evo) strangely also agrees with young car drivers having 'stepped' access to larger machinery :shock:

(I told him of the 'pending' bike test restrictions, which he also thinks is good :? )


...Oh and just to confirm, I currently manage just short of 4 Mississippis from the lights to 60. who needs electronics! :roll:

[socommk23]

thank you people!
nice to see some can think this way....supprising a car driver can too!

but back to the point!
0-60!!!!!
i seen the book time of 3.2!
and i dont think it far off.....im about 12 stone and if i wanna launch it proper i do it from second gear!
plenty of torque and so depending on final gear ratio can reach 60 without a gear change!
even with a change to third i think its close enough!

[Ceri JC]

I agree with the current system for bikes, but new car drivers shouldn't be able to drive big cars for a year either. Surely they should be on a graded licence too?

That's my POV.

I agree with the current bike system. I know if I'd gotten a full power SV at age 17, I'd be dead or crippled by now. I know there are exceptions, but most 17 year olds aren't responsible enough for stupidly quick machines.

[Saint Matt]

I agree with the current system for bikes, but new car drivers shouldn't be able to drive big cars for a year either. Surely they should be on a graded licence too?

That's my POV.

I agree with the current bike system. I know if I'd gotten a full power SV at age 17, I'd be dead or crippled by now. I know there are exceptions, but most 17 year olds aren't responsible enough for stupidly quick machines.

Very fair statement to make :)

[tomjones2]

I reckon the restricted licences are a good idea for bike but wouldn't be so necessary for cars.

IMO you need a lot more skill to ride a half powerful bike on the road than you do to drive any realistically insurable modern car. Far enough young drivers shouldn't be getting in Ferrari but from personal experience and observation of others many of the accidents that my friends were involved in may have been avoided had they been in a more modern car with electronics such as traction control and abs.

[Saint Matt]

Cost restricts most young car drivers from driving fast cars

[socommk23]

Cost restricts most young car drivers from driving fast cars

cost restricts most!!!!

not all!!!!

[Yarodia]

Cost is a factor, but it's not the minority of young people in big cars that cause the problem on the road, that's just one problem.

The problem as I see it is inexperienced drivers pushing the limits of that limited experience, and people who should know better not paying due attention to the fact that they are in control of a dangerous machine. That goes for bikes and car drivers.

Staged licences for new drivers would help.... More focus on advanced training for car drivers would also help.... A big spike on the steering wheel would help....

8)

[The Basket]

The cost of insurance puts off the buying of top motahs surely?

And if they don't have insurance then not having a type of licence won't be a problem either.

[The Basket]

Got some stats
SV650S...standard...box fresh

69.7bhp...44.8lb ft torque(more than a fazer 600)
A Fazer is making max torque at 10,000 revs and a SV at 7,000 revs
0-60 mph 4.15 seconds top speed 135 mph.

Another set of stats are

0-60mph 3.64 seconds top speed 125mph
0-100mph 9.53 seconds...(a GSX-R1000 does 5.38!!!)
68.5bhp and 43.81lb.ft torque.

What these stats prove is that the SV accelerates very hard for its average power. It has more torque than a 600 Fazer or 600 Hornet...650 Bandit? Nope :D The SV is producing more power in the bottom and mid range. Where most riders ride.

Open the throttle against these 3 bikes at 7,000 revs, the SV will pull ahead as it is producing more horse and torque. Until the bigger bike horse comes into play.

The Daddy of the budget class...the Z750. It makes more power and torque everywhere in the rev range...slaughters the SV in any drag race.

[I'm_a_Newbie]

I had side by side drag away from some lights yesterday against a Honda CB600F and I creamed him. I was expecting a closer run. When I reached 70'ish on the motorway slip road I checked my mirrors and he was a good 20 feet behind. My SV has lifted the front wheel in second several times just accelerating in 2nd without dropping the clutch. I agree they are a quick bike, the engine is so flexible right through the rev range. From what i have read about IL4's I'll be sticking to twins for now.

I wouldn't mind a blast on a GSXR750 though, just to see what they are like. I also like the look of the Trimuph ST. Sat on one the other day, oh what comfort compared to the SV.

Tim

[The Basket]

Yes, the SV accelerates hard for a 650cc V-twin. Torque and light weight see to this.

However, it is only as good as its rival budget machines.

The 0-60 time for the SV is good but the 0-100 time is rather ordinary.
The 0-120 would be much slower than a good 600 IL4. It should prove faster than a low powered IL4 such as the Bandit 650 and CBF600 in all speeds and rev range.

A Z750 will do 0-100mph in 7.80 seconds. Getting on for 2 seconds faster. It will also be accelerating harder at 100 than a SV too. A Fazer 600 is not that far behind either.

Below 80mph, the SV is competitive but above 80, the lack of horse means that the faster bikes will start to pull away.

Having said that, a SV is much faster than a GS500 or CBF500 and will have times closer to a superbike than a 500cc commuter twin.

[Blazingsvbiker]

very fast! i already smoked a ferrari 360 spider with no probs so it is fast :twisted: but hell yeah it's a V-twin also man

car ive smoked :
http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/4942/360spiderfrontside3qd.th.jpg (http://img238.imageshack.us/my.php?image=360spiderfrontside3qd.jpg)

[Speedy]

:lol: Yeah,I've done a Porsche Carrerra 4, He bottled out and became a little spec in my mirrors!

The SV does take people by surprise,it's GREAT!!

There is 2 sides to the 'restriction issue';

1, Someone who's been restricted to a low power machine(Car/Bike)will come off their restriction,get a full/more powerful machine and could hurt themselves or someone else,due to giving their new machine a load of welly,and losing control and crashing.

2, Someone who has a powerful machine in the first place,learns to respect the power they have,and knows they have nothing to prove,so may ride/drive more carefully.

I'm not disagreeing or agreeing with the 'restriction issue',it's a difficult one as everyone is different,rides/drives different.

I myself had a TS185 ER at the age of 11,and used it off-road,so by the age of 16,when I got my RD50 MX,I was used to a more powerful machine,and so rang the 50's neck!

I was also allowed a ride of my Dads CBR1100XX,when he first got it,I was about 18-19,It was stupid-quick,and so got off shaking like a leaf!
But I respected it. And realised that powerful bikes don't need to be ridden flat out everywhere.

But that's me,and my opinion,I know everyone is different,and don't expect anybody/everybody to agree with me! :)

[Saint Matt]

Beating a car is nothing to gloat about once you're on a bike over 125cc lol.

[Speedy]

Beating a car is nothing to gloat about once you're on a bike over 125cc lol.

Of course there is,especially Porsche drivers! :lol: (joke)

[Blazingsvbiker]

lol dont think you can beat a 360spider with a stock 125cc :wink:

[tomjones2]

lol dont think you can beat a 360spider with a stock 125cc :wink:


you can in the all important 0-5mph :lol:

[graphikill]

lol dont think you can beat a 360spider with a stock 125cc :wink:


you can beat it if you can lift it high enough

[Speedy]

lol dont think you can beat a 360spider with a stock 125cc :wink:


you can beat it if you can lift it high enough

:lol: You probably could beat it,when do you ever see a Ferrari being driven hard?

NEVER. People are to scarred to in case it breaks!

[Warthog]

lol dont think you can beat a 360spider with a stock 125cc :wink:


you can beat it if you can lift it high enough

lmao

[DeanoN]

I had a run in with a Subaru Imprenza last week and was quite surprised at how easy it was to beat. Not being into car's that much, I'd just heard they were quick and 4WD.
This one is supposed to be a 300bhp job (owner works same place as me). I couldn't bring myself to tell him my SV was <70bhp! he'd already given me the "i wasn't really accelerating hard" speech. :roll:

[Speedy]

8) Pah! Subaru's,used to waste them all the time! Used to have 4x4 Cosworth,there has always been competion between them!

Thing is,a lot of cars (to me) seem over rated,with their BHP figures being somewhat inflated.

Being in the Motortrade,I get to drive 'quick' cars,don't get me wrong,Scooby's are fast,but not in the same way a Bike is.

Among others I've driven an Aston-Martin Vantage too,great fun in the wet,fast in the dry,but,to be honest, a tad dull. Thing is you can't exploit cars like that on the roads,and thats why I ended up selling my Cossie,it was fast/quick(0-60 4.2secs/Top speed 170+ I know because I did it) but it was boring,had SO much grip. 2WD is much more fun!

And thats why I ended up getting back into bikes,because they are exciting and most of all FUN! And you don't need to go flat out all the time to get that cheeky smile splashed all over your face! :twisted:

[hall13uk]

i toasted a Maserati *sp* from the lights & held my ground for some time, today @ a nice long dual carriage way on the m20. he wanted to race soo bad bet he was gutted when i did him of the lights :lol: :twisted: .

this one the 3200GT
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://members.fortunecity.com/freecarwallpapers/images/maserati_3200gt_04.jpg&imgrefurl=http://members.fortunecity.com/freecarwallpapers/maserati_01.htm&h=600&w=800&sz=36&tbnid=hCvRBnkuZHpLeM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=142&hl=en&start=14&prev=/images%3Fq%3DMaserati%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr% 3D%26sa%3DG

[imaleon]

Does anyone know what the performance figures are like when the 650 is restricted to 33bhp?