After the SV offroader, there was the SV dragster:

[northwind]

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa208/msweezey/l_e9fac2527076c218b7dacea0146a53af.jpg

I just don't know where to start. But the owner seems to like it.

[fat_brstd]

little do you know hes secretly shoehorned a turbo charged tlr lump into it and it makes 250bhp and does sub 9 quarters

[haggis]

Now I'm only guessing here but..........................



an American by any chance? :rolleyes:

[northwind]

That's a terrible and racist stereotype, and you should be ashamed.

But yes.

[Stig]

Poop.

[haggis]

That's a terrible and racist stereotype, and you should be ashamed.

But yes.

Oh you got me soooo wrong there.

See that tree in the background, i recognise it... to give it it's latin botanical name - Americanus Giganticus ;)

[Warthog]

I like it!

*ashamed*

[Ceri JC]

I've seen an SV dragster on the UK roads before, owned by one of the SV1000.zyns lads. Had a home made swingarm on it that eliminated the need for a shock (and lowered his runs by about 0.5 sec, IIRC!).

[northwind]

I like it too... I mean, I'd never build one or own one, I just think it's cool that someone's done it, sort of like I have no particular desire to climb mount everest.

[toonyank]

Now I'm only guessing here but..........................



an American by any chance? :rolleyes:

You're probably right no one I mean no one would do this in the UK right ;)

I think poop as well anyway :smt019

[philipMac]

This is actually quite the thing now in the US... this stretching of sports bikes.


I mean... its hard to know what the they are thinking, other than figuring out ever more ingenious ways of disposing of money. There seems to be no rational whatsoever for doing this other than it looks good*.




*It doesn't look good.

[northwind]

It's not really ny different from choppers with long forks though is it? The stretched Busa's most often seen in states with absolutely no corners, so it's not like they're giving way useful handling...

I mean, I think it looks terrible on any bike, but that's just personal taste really.

[philipMac]

Right...
But I thought the deal with the choppers is that you are changing your position on the bike, to that crazy laid back angle, and thats where most of the length is coming from.
These bikes have the same riding position... with a sort of trailer deal on the back.
I have never driven one though, so I suppose I should just keep my trap shut.

edit... I have seen plenty of those stretched 'busas round NYC. Sadly enough.
Those same guys often look at my little SV like its something embarrassing part they took off their bike.

[Ceri JC]

I can see why people do it to bikes, provided they do actually drag race them (and there is a great deal more illegal drag racing on the roads in America than here).

I saw a lot of stretched Busas when I was in America and I saw two in particular that looked good. They actually looked like proper drag bikes, rather than chrome-fests. The chaps who owned them were actually street racers who dragged for money and consequently the bikes (whilst still fairly blinged) were predominantly made with 1/4 speed in mind. They claimed not to have NOS, but I understand that this is normal (and there was probably a canister hidden in the airbox/wherever.

[Horney]

Why do it to an SV though? that gets me.

[Swiss]

They have very few corners so why not make um go fast in a straight line. Much is the same with the US cars, massive grunty lazy engines with HUGE torque but handle like butter in a microwave.

[Viney]

Does butter in a mocrowave handle? Surely it just melts? Weirdo.

[Swiss]

And hence the point has been made. Freak!
Westside!

[plowsie]

Why do it to an SV though? that gets me.
Bored of the shape of the TL maybe :|

[tomjones2]

Bet its pretty quick upto 60mph though.

Maybe there is a series for sub 70hp dragbikes, then again maybe not......

[northwind]

It's a thou by the way ;)