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Originally Posted by SV650rules
My DRZ 400 SM was quicker 0-60 at 4.5sec. IIRC both Gladius and AL7 are 3.3 seconds and 11.5 sec SQ ( naked bike gearing ) which is quick enough to embarrass some larger bikes off the line up to legal speed limit.
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You'd spend most of the time on the back wheel though trying to launch a DRZ like that. For most it will be the in gear acceleration on the NC. I'm not trying to defend it just trying to give a weighted appreciation of it.
Its let down is clearly weight though. Its a chunky bike.
Getting an SV to launch like that to get those numbers would chew through a clutch. I bet most novices could launch the NC a lot easier and the ingear acceleration from roll on throttle would be pretty good.
However revs are more fun. As you have to ride the bike more.