Originally Posted by BusyLittleShop
Superbikes are awful at lawful speeds... my RC45 does 90 in 1st and at 6th its go straight to jail velocity... its a constant fight to hold it back... cagers are not amused...
Hi BLS, that picture looks a lot like the backside of Monarch Pass in Colorado heading toward Gunnison.
Is your bike "restricted" or have you uncorked it with whatever was available to do that back in the day?
Found a really neat Cycle World RC45 test from back in the day where they got the model that was sold on the showroom floor. It dynoed at 97 horses and 49 foot pounds of torque with a top speed of 147 mph and 11.4 second quarter mile at 121 miles per hour.
They, like you, noted first gear was very tall!
I am such a fan of the mid 80's to 90's bikes. Honda had it with the V4 if they just could have kept production cost down compared to the inline 4.
My poor man bike is a 2001 ZRX 1200. With 17/40 (stock is 17/42) gearing it only does 80 mph in first gear at the 11,500 RPM redline provided by the ZX11D ECU and ZX11 double valve springs with ZZR 1200 cams. It just has an abundance of torque from the displacement and does well getting off the line with about 85 ft pounds to the rear wheel.
The RC45 is an incredible machine and piece of engineering!