You would have to shift, the bike wouldn't do the quarter in first gear unless you stayed under 70 miles an hour. Launch hard without doing a wheelie or a burn out, shift to second as quick as you can,when you reach your maximum power curve (usually not your redline), look at your time and hope for the best. You have to practice a little to get your launch to go smoothly. Oh, and stay tucked in as much as possible.

 

I thought you launched in second?

 

hi guys,
my first trip was on a 600 rr 1st run high 11s at 119.00 second run i thought well i will just dump the clutch at around 6 grand see what happens what a ride took me it felt like forever to get the front end down and barley made it back on the bike ran middle 11s at 120.056 or something like that. we were just time trialing in and my friend was on a 1k suzuki had al the tie downs for the front end open pipe my god when he left it really did scare the crap out of me hadent never experenced that before. have not tried it on my 1krr to scared it would have to be tieded down in the front before i done that a flip over would be insane i no on the open road and i no i will get a lot of slack but just remember i am talking a straight road with no drive ways no intersectionsand a 11/2 mile stretch no on coming traffic 17 seconds is all i want i have seen 172 and that is enough for me. and you guys that own these bikes and havent twisted the throttle eather havent had them long enough or are just plain not telling the truth yes practice good sence no where you are before you try this.we all have that special place to go dont we.just dont go alone

 

.Im going to the track tonight ill let ya know.

 

shift 2 second as fast as u can? what kind of advice is that- i shifted at redline- so peak power is where next gear hits-10.007 @141- i do agree on the launch as hard as you can w/o wheel spin or wheelian, i'v drageed all my sport bikes since 87-only faster way is poer shifting w/o clutch-phil

 

Openclasspro,
You misunderstood shifting to second as quick as u can. I meant making the shift in a quick manner, in less than a tenth of a second. As far as going to redline, I don't agree. Unless your bike keeps making power to the redline, your wasting time by not shifting at your peak powerband. Some bikes have overrev, and others drop in power before the redline. In our bikes case (CBR1000RR) it drops in power before the redline, thus making shifting at redline a waste of precioustenths of seconds. You are suppose to keep the bike in the powerband when racing or dragging, not out of it, and than fall into it after you shift up.
I have tried it both ways, my times are better by keeping in the powerband.

If you made modifications to your bike so it keeps power into the redline, than I understand you taking it to the redline before you shift. If your dyno shows you a drop in power before redline, your wasting precious tenths.

JMO

 

+1 stay in your powerband......redline means nothing....U could rev to 15,000rpm(if ur engine allowed it)..but unless ur engine is in its peak power band, it would mean nothing