which mc is faster 929 or 954? my buddy rides a 929 and I ride a 954. he thinks his 929 is faster but when we go out riding I can show him but for some reason he still thinks its faster, does anybody have ant input about these two bikes lining up side by side? thanks

 

The 954 makes more power (if both are stock) but if you weigh more it will slow the 54 down. It all comes down to rider. Drag racing or twisty (track racing). Which are we talking? Either way........the bikes are close enough that the rider will decide who wins that one.

 

 

be easy on him guys he's new and he's also my buddy with the 02 954 i posted about in the previous 929 or 954 post..lol told ya it was killing him about my 929 staying with him he was trying to get back at me with the post i think

 

a lil more displacement isn't always the answer. Take kawi's 636, they dropped it from the line up went back to 600cc motor and is making the same hp. and 36cc is more than the 1mm overbore on the 954 for a wopping 25cc more displacement!

 

My weedwacker is 32cc....

 

Really, when I bought my 929, I was going to look at a 954. Turns out the dic**ead sold it to the Honda dealer the same day as I was coming to look. I went and looked at it there and would have gave him what they did and they marked it up 1500$. Anyway, his bro in law had the 929 and I talked him into selling(baby on the way). Point is, rider does it and I wouldn't trade mine for nothin'. I love it more then, well you know....

 

I remember reading about a comparison between these two bikes a while back - the 954 was more powerful down low, but the 929 still kept a very slight edge in the quarter mile - a fraction of a second and like 3 miles an hour faster at the quarter mark.

 

by Dirck Edge

When the first reports appeared about Honda's 2002 CBR954RR (known as the Fireblade in Europe), the focus was a one millimeter over-bore of last year's 929cc engine. So, is this simply a 929 with a big-bore kit? Not at all. Honda has taken an excellent machine, only two years old, and substantially refined and revised it. Numerous, significant changes are aimed at increased performance and decreased weight. Beginning with the engine, the increase in bore by one millimeter is not the only story. While engine capacity was increased to 954cc with the over-bore, compression was also increased to 11.5-to-1. Friction and the weight of reciprocating engine parts were also substantially reduced.
Take a look at the "larger" piston for 2002 (it is the shorter one in the picture). Despite being one millimeter larger in bore size, each piston is six percent lighter, and is held by new piston pins (also lighter, of course).


New, single exhaust valve springs replace double springs, reducing valve train weight and allowing the engine to rev more quickly. Fuel is delivered through the intake valves by new fuel injector throttle bodies (increased in diameter by two millimeters, now 42 millimeters), and each new fuel injector has twelve laser-drilled jet holes for finer fuel atomization. According to Honda, this results in smoother, more responsive throttle performance and faster, more efficient combustion. This is coupled with new fuel injection mapping and a "sophisticated throttle sensor" that works in conjunction with the fuel injection system.

Honda didn't stop with all of these engine changes. A new starter motor, new titanium muffler, and new wheels shave roughly 2-1/2 pounds in weight (the 929 already had very light wheels -- each new wheel is roughly six ounces lighter). More than one-half a pound lighter is the new swingarm which, despite the weight loss, is stronger and stiffer. Even the spring on the rear shock lost seven ounces.

The awesome 929 brakes were improved for the 954. Brake fluid system pressure is increased ten percent, and high tech coatings on the brake pistons and rollback seals "enhance braking feel under repeated hard use", according to Honda. Remember, the 929 (and now, the 954) has massive, 330 mm discs up front (the largest discs on a stock sportbike).

The new bodywork includes a new gas tank that allows the rider to get closer to the bars (by ten millimeters), new headlight (with three beams), and new LED taillight. The instrument panel is also new

 

i see what your typing, but show me the numbers in print, hp/tq, 1/4 mile time, 0-60, 60-80mph roll-ons.

now just because common sense would suggest that all the improvements on the 954 would make it faster than the 929, but newer does'nt mean better.

and even if it is faster! how many of us is that .05secreally going to affect?