[SunRescue] Geek art and rolling blackouts

Peter L. Wargo rescue at sunhelp.org
Fri Mar 23 23:13:23 CST 2001


> My toy of choice dates from 1987.  Minor carb, cam and exhaust work,
> nothing substantial.  It will do mid 10's, 0.95 lateral G, and get 37MPG
> on the freeway if I baby it.  No forced induction or nitrous (though I've
> contemplated it).  11500RPM factory redline.
> 
> -James [Yamaha FZR1000, if anybody is curious.  150HP, 480lb.]

My current is my (mostly stock) 2000 Kawasaki ZR-7, runs 12.4, 42MPG with
thrashing, and 10K RPM redline.  (Like a fine disk drive!)

Best of all was that it cost $5600 new.  Soon I will have a new can and
jets, I expect to drop into the mid-11's...

-Pete




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