RIDEFAST DECEMBER 2021
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Some fast Facts:<br />
Specifications<br />
• Wheelbase 1420 mm<br />
• Weight 138 kg<br />
• Fuel Tank Capacity 24 litres<br />
• 166 HP @ 11,800 rpm<br />
• Maximum safe engine speed 12,500 rpm<br />
• Maximum speed 303 km/h<br />
Engine<br />
• Water-cooled 999 cc 60 deg V-Twin quad-cam 4-stroke<br />
• 4 valves per cylinder, belt driven<br />
• Compression ratio 11.3 : 1<br />
• Bore x stroke 98.9 mm x 65 mm<br />
• Piston, flat-top slipper<br />
• Titanium conrods with oil feed to little end<br />
• Titanium valves Inlet Ø40 mm Exhaust Ø33 mm<br />
• Wet cast-iron cylinder sleeves / opt silicon carbide–coated<br />
alloy sleeves<br />
• Composite head gaskets<br />
• Back torque dry clutch<br />
• Wet sump. Oil feeds to big ends, gudgeon pins, camshaft<br />
lobes & gearbox shafts<br />
• Programmable engine management computer with history<br />
facility<br />
• Fuel injection - sequential, 2 injectors per cylinder<br />
Transmission<br />
• Gearbox, 5-speed constant-mesh, sequential manual<br />
transmission, chain-drive / opt. 6-speed<br />
Chassis<br />
• Fully stressed engine with ducted under-seat radiator.<br />
Top chassis, girder & swing arm all constructed in carbon/<br />
kevlar composites<br />
• Front Suspension: double wishbones, Hossack suspension.<br />
• Rear Suspension: swing arm with adjustable three-bar linkage<br />
• Shock Absorbers: Öhlins<br />
• Rake: adjustable<br />
• Trail: adjustable<br />
• Front Wheel: 3.5” x 17” in-house carbon composite<br />
• Rear Wheel: 6.0” x 17” in-house carbon composite<br />
• Front Brakes: Twin 320 mm cast-iron rotors with opposed<br />
4-piston Brembo callipers<br />
• Rear Brakes: 210 mm rotor with opposed-piston Brembo<br />
caliper.<br />
Racing Achievements<br />
1991<br />
• 2nd and 3rd Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA<br />
1992<br />
• 1st Battle of the Twins, Assen, Netherlands<br />
• 2nd Pro Twins, Laguna Seca Raceway, USA<br />
• DNF Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA<br />
1993<br />
• Fastest Top Speed at the Isle of Man TT<br />
• 1st (BEARS) 2nd (Formula 1) Australian TT Bathurst<br />
• 3rd Battle of the Twins, Assen, Netherlands<br />
• NZ Grand Prix title<br />
• World flying mile record (1000 cc and under)<br />
• 188.092 mph (Rider Jon White).<br />
• World standing start 1⁄4-mile (400 m) record (1000 cc and<br />
under)<br />
• 134.617 mph.<br />
• World standing start mile record (1000 cc and under)<br />
• 213.512 mph<br />
• World standing start kilometre record (1000 cc and under)<br />
• 186.245 mph<br />
1994<br />
• 1st Battle of the Twins, Daytona, USA.<br />
• 1st and 2nd New Zealand National Superbike Championship.
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