| If he has good power, say 200 plus, maybe he got it in the
high 8's. Now that's a stout street bike. He's all smiles, your blown away
at a street bike that can bang off high 8's. Yes there are those Prostar
Street Shootout bikes running low 8's and high 7's, but those are 68"
wheelbase race bikes with lights hung on them. You're proud of your bud's
bike because he's gonna drive it to the local hang out after the drags
tonight. So your all patting each other on the back when you see this guy
from Long Island pull up to the line on his turbo 'Busa'. As he blast down
the track you take notice of how much ground he's covering, so you
anticipate a pretty hot
lap. But nothing prepares you for what the scoreboard offers up. You see the
numbers pop up but you're sure the time must be a mistake. Either that or
you put your dad's glasses on by mistake
this morning! Nope .... it's no fluke. You've just witness the quickest pass
anywhere by a stock wheel base motorcycle. 8.720 @ 169.87 mph
Yes, a stock wheelbase 'Busa' with a out of the box
Mr. Turbo street system that Maximum Motorsport (631 727-5988) out of
Riverhead, New York is running. This monster was assembled as a tool for
bringing attention to Ken Sforza's Maximum and to Joey Hahn's expertise in
the field of motorcycle drag racing and the assembly of top notch street and
racing machinery. Starting with a stock 'Busa', Maximum Motorsports ordered
up one of many Mr. Turbo systems that he has installed. And after installing
Mr. Turbo recommended valve springs and cylinder spacer for the higher boost
level they planned to run, the stock chassis was lowered, a MTC multi-stage
lock-up clutch was installed and Maximum Motorsports went to work at the
track. Maximum Motorsports's goal from the beginning was to be the quickest
stock wheel base bike around. Joe, who is crew chief of the team, has built
plenty of stretch bikes and all out dragbikes over the years so the
predictability and expectation of those kinds of bikes is not without
challenge but expected none the less. They wanted to see if he could get
this stock
wheelbase motorcycle in the low 9's or maybe even some 8's. With John Flood
at the controls and a great deal of time spent dialing in the clutch and
chassis, Maximum Motorsports have enjoyed quite a string of sub 9 second
runs here in the early spring. They struggled at first with track conditions
that weren't quite up to par, running 9.0's over and over. But finally a
good track and just the right set up, and with a first class pilot aboard,
they finally got their wish jumping into the
8's with an 8.86 @ 166.02 mph. Then after a couple of weekends running
8.80's, they nursed this bad boy to an unheard of 8.72 @ 169.87 mph. Now
anyway you cut it, there is no denying that
John has his act together in controlling this 300 plus horsepower beast and
Joe is on top of his game with setting up what we think is one of the
meanest street bike performance ever witnessed. Congratulations to Ken
Sforza, Joe Hahn, John Flood, and all the people at Maximum Motorsports on
this awesome performance. But we know they aren't resting, with a 8.72 in
the bag, they now have their sights set on 8.60's
..... Stay Tuned
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