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To: martin_fierro; SFC Chromey
From my hubby:

Interesting. Strangely, I'm pretty sure (okay, positive) there is no such thing as a 2001 CBR1000. If memory serves, Honda's liter-bike was either a CBR900 or CBR929 that year. The CBR1000 entered the scene in 2004 or 2005. No biggie, but I just wonder why that sort of detail would be incorrect, since they 'mostly' got the model correct.

Also, in the inaccuracy department, the logarithmic nature of aerodynamics prohibit all but HEAVILY modified sportbikes to reach 200 mph. Mazazines have built up current liter-bikes with turbos and nitrous injection and still failed to reach 200. The wind resistance above 150, 160 or 170 mph becomes logarithmically higher, such that even 1000cc race replicas with 180+ horsepower don't reach 200 mph. From personal experience, on one of the most powerful such bikes available, 2006 R1LE, with the front straight at Heartland Park Topeka, we were typically reaching 160 - 165 before the braking zone... tucked in as tightly as possible, and it still feels like Hulk Hogan has you in a headlock, and is pulling you backwards. Needless to say, sitting up into that wind *at* the braking point dramatically increases braking forces. (like a leaf thrown out of a moving car) Soooo, "200 mph" is quite a stretch to the story.

15 posted on 09/06/2006 6:07:58 AM PDT by StarCMC ("So what was the price to betray us - Judas?" - SGT Mark Russak to Traitor Murtha)
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To: StarCMC
The CBR 1000RR was available in Europe and Canada in 2001, though not in the U.S., so technically your hubby is correct. It is not uncommon for an aficionado to cross the border into Canada to obtain a sought-after model not available in the U.S. Below is a picture of a UK version:



The 200+ horsepower figure I quoted was lifted from a magazine article. That also seems to be a stretch though.

The 200 MPH top speed stated in the article is pure writer embellishment. Apparently 150+ MPH isn't titillating enough for the author.
16 posted on 09/06/2006 7:29:35 AM PDT by BraveMan
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