1199 Sl Vs Mclaren Vs Porker

That's Steve's SL, he has some pretty quick cars himself ;-)

 

He was popping a lot of wheelies and losing speed because of it.

Anyone know where I can buy a One One Nine Nine

 

The rider promised Steve he wouldn't abuse the clutch too much! I guess if it was a bike from Ducati he'd have just slipped it loads with the throttle pinned!

 

I'm no drag racer but, I've seen an on bike vid of 1199R managing to run a 9.55 quarter mile some where here in the US, he said key to a fast run was to be easy in 1st & short shift to 2nd ASAP I forget his launch rpm's but think it was around 6k

 

Ive just purchased a new 1199S with full termi but I cant see me doing this lol

 

Yup, it's my bike, Chris Northover riding. As Nick says, I'd asked him to be nice to the bike. The trouble was keeping the wheel down and not spinning up the rear wheel at launch.

 

New clutch sir Good on you Steve

 

Must say the SL sounded sweet,was shocked it could be heard well above the cars exhausts.

 

So does this mean you need well over 200bhp to get to 200mph or do you just need to be a midget?

 

Clearly not, as the SL managed 190 odd.

 

Clearly not, as it revved out in top.
If you changed the gearing, it would break 200 mph, but then it might not have out-accelerated the cars up to 150 mph. Of course, it's all meaningless if you are going to get booked for 95 mph on an empty dual carriageway in the country...

 

For those who don't know I think that the SL has an extra 1000 revs over the standard Pani's. Hence the 190 odd MPH. Read or Heard it in the Spec's somewhere.

 

The 9.5 sec 1/4 I mentioned was in fact 9.7, just needed to rectify that, same time Cycleworld mag achieved on their review 1199R v HP4
SL & R's have the same 12k rpm limit. My speedo goes blank after reaching 185mph but the tach is only on its 1st red light signal at that speed I cannot take my eyes off the road at that speed but, I think there is still another 750 rpm's left until 12k

My hi speed vid'

 

Taken from a Test..

This is where its from :-

2014 DUCATI 1199 SUPERLEGGERA – EXCLUSIVE FIRST RIDE - MotoCorsa.com

Not only does the Superquadro engine weigh less than the R’s mill, but some of its weight-saving components allow it to rev to 12,500 rpm (a 1000-rpm bump) and increase power across the board. All four valves (intake and exhaust) in each head are now titanium, as are the Pankl connecting rods. The tungsten-counterweighted crankshaft, which weighs one pound less than stock, works with lighter two-ring racing pistons and a compression ratio that has jumped from 12.5:1 to 13.2:1.

 

The thing worth mentioning is that there are a lot of us on the forum with bikes close to the Pani for performance. While the SL is an exceptional bike, there are still plenty with standard Panigales and other marques which are close to the 200BHP. So in theory, we could all post a respectable time up against the cars.

Few of us consider if we want the optional floor mats ordering the 918. So for me, the main thing the test reaffirmed was that bikes are simply more cool for less investment by a long way. I'll happily thrash a bike and I happily thrashed my Caterham but I'd be wary of really ploughing on the miles and nailing every gear change in my P1 or 918 etc.

The bikes aerodynamics are always going to make more difference at high speed as well but it would be interesting to see a MotoGP bike in the same race, no gearing issues and better aerodynamics than a road bike.

 

So, it's not true, you do have some slight kinks in your roads...