George McConnel's RC51 BLOG
| Date: | June 27, 2006 |
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| Track: | Music City Raceway (Nashville, TN) |
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| Bike: | 2002 Honda RVT1000 (RC51) |
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| Weather: | Clear, about 80, occasional breezes |
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| Sponsor: | N/A |
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| Conducted By: | N/A |
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| Track Characteristics |
Music City Raceway is a simple drag strip with no extrordinary
chracteristics except that it is only a 1/8 mile strip instead of a 1/4 mile. |
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I decided to take the RC51 to the drag strip to accomplish a couple of things. First,
I wanted to burn off more of that rear tire so I wouldn't feel so bad about throwing it
away with all that tread left on it before my next road course race. Second I just wanted
to know for comparison's sake roughly how much acceleration I could get out of it
in a drag racing type situation.
I still haven't put this bike on a dyno so I don't know what kind of horsepower it's
producing, but I'm sure it's around 120. Of course it doesn't matter how much power
it's producing if the rider can't control it.
I arrived at Music City Raceway around 6:45 PM, got signed in and was ready to go. There were
probably around 30 or so motorcycles there. Back when I used to go a lot there weren't many
Hayabusas drag racing. Now it seemed that's all there were. Of course that's an exaggeration,
but there really were quite a few of them there.
I had invited several of my friends to join me (with or without their bikes) but in the end
only my old drag racing pal Rich Simmons and his step-daughter Hailey came. Rich had ridden
his Gold Wing so Hailey would be more comfortable so he didn't do any drag racing that
evening.
I ran 3 time trials and one elimination, in which I got put out. Here are my numbers:
| Time Trial # 1 |
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| Me | | The Other Guy |
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| Reaction: | +.3388 |
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| 60 ft: | 2.3692 |
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| 330 ft: | 5.8232 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 8.0032 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 8.4831 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 93.76 |
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| Reaction: | +.0550 |
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| 60 ft: | 2.0139 |
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| 330 ft: | 4.9620 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 6.9001 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 7.3289 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 104.93 |
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| Time Trial # 2 |
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| Me | | The Other Guy |
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| Reaction: | +.1338 |
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| 60 ft: | 2.1890 |
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| 330 ft: | 5.4793 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 7.5991 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 8.0722 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 95.11 |
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| Reaction: | +.1799 |
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| 60 ft: | 1.7390 |
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| 330 ft: | 4.5390 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 6.3781 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 6.7861 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 110.29 |
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| Time Trial # 3 |
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| Me | | The Other Guy |
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| Reaction: | +.2479 |
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| 60 ft: | 2.2261 |
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| 330 ft: | 5.7209 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 7.9052 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 8.3890 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 93.01 |
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| Reaction: | +.0599 |
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| 60 ft: | 1.7370 |
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| 330 ft: | 4.6901 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 6.6932 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 7.1370 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 101.39 |
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| Elimination # 1 |
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| Me | | The Other Guy |
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| Dial-In: | 7.95 |
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| Reaction: | +.3388 |
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| 60 ft: | 2.2472 |
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| 330 ft: | 5.6161 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 7.7540 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 8.2292 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 94.69 |
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| Dial-In: | 7.15 |
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| Reaction: | +.1889 |
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| 60 ft: | 1.9572 |
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| 330 ft: | 4.8702 |
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| ET @ 594 ft: | 6.8532 |
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| 1/8 ET: | 7.3410 |
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| 1/8 MPH: | 92.23 |
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As you might be able to see if you're familiar with what these numbers mean, I pretty much got
owned all evening. Didn't matter though. I was there because I wanted to have some
fun with my bike. And in that area I succeeded.
After I got eliminated we packed it in and headed home. Next stop: Road Atlanta for Cycle Jam!
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