All about Motorcycle Drag Racing I've been drag racing my 94 VFR for for almost two years now. I had five first place finishes during the 2001 season and won around $800. I took third place in the bike class at Thompson Dragstrip in Ohio. This was good enough to qualify me for the Bracket finals held at Norwalk Raceway park. I took out two dragbikes before losing in the third round. The object in drag racing is consistensy and reaction time. A nine second drag bike definently has an advantage, but they're not unbeatable if you can tree them. My VFR has run 12.04 at 112 MPH. I routinely dial in at a 12.24 or so. If you can stay out of the water you don't have to do a burnout. With all the traction compound they put down I find it only hurts the clutch and wears out the rear tire. I tell all first timers that until they get used to launching on a sticky surface to just leave like they are leaving a stop light. The object is to get the clutch all the way out and the throttle on full at the same time. I have my tack marked at 10,500 with shoe polish to help with consistent shifts. When I had the bike dynoed at 86 HP they said it was making max. horsepower at 10,000 RPM. I get the bike into fifth gear just before the finish line. This is a great web site. It covers everything you need to know about drag racing. http://www.staginglight.com/guide/index.html Here are two great sites about motorcycle drag racing. http://www.dragbike.com http://www.stripbike.com/ Here is the home track. If anyone out there has a 2002 schedule I'm on the cover riding a Kawasaki I've been restoring. http://www.thompsondragraceway.com/ Drag racing is a great hobby and I look forward to every weekend. Ryan 94VFR 76KZ1000