|
Sunday, 12 November 2006 |
ZZR1400 HITS 200 MPH
American drag bike racer Chad Millholland has broken the 200mph barrier on a near standard Kawasaki ZZR1400.
The bike had less than £1000 of modifications limited to an exhaust, fuel-injection mapping plus a few other mods.
 Just six months after its public debut, the Ninja ZX-14 has already
stormed its way into the 200 mph club. Chad Millholland became the
first rider to run over 200 mph on a ZX-14, during last weekend’s ECTA
(East Coast Timing Association) speed trials at Maxton Army Air Base in
Laurinburg, NC. Riding a Brock Davidson prepared ZX-14, Millholland
tripped the timing beams to record an official ECTA-sanctioned pass at
200.92 mph.
The only modifications to the Brock
Performance-tuned bike was a “Street Megaphone” exhaust system, custom
fuel-injection mapping, a re-calibrated speedometer, ceramic wheel
bearings and some drag racing suspension tie-down straps used to lower
the bike.
Tuner Brock Davidson said: “We used around $1,500
worth of bolt-on parts for this bike. There were no internal engine
modifications; we even used a stock clutch."
|
