Ninja 250 at the Dragstrip

HBR RACING · March 28th, 2015, 10:38 PM

I know these aren't the best bike for the Dragstrip but let me explain before I get blasted, lol. My son is 15 and just got his motorcycle license. He's been riding since he was 4 and has been riding a streetbike for a couple of years, just in my parking lot and around the shop to get used to it. I have a performance bike/dyno shop, my main business is dynotuning so we will be modding his bike for the track. Me and my brother have been racing for 20+ years and my son just started 3 weeks ago on his 250. He's by far the fastest bike there but he is loving it. He's getting better every time. The first day he was running high 16's to low 17's, then last week he was running low 16's. Yesterday when we went to the track his goal was to run a 15.99, we're really working on his launch and this time he went 15.85 and before we left he ran a 15.33. Now his goal is a 14.99

HBR RACING · March 28th, 2015, 10:40 PM

Does anyone else run their 250 at the Dragstrip? I'm curious what they will run.

swarfman64 · March 28th, 2015, 11:00 PM

That's great, in the past I've had fast cars at the strip but the best times I had were driving a slower car in bracket and grudge racing. I'm curios what the ninja will run also.

Flying · March 28th, 2015, 11:08 PM

We have a couple guys who have experience in land speed racing.

gantt · March 29th, 2015, 05:13 AM

Drag racing is fun on a bike. Much harder than a car

DaBlue1 · March 29th, 2015, 06:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HBR RACING

Does anyone else run their 250 at the Dragstrip? I'm curious what they will run.

Racer X has and also does land speed racing. With a little practice and some tweaking (.. OK, a lot) your son can get the 250 to do the 1/4 in the low 14sec range and 121+ mph in the mile.

Check his videos

HBR RACING · March 29th, 2015, 07:35 AM

We don't have any place to do LSR, I would love to run some top speed at a real sanctioned LSR track, my personal ride is a 550hp turbo Busa. On his 250 we are going to go with a k&n filter and get it on the dyno so I can jet the carbs. There are 4 or 5 kids on 250's here and so far they average in the 16's and around 78mph

DaBlue1 · March 29th, 2015, 09:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HBR RACING

We don't have any place to do LSR, I would love to run some top speed at a real sanctioned LSR track, my personal ride is a 550hp turbo Busa. On his 250 we are going to go with a k&n filter and get it on the dyno so I can jet the carbs. There are 4 or 5 kids on 250's here and so far they average in the 16's and around 78mph

If your really interested at LSR, look at the ECTA website.

Jetting, exhaust and air filter can bump the HP up some. However a few little extras like Iridium plugs, CDI and E-0 87 octane gas can have nice effect even on a stock engine. Your son should be able to smash the other 250's easily afterwards.

March 28th, 2015, 10:38 PM	#1
HBR RACING ninjette.org newbie Name: Chris Location: OKC Join Date: Mar 2015 Motorcycle(s): Hayabusa, M109, 250 Ninja Posts: 3	Ninja 250 at the Dragstrip I know these aren't the best bike for the Dragstrip but let me explain before I get blasted, lol. My son is 15 and just got his motorcycle license. He's been riding since he was 4 and has been riding a streetbike for a couple of years, just in my parking lot and around the shop to get used to it. I have a performance bike/dyno shop, my main business is dynotuning so we will be modding his bike for the track. Me and my brother have been racing for 20+ years and my son just started 3 weeks ago on his 250. He's by far the fastest bike there but he is loving it. He's getting better every time. The first day he was running high 16's to low 17's, then last week he was running low 16's. Yesterday when we went to the track his goal was to run a 15.99, we're really working on his launch and this time he went 15.85 and before we left he ran a 15.33. Now his goal is a 14.99
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March 28th, 2015, 11:00 PM	#3
swarfman64 Master modder Name: Andrew Location: Australia Join Date: Jan 2014 Motorcycle(s): TURBO gpx250 99 CB250/500rs Sherco290 Trials Indian 1911big base (replica) Posts: 138	That's great, in the past I've had fast cars at the strip but the best times I had were driving a slower car in bracket and grudge racing. I'm curios what the ninja will run also. __________________________________________________ [B]Come and see my turbo ninja build, dyno build and other stuff at http://swarfman64.blogspot.com.au/20...rtia-dyno.html

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March 28th, 2015, 10:40 PM	#2
HBR RACING ninjette.org newbie Name: Chris Location: OKC Join Date: Mar 2015 Motorcycle(s): Hayabusa, M109, 250 Ninja Posts: 3	Does anyone else run their 250 at the Dragstrip? I'm curious what they will run.

March 28th, 2015, 11:08 PM	#4
Flying ninjette.org sage Name: - Location: somewhere cold Join Date: Jun 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 Posts: 596 Blog Entries: 1	We have a couple guys who have experience in land speed racing.

March 29th, 2015, 05:13 AM	#5
gantt ninjette.org sage Name: michael Location: Central Georgia Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2019 Ninja 400, Sold 2012 Ninja 650, Sold 2009 Ninja 250r, Sold 2007 DRZ400s Posts: 628	Drag racing is fun on a bike. Much harder than a car

March 29th, 2015, 07:35 AM	#7
HBR RACING ninjette.org newbie Name: Chris Location: OKC Join Date: Mar 2015 Motorcycle(s): Hayabusa, M109, 250 Ninja Posts: 3	We don't have any place to do LSR, I would love to run some top speed at a real sanctioned LSR track, my personal ride is a 550hp turbo Busa. On his 250 we are going to go with a k&n filter and get it on the dyno so I can jet the carbs. There are 4 or 5 kids on 250's here and so far they average in the 16's and around 78mph