Honda CBR600RR 2005 performance data

Honda CBR600RR 2005 performance data
[Superbike April 2005]

Top speed : 155 mph
time to top speed : 28.40 seconds
dist to top speed : 1500 metres


mph   time(s) dist(m)  accel(g)
10    0.71    1.4     0.65
20    1.25    5       0.73
30    1.86    11.8    0.74
40    2.47    21.4    0.74
50    3.1     34      0.74
60    3.7     48.7    0.74
70    4.33    87.1    0.74
80    5.21    96.7    0.7
90    6.11    130.7   0.67
100   7.31    181.7   0.62
110   8.57    241.3   0.58
130   12.34   444.8   0.48
150   20.76   978.5   0.33



standing 1/4 mile : 11.65@127mph

CBR1000RR test ride / 600RR 4k service

[test ride pics and my bike with new tyres+bungs]

Ok so the good news is I'm still alive :-)
Took my own bike down to Ayr for a service etc and blagged a test ride on a fireblade. What a gorgeous day for a bike test ride.

To my surprise it was a black one with only 98 miles on the clock !
Advised to keep to ~6k rpm max ! but I did on the odd occasion go past that....
[to be fair if this was my own bike I would now ignore the 6k limit and run it in this way anyway , as long as it s not full throttle low rpm and to the limiter...]

First impressions...feels much bigger but familiar ,switchgear is slightly differently positioned,sounds completely different on startup,no fuel gauge (just a light!). Instantly I felt at home , in fact I felt it was easier to ride at slow speeds compared to the 600. A really tall first gear feels odd and combined with an odd feeling hydraulic clutch can make pulling away a bit tricky. Especially when running in I would be keen to avoid loading the engine at low rpm.
Despite the power it was not intimidating or unwieldy which is great.

Decided to take it down a back road I know , just feels like a bigger 600 , feet much wider apart on the pegs, tank is much wider and the steering damper can definitely be felt on faster bends. I felt the bike needed much more effort from me to get round corners though.

I managed to do 100 miles and the fuel light was still off (!) , cbr forum members say the 1000RR is 100 to 140 miles on a tank (and of course I wasnt wringing its neck). By comparison I get at most 100 miles to the reserve flashing when thrashing the 600RR.

In summary I loved it , a much more relaxed ride with effortless power in any gear.
Controllable but requiring much more throttle 'control' and I guess you must be very wary in the wet. Comparing the 600RR vs 1000RR is just chalk and cheese they are just so different I couldnt believe it.
600RR is highly strung needing lots of revs for maximum effect.
100RR is just ballastic from any revs (but strangely feels very calm)
I even managed to wheelie the thou in second without really trying !
As a comparison I reckoned I was around 20 mph faster without realising it on the thou.
Downsides?? I love my 600RR :-) its very 'chuckable' and 'lithe' compared to thou.
On the 600 it feels like my body weight makes up the largest prop of package ( and Im riding it) , whereas on the thou it feels like Im a smaller % and its taking me for a ride. Make sense???

Both bikes are great and no doubt I will change to a 1000 soon enough.
Only thing currently stopping me is the 2005 1000RR colour schemes...........

Now my bike.....
Was in for 4k service / New tyres / Fit bike design crash bungs / replace indicator.

Guys at North Harbour did a great job as ever. I cannot fault them.
Rear BT014 was flat (no tread in middle) , front was fine but I would only replace as pair.
I have replaced the Bridgestone BT014R tyres with Metzler Sportec M1 and so far they seem superb. I had planned to bed them in , but took the back road from ayr to paisley and just thrashed it as normal :-) Not only that the tread pattern is sexy as f*ck LOL

For fun ! heres the bill..........
4 hours labour @ 32 = 128
Oil Filter @ 7
Oil @ 20 (!)
Indicator @ 46 (!!)
Tyres (120/70/17 180/55/17) 77 + 75 = 150
+ misc
Grand Total ----> £430
(Incidentally that almost exactly 3 months since 600 mile service, 150 quid a month ! and that doesnt include insurance/fuel cost ....!)

Great job all round and at last the crash bungs are fitted....

J

Cheque presentation to GRI ward on behalf of Nicola

Today my Mum , my Sister and I went back to Glasgow Royal Infirmary Ward 24 to present them with a cheque for £6,150 on behalf of Nicola who died in March in the ward.
Funds were raised by sponsorship for the 10K run and donations.
Well done to all , a superb achievement that we hope will aid the ward in their superb work for people just like Nicola.
Consultants Dr Siddiqui [Nicola's Consultant] and Dr Davis were kind enough to be present , along with all the staff.

Thankyou to you all.
J

4k bike service booked / blade demo run booked / road pilot ist kaput / beta HP drivers found

Yep ,finally phoned bike dealer in Ayr.
Bike is booked in for 4k service , fit bike design crash bungs , replace rhs indicator and replace both tyres.
Rear tyre Bridgestone BT014R def needs replaced , front is fine , but Im just getting both replaced as a matched set , being replaced with Metzler tyres which came 3rd in a recent MCN roadtest.

I also requested a test ride on a demo fireblade :-)
Would love to upgrade , however I dont think they look as sexy as the blue of the 600RR (the 'blade is blue/silver mix) , insurance is also a big issue.

Maybe wait til my experience and new colours for 2006 1000RR

Will post up my experience , cant wait to see exactly how different a litre bike is to the 600cc.............

Car wise the Micro RoadPilot no longer gets a GPS lock , I suspect the antenna has a broken wire (from me messing about with it whilst fitting the first time) , so I need to test on my dads car harness then order a new harness if thats the problem ...pah 89 quid....

On a plus note I finally managed to download the beta HP drivers which should hopefully mean my PSC1350 now works with Win XP Pro x64.

Enjoy
J

4000 miles on bike

Yep , and it looks like a may need a rear tyre soon as well...

Now its at 4k it needs and service, time to book it in....

JohnO

HP PSC 1350 wont play with XP64bit

Yep,

my fancy all-in-one HP PSC 1350 is a paperweight until HP produce an x64 compatible driver ....Im not happy
Lots of talk on the forums about a pre-beta set of drivers that work , but all the existing downloads appear to have been removed...
Pah...

J

narrow miss bird strike....

Jesus,
Coming back home from Ayr last night on ye olde CBR600 and cruising at 85mph(honest!)
a bird of some sort sweeps up from some grass in the central reservation to come inline with my head......
Dunno how by I instinctively ducked (pun?) to have it brush the top of my helmet.
Shocked ? you betcha , it was only a few miles after I realised how lucky I was not to hit it straight on at speed.

Tales of the unexpected eat your heart out (if you are old enough to rememeber the tv series)

On a dull pc note , I was wrong , the ipod software installed (using firewire not USB) RESULT . And MSI have a x64 driver for my bluetooth dongle so that works fine too :-)



J

new AMD x64 PC

Yep, after 4 1/2 years of bliss with my Athlon 1000 it was time for a change.
I decided on a AMD Athlon again but a 4200+ dual processor core x64 architecture jobby!

Now call me stupid but I didnt realise this would entail an entirely different OS!!! , it comes with Windows XP Pro 64bit Edition.
NOW I know that driver support and compatibility issues abound but I didnt before today.

AVG Antivirus : Installs but engine wont initialise now changed to NOD32 AV.
ZoneAlarmPro : Installs but wont start , now using Windows own firewall for now.

Alcatel Speedtouch 330 USB ADSL modem : Nope! so I had to buy a Linksys ADSL modem/router in order to get an internet connection.

Yes the PC is lovely but I cant help feeling that compatibility is going to be a major issue........

In fact the MicroRoadPilot driver currently wont install , lets hope Morpheus have an x64 driver in the pipeline......

I havent even tried my ipod mini yet , but my hopes aint high ...bugger....
J