I cannot for the life of me figure out why. BUT, my best freind that I grew up with (I am 30) since we were like 8 told me that his step sons "new" bike would beat my 400... ITS A CR80R. Its a 92 model I believe. it is piped, but we have no clue what else.
we went riding and had some openings in the trails and I was surprised that I could not out run him.
anyway it was time to settle it. we lined up and ran. I was sure I was going to walk him after the launch. I have fresh tires on my 400 and they hook up well on the dirt road we were on. I launch hard and hit second and pull on him. hit second hard and wheelie through the gear, and hit third hard and I hear that he is still there. I look back and I am not pulling away anymore. Shocked I stay in it and we let off (I was in 5th) and ahead by a bike length or two. Second race. same thing.
Third race he hooked up better. I still pulled a bit, but in third he over took me and into 4th quit pulling on me and I started to real him in when we shut down in 5th.
fourth race. SAME THING! he could consistently beat me to third gear (with me getting a better launch everytime.) we switch. I have about 20 lbs on him... pretty much same outcome.
I swore the bike was not an 80, but on the block it says 82cm and on the frame its taged 80cc...
HOW?! WHY!? I know the 400's are not the fastest thing in the world and my bike is pretty much stock. BUT, holy cow. I cannot believe how fast an "80" is... HOWEVER, his step daughter has a 80cc honda four stroke thats a 2000+ model and that thing is crazy slow...
we went riding and had some openings in the trails and I was surprised that I could not out run him.
anyway it was time to settle it. we lined up and ran. I was sure I was going to walk him after the launch. I have fresh tires on my 400 and they hook up well on the dirt road we were on. I launch hard and hit second and pull on him. hit second hard and wheelie through the gear, and hit third hard and I hear that he is still there. I look back and I am not pulling away anymore. Shocked I stay in it and we let off (I was in 5th) and ahead by a bike length or two. Second race. same thing.
Third race he hooked up better. I still pulled a bit, but in third he over took me and into 4th quit pulling on me and I started to real him in when we shut down in 5th.
fourth race. SAME THING! he could consistently beat me to third gear (with me getting a better launch everytime.) we switch. I have about 20 lbs on him... pretty much same outcome.
I swore the bike was not an 80, but on the block it says 82cm and on the frame its taged 80cc...
HOW?! WHY!? I know the 400's are not the fastest thing in the world and my bike is pretty much stock. BUT, holy cow. I cannot believe how fast an "80" is... HOWEVER, his step daughter has a 80cc honda four stroke thats a 2000+ model and that thing is crazy slow...