Now you can’t argue on that front even without our test figures. The XVS 1100 Drag star rolls quite serenely into victory lane which is usually the most popular coffee bar on main Street. For testing this big cruiser (when we got the bike we looked disparagingly on it expecting it to be a foul-tempered ill-handling mule but boy were we mistaken!) taking acceleration into account first, nothing comes close when you take in the Drag Star’s times: 0 to 60 Kmph takes just 3.34 seconds; 0 to 100kmph is achieved in a mere 7.54 seconds, while 0 to 150kmph takes 19.8 seconds. The payday loans standing quarter mile was achieved in a mind numbing 15.46 seconds at a terminal speed of 139.4 Kmph. Nothing and we mean nothing comes close to this performance and let us not forget the fact that there are only two huge cylinders doing the business in an unhurried manner.

The four thirsty cylinders are fed through four 37mm keihin carburetors. These carburetors have both sliders as well as butterflies. The butterflies open initially and after a certain rpm when the needle crosses 100 kmph, the sliders start opening up. The sliders in these carburetors are not the usual cylindrical type and are thin flat ones. Shifting through the six gears was a rather unpleasant grinding sound while engaging first and the second gear. Since the R6 has low mid range power is constant makes the gears to keep the power up. Since these bikes take off like slingshots they need equally good brakes to bring them to a standstill. The front is equipped with twin 298mm discs with the rear has a single 220mm disc.

It has been announced that bmw F800 s the first bike with a vertical twin cylinder engine model with a belt drive is powered by a four valve unit, which is having an extreme high compression ratio of 12:1 and a combustion chamber based on new k1200 s engine will be released in mid of this year. A power output which is having excellent torque characteristics will be able to control the fuel consumption and low effective emission.

Let’s get one thing straight at this point. Cruisers are normally spoken of as very comfortable armchairs on wheels which can be steered and leaned into corners some of the time at a very relaxed pace. As such one needs a beefy piece of kit to haul the born again biker who would very likely be large and overweight, in the mid-fifties (only then could the large have had accumulated enough money to have such a bike to show off alongside Merc and Cadillacs) and with agility to match. The frame of the XVS 1100 is a fairly conventional blend of steel twin-tube configuration into which is housed the engine. It comes with large non-adjustable raked-out front forks while the hard tail rear seems to do without any shock absorbers until you read the spec sheet and then peer even more closely into the tight crevice between the huge fat rear wheel and the inner wheel cover where you just about make out the bottom end of the vertical mono-shock.

This New sport type bike is yet to be released, having a 6 speed manual gear box. The suspension at front and rear are different, with front having 36 mm hydraulic telescopic fork and rear has uni trak aluminium linkage. Maximum displacement capacity of the vehicle is 250cc. the bike is provided with a liquid cooling system. It is available in the following colors Passion Red, Lime Green, Ebony, and Candy Plasma Blue.

It was built purely for speed and then some more high speed. Suzuki hasn’t bothered to change the styling and the frame of the GSX R and they are the same as those of the bigger 750cc and the 1000cc bikes from its stable. A hell of a lot have been written about the excellent chassis and balance of the bike and seeing In deep bank the bike at high speed and then pulling it up without any apparent effort confirmed what has been written about it. It looked all very easy when in deep slides in the seat and adjust its weight while taking sharp turns but it is anything but simple. GSX R600 has an amazing exhaust note. The GSX R600 is a missile on wheels and there are no two ways about it. It has an engine capacity of 599cc and the four cylinders breathe through 16 valves. Fed by a well-tuned fuel injector, the engine develops a peak power of 101 bhp@13,200rpm. A powerful 6-speed gearbox that has an amazing mid range power propels this 165-kilo missile forward.

Torque speaks louder than anything else anything else in this sphere and of the many fellow road users who would creep up alongside the Drag star at traffic lights, some enlightened gents did ask me (apart from the two typical question on what fuel efficiency does she deliver and what is the price) how many gears did the Yamaha have. But let’s get going in proper sequence. The bike is loaded with a gigantic 1063cc air-cooled SOHC 75-degree v-twin motor. The huge twin cylinder naked engine is fired by two Mikuni 37mm CV carbs. Keeping to the avowed aim of it being the resident Harley clone in Yamaha’s cruiser portfolio, the 1063cc mill features a simple two valves per cylinder layout but with tremendous attention to detail in the reciprocating parts. The bores are chrome composite-plated to reduce the friction, the piston are forged lightweight items and they are dynamically balanced along with the carbonized con rods to help reduce, may eliminate the one trait which scares the living daylights of non-Harley riders-vibrations.

If you are looking for comfort forget it. Superbikes are all about speed, handling, raw power and wagonloads of fun. The Honda CBR 600 had set the bench marks and has been the most exactly been sleeping and have manage to catch up with Honda in a big way. Suzuki GSX R600 is the new leader of this ferocious pack and gauging by the interest that it has generated worldwide, it looks like it will stay at the top for some time to come. GSX R600 was first launched I 1997 and all the post 1988 models are equipped with fuel injectors. It was the first bike in the 600cc class to be equipped with fuel injectors although in deep’s bike is carbureted. Of course the others also have injector now but the GSX R still holds the edge. Try video torrents here. In fact most of its amazing powers come from the injection system that has been tuned to a high degree of perfection. The GSX R is all about unadulterated fun with speed and that has been tuned to a high degree of perfection.

It doesn’t get any more apt than that, does it? When Yamaha was trying to match up to the large piece of American crap they call Harley-Davidson (crap obviously is totally insane biker talk for the good things in life, in as much as the rap singers term ‘bad’ which is in fact cool!), they didn’t want to reinvent the wheel so it was an unashamed copy of umpteen Harleys through the decades, replete with copious chrome and a super standard of external finish. But there is no doubting its visual impact because that is what Harleys deliver in abundance and if the drag star couldn’t pull in the birds, see the looks, it wouldn’t have served its primary role, that of being a cruiser out there but the drag star will do nicely all around the world. The XVS 1100’s pulled-back handlebars, teardrop tank (complete with instrument on the top, what instrument when it is just a large round speedo with tell tales in it!), stepped seat and valanced fenders are all mightily clichéd in the Harley mould. In fact nothing takes the Harleyeque theme to ridiculous height than the large air-cooled vee-twin mill which sports a round air filter cover and shotgun pipes for that so-called ‘authentic’ look.

This is a proud American motorcycle and typifies the larger-than-life American way through the bikes they made. Not only does the company build bikes with big Chevrolet V8 engines in them but also, there is a choice! One can choose between a small block 5.7 liter engine that develops 355 bhp and a 502 bhp, 8226 cc big block engine. All that power is transmitted through a two-speed torque converter automatic transmission which is operated like manual gear shift of a bike. A useful feature is the separate pillion pad which can double up as a backrest for the rider when he or she is riding solo. There is also touring package available which includes a revised fairing design and which incorporates an AM/FM CS stereo system. Top speed is a mere 200 kph, but that is not surprising considering that dry weight is just 615 kg!