What We Learned Drag Racing Motorcycles! (Detailed Breakdown)

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[@yammienoob]

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[@charliediga8987]

I am watching all your videos and I love it eve learn a lot being ah new rider it helps me to become a good and better rider and one dreaming to have a bigger cc of motorcycle coz right now am riding a mt03 yamaha and bubget is not enough to buy a bigger one. Hoping one day I will be the one of your lucky winners.. just continue what you are doing becouse you help us a lot.. stay safe always yammie…ride safe always

[@vincentcontinelli1274]

I am praying to our lord and savior Valentino Rossi for you guys to hit a million.

[@Awon2zip]

My local track, Bandimere Speedway has test and tune nights every week. The Colorado State Patrol promotes the night to prevent street racing and you can even race a state trooper in one of their chargers. Entry only costs $35

[@malrobles]

cool cops

[@draven_sword7092]

That sounds cool as hell

[@evanescence6515]

Thats sick

[@sganzerlag]

Holy crap racing a cop at the drag strip has to be really really cool!!!

[@jacefuller4072]

Bandimere is my local track too! I didn't know about this event, very cool. I'm down in Pueblo, didn't know there were other Yammie fans here!

[@timsretirementjourney8323]

Frankly your drag strip video was one of the most enjoyable so far. Just a bunch of friends having fun on a variety of bikes. The first time I took my '68 Camaro SS (396) to a drag strip I said I'd take it down the track just once to see what it would do. I ended up making multiple passes that day and was back doing the same every Saturday after, ... until I sold the car.

[@damondtorres7537]

I had my endorsement for like 3 weeks when I went to my first track day at a drag strip. Came as a pit guy for a friend then decided to join. Textile suit, cowboy boots and a 2001 Ninja 250. Ran 18's and was the first time I did a wheelie revving it out and dumping the clutch off the line. Great times.

[@nhooks]

I'm trying to get another 5 or so subscribers for you through friends/family. It ain't much, but it's honest work... I'm thinking you might hit 1M in 30-40 days if we keep up the pace!

[@joshuabrose1454]

This just reminded me why I started track days. Few years ago I upgraded to a Daytona 675 and yam really inspired me to get into track riding. It was definitely worth it and now I’m getting into the intermediate group at a few tracks, and maybe sometime in the future I might do some club racing just like yammie. Thank you so much for the inspiration and advice yammie it really helped out.

[@yammienoob]

Love to hear it! Track riding is the best

[@chillpengeru]

How do you get the bike to the track? I don't have space for a trailer and I'm not sure if a midsize truck will fit my rs660, I think the rear tire would be at the middle or back end of the dropped tailgate. And I really don't want/need a fullsize :/ And I can't even fit a midsize truck in my garage lol...need a new house I guess

[@gmakcon]

Can I just say. I really appreciate the classical music. Not enough credit for that! Well done yam!

[@oust556]

Drag racing is the modern gentleman's duel. (still always leads to victory and shame but rarely leads to heaven)

[@k123mc]

Speaking of differnt types of riding, when are we gonna see a long haul Yammi cruise

[@yammienoob]

Maybe one day...

[@ShannunPeoples]

Ooo a cross country yammie would be epic, stopping at different tracks along the way.

[@TheOverisel]

You guys are young and were not around in the 1970s. The 70s consisted of muscle car caliber 1/4 mile wars between the big Japanese 4. Magazine test rider Jay Peewee Gleason was the quarter mile king. Honda CB Kawasaki KZ Yamaha XS and Suzuki GS all fighting NOT for the best cornering or best stopping but fighting for the QUICKEST 1/4 MILE TIME!

[@williamdobbins3131]

I took my Yamaha Road Star Warrior to a 1\4 mile track. Won my class, with an ET in high 14s. Had a lot of fun, but really fought wheel spin. Long, big bore torque monsters are lots of fun at the drag strip.

[@outlawlowrider]

I'm proud to say my 2020 Harley low rider 107 ran a 7.13 @96 in the 8th just a cam lol

[@rudedog3529]

19:46 Stage with BOTH feet on the ground and have better balance on the bike. With that, you also need to learn how to get your foot into position for the 1st shift. Kind of a quick draw thing you can practice to get the feel while you're sitting around.

[@gearblazer]

yammie. where’s the new video 🥺 i look forward to these every day.

[@Tasselhoff88]

I was super stocked for the Suzuki. That thing got some real pull. I was actually considering buying one earlier this year.

[@cuannell2143]

You gotta love the sound of these pull offs! 👌

[@benyaeast4741]

what did we learn from drag racing ? keep watching yammie noob, keep watching yammie noob keep watching yammie noob....

[@mattnsac]

The bog was the low rpm launches. You gotta be able and willing to throttle it up and be REALLY good on the clutch. Its actually not much different in stick cars regardless of power, the big difference for most cars is you wont loop the car if you dump the clutch on em, you either destroy the trans, driveshaft or rear end OR you just spin the tires. TL;DR is you need more practice launching and knowing how to do it at the right rpm without looping OR get a tuning package where you can add launch control and make it almost brainless.

[@hvymax]

You have to get over the front wheel for the launch. Bang a few years and it's over. I miss road racing. WERA was a lot of fun.

[@WarrensAdventures]

Reaction times only really matter when racing another person, you can sit in the staging beams all day and your ET won’t start until you break the beam. It’s really about getting off the line quickly, your 60ft is what makes or breaks your ET.

[@m1j4s]

I think the reason it seems that Yams has been stuck at around 900k subscribers for like forever is not because new subs don't want to see the turbo busa in action, but they'd rather save him the cost of the new underwear...

[@DirtyDanRacimg]

Cbr1000rr’s require clutch mods to make them launch at drag strips. They can be mean drag machines but it takes a lot of practice and balls.

[@bob8086]

All abt confidence with the launch, high Rpms will help anything get off the line and that’s what matters.60ft time will be the difference between many bikes. And that’s all rider skill. Especially street bikes that aren’t stretched with no quick shifter, traction control, wheelie control etc.. after first gear most people can ride a bike to redline wide open throttle that doesn’t take skill *cough highway roll race posers cough* fastest I’ve done is 10.5 quarter mile (slightly under 7 second 1/8th mile) on a stock r1. My 636 did low 11’s. Both with similar 60ft times because you’re trying to keep the front tire on the ground and still give it all the beans

[@trialbyturbo9106]

Was a fun video to watch as a “drag racer” that recently bought my first motorcycle. An 800hp Silverado and a drz400s are both fun in very different ways I’m finding

[@rudedog3529]

8:04 more weight on the bars and less on the seat if you're trying to light up the back tire. Static burnout in a bit of water makes it easier, then you can roll out of it.

[@CaptainJacksIsland]

The alley at the corner of the gated community I live in is an impromtu dragstrip, so I get to hear every Harley, Ford and Mitsubishi do their best 0-60's 😑 I pray to God taking things to the drag strip catches on 🙏

[@tommypaquette8964]

One month ago i went to the drag and there was a Guy With a motorcycle that fall of the bike While preparing to launch and he fell another time,he Just walk away🤣

[@DaltonwithaD]

sure looks like Little River to me!

[@gearblazer]

had fun with this. made me wanna drag race too

[@firefighter1c57]

if you think the face slap was bad Spite, the first time I ever sent my VRod down the strip, I held the throttle at 5000rpm, at the second yellow I dumped the clutch. Now, if you know a little about the VRod, it's a long bike, it's a heavy bike. I wasn't expecting it to "launch". So, the muscle being forward control, my feet were somewhat in front of me, unexpectedly to me, the front tire lifted, and as the bike came up, it smashed both of my testicles... both. with the airbox/seat.

[@trakdoc9528]

On the fireblade, I think the electronics were trying to save the clutch.

[@lex1945]

Still don't understand why they tried to outsmart Japanese engineers by slapping a loud pipe on the CBR, cutting cables , putting a ECU flash on it, and call it a day. Talking about devaluating a brand new bike...

[@monkmoto1887]

Do you think that the bike runs like that in super stock ? It wasn’t set up to run the best. It also can use some smaller gearing to improve and probably a better tune years down the road or even a kit ECU would probably be better

[@EZBlast]

You should ask my friend - fireman Jim if he wouldn't mind taking a few runs on it - he's building and racing LSR racing Turbo Busas as we speak - that He builds for Black Arts AU - he has many 200mph plus LSR records to his name - Jim Higgins - awesome person.

[@trunktoyz]

21:56...Nice!! Hope you guys get at least 10K guilt subs Papa Yams!

[@rudedog3529]

6:11 Do a couple of practice hops before staging at the line. Warms up the tire and gets you more familiar with the clutch / throttle thing.

[@blakemax14]

never know how much I kinda wanna hit a drag strip now, thanks yammie noob

[@chrisbekker9698]

@17:45 Lol! Don't we all just Love Yammie Noob and the gang :)

[@reubanhernandez4078]

Truly enjoyable I appreciate what you guys are doing this was something a little different this is more my type of stuff and I appreciate you doing this to get other people to get down there it's just a little hop and Skip from Austin love it

[@RM_Electrical_Engineering]

when you get to a mill, we NEEEEEED to see you drag the busa)

[@kimbeyers5140]

You tube Marq Marquis doing lunch on his Honda. Would make Yammi crew look like they were going backwards 🤓

[@forsaken5901]

Josh should have joined you guys. My boi clearly beat papa yam.

[@trdnismoguy]

Launching a slipper gripper clutch is insainly hard at best. Drag racers will get rid of them so the bike can be launched properly.

[@trdnismoguy]

@@Emily-ou6lq I dont want to assume. But my guess would be the power difference and weight difference made launching easier on the smcr. For all we know the clutch could have been changed as well. Who knows.

[@trdnismoguy]

@@Emily-ou6lq well my point is that the thumper wouldn't have as much load on the clutch. Meaning it wouldn't try lock up as hard on the launch. And drag racers get rid of the slipper gripper clutches specifically for the launch. If you watch brocks performance he has great clutch videos explaining why they get rid of these types of clutches. They are got for most situations literally just launching is the weak point.

[@trdnismoguy]

@@Emily-ou6lq if it is only a slipper (witch I think it is) and NOT one that tightens under load it would be easier to launch.

[@trdnismoguy]

@@Emily-ou6lq then its definitely both. I guess it has to be something with load or different design. I know I dont know.

[@hvymax]

Try and break 18 on a KLR 650.

[@KolRevon]

Quality!

[@jonathanrosen3280]

There must have been something “off” with the Fireblade launch. It definitely should have been quicker off the line.

[@hvymax]

I really need a M109 and some nitrous.

[@dmiller21283]

I hope you guys can figure out what the deal was with the launches on the Fireblade. If you do, definitely do a video about it.

[@gearblazer]

had to hear you say you love me one more time ❤️😂 i love you more yamm

[@gilhdz6543]

haven't completed the video yet, did we learn that flashing the fireblade will totally wreck your drag time?

[@armyguy608]

Sooooooo.... when are we gonna have the Turbo Busa take a trip down to the drag strip........ hmmmm??????

[@2tallnegrito7cmn55]

Yummiest you are my favorite yt channel for mc. I really wish u would do a segment dedicated to us giants. And I mean giants, ppl above 6'6" tall. I personally am 6'10" tall. And its soo hard for us tall new riders to find a starter bike. Most small displacement bikes seem wayyy too small for us

[@Danish2064]

I was typing my comment about the clutch on the suzuki and then they mentioned that they thought it was cooked

[@keithsmith9889]

Seriously find a vmax for the drag strip it will be more fun then you can imagine!😃

[@Astrix_Jaeger]

I was gonna say, the CBR has a weird wheelie detector system. I don't even know why Honda decide to do that.

[@lundyracing]

Can't believe you brought a gs1100 but not a kz1000!!!!

[@aeastes11]

Carhart overalls and jacket😂

[@nathanielgreen1885]

Please take the turbo busa to the quarter mile. Full sendy chicken tendy.

[@nathanielgreen1885]

Nevermind hadn’t finished the video yet lol. Still hype to see that crazy thing.

[@mateusdavigrcanismajoris1230]

Nice stuff. I got curious. Will check this out here around!

[@tjey379]

Lovely, good times, yo'll really make scary stuff sound good so tell you what, let me get myself a passport and head over your side of the pond for that experience.

[@elitecarsandtrucks5377]

Meh little river is sketchy you have some balls going down there on the bike I love riding the bike but I’ll continue to use my car for the drag strip and the bike for twisties

[@reubanhernandez4078]

Little River is awesome

[@earthlyng_official4599]

The fire blade seems like it’s electronics are meant to optimally work while at a consistent pace rather than short run acceleration

[@gamajeal3256]

The yellow Colour AWESOME

[@madPinz]

Wanna see you in turbo busa ,yam

[@jlove24]

You gotta try the 1198!!!

[@orhershkovitz6437]

Can you make a video about the Kawasaki en500? Classic bike and barely has reviews on youtube.

[@rocketrollsvlogs7625]

Looks like a fun thing to do like once a year.

[@ChrisG1392]

If you compare old magazine produced bquarter mile times for bikes before KZbin there would be a huge spread sometimes like over half a second just due to rider skill. But there's legitimately something wrong with the Fireblade tune or a launch mode that you're missing or something like that. Its not working right

[@andrewwiltse8882]

So if 40,000 people with a significant other would swipe their spouses phone and hit subscribe we’d have Busa footage? Seems easy enough!😎🍻☝🏻

[@tban4122]

So, did you try launching the fireblade in 2nd gear...

[@willyjimmy8881]

Probably that janky tune job jacked the launch control. Either that or they just skipped the learning and made a video. Totally Honda's fault they couldn't not stall it.

[@dbwgoblue74]

Curious to know if Yam and Spite switched between the Ducati and the FTR . . . just wondering if the human size and weight difference would make up that couple tenths of a second.

[@snowmanii]

Which would you recommend first; doing a track day or a drag day as a first play day?

[@WilliamAndrewPhilipBodie]

Is it asphalt. or is it AssFall. for a Biker ???

[@willkearns5055]

What naked big bore big would you recommend ,since all the ones I like you don't lol

[@hapyharyhard0n581]

Yam: goes drag racing once. Also Yam: hey, lets do a how to drag race video. ...Viewers: facepalm.

[@dennisclark9544]

He was hardly proclaiming to be an expert

[@yammienoob]

Make a video and show us how it's done. Otherwise your shrimp comment does nothing for the world

[@Surpriseify]

@@yammienoob Well HapyHary isn't out here being awful at launching bikes whilst at the same time telling people how to do it. I mean i get that most of your viewerbase either does not/cannot ride a bike, but still this was frankly a little embarrassing to watch. If you had just openly said that none of you felt comfortable doing this, and thats why you had brought in someone experienced, it could have made for a really interesting episode.

[@willyjimmy8881]

And thousands of people will watch and be amazed. And that's sad.

[@hapyharyhard0n581]

@@yammienoob hey, i watched the video. i liked the video. im a subscriber. i even put money into your bike raffle. what i said was hardly shit talking, ...and true. im not the guy to make videos. thats your gig. but i do have a whole stack of timeslips. ....i stand by my trifle of a comment.

[@bradh74]

When are we going to hear who won the two prizes!????

[@oust556]

I launch after every time I stop. Is that bad? (p.s. back tire on paint line then full send into sticky asphalt = scary af wheelie... then panic front tire back down) (without wheelie practice I would have looped!)

[@BlackS1000rr]

TURBO BUSA CMON LADS

[@Gofr5]

Please tell me you guys took out the turbo busa for this and have a video with it drag racing ready to go when the time comes. Edit: Saw the rest of this video. Sad times. :(

[@mattman3495]

Hopefully we learn why the fireblade is a dog doing holeshots?

[@mattman3495]

Nope.

[@MitchellMillennial]

Do the blade restrictions have to do with brake in?

[@hvymax]

Spite could launch a Busa. Gravity it's the Law.

[@BonesKitchens]

Drag racing is the basics. You can’t experience the traction triangle with out 1st forward motion. Basic to launching bike is based on rpm and your wieght ratio to clutch control followed by chassis efficiency. I other words with enough traction and electronic controls the front end will keep coming up.

[@sealinerocket2479]

Awsome video

[@MichaelBrown-rb9nz]

Whitney?

[@johncamara1650]

Lower the gearing, lower the bike, go on a diet, lose 10 lbs., pick up a half second, no problem

[@botiill_6475]

I got some issues whit this launching issue. If u have these 200hp superbikes i think u should start in 2nd gear. I dont know anything about this kind of racing but i do motocross and hill climb and i have never launched my bike in 1st gear in order to go fast from the beginning. If u have that 6-7000 rpm 2nd will drive u every time. Clearly the fireblade will punch u in the face anyways if u dont use the clutch properly.

[@mdmyzery6392]

My 2002 cbr600f4i would burn all those bikes🤣 its a beast

[@ryanmitchell4148]

Well I tired but I won't let me subscribe more then 1 time lol

[@JaOnTwos]

is the busa gonna get a stretch when the turbo goes on?

[@kevinmiller4312]

That’s it. I’m going to a drag strip and I’m dragging my dad and his Goldwing with me 😂

[@octanesalvador5789]

💪

[@toddmphoto]

Top speed ? On your drag day ?

[@stevecam724]

Relevance?

[@ginpachisensie6713]

Im a fan here in Philippines. Really loves your video. How can i win your free bike. Or is it possible 😅😅

[@s01a68]

❤️

[@rolsson4365]

I like your video's, but... slipper clutches can fuck it all up, but you have to be a lot tougher. To avoid "loops" you ned to have enough spin.... you should have launched the CBR , with launch-control at 8000 rpm. Now you fucked the electronics up with low RPMS and confused the ECU!

[@everardogonzalez5518]

Yammer noob after you get 1milion subs you should release them busa video then stretch it and take it to the drag strip for the memes 😂

[@dahjo13]

Little skill involved…. Now it’s a useful skill? I’m confused 🤔

[@justinyoface911]

How does the blade not have launch control? I would think a $30,000 race bike would have that