Yamaha R3 vs. Kawasaki Ninja 400 at Laguna Seca (stock to stock)

Me, on a Yamaha R3, vs. my buddy Thomas on a Kawasaki Ninja 400 playing at Laguna Seca, during "Carter's at the Track" track day. We were riding in the A group, lapping 1:48s to 49s.
It was a 92dB day and we both were running mostly stock bikes. The Ninja 400 obviously has more power and pulls the R3 on the straights.
It was a fun day of track riding! (albeit I was in serious pain due to injuries from a Buttonwillow crash the week prior).

[@usart2008]

Looked really good and great lines. Nice to see smaller displacement keeping up with bigger bikes in the corners. Also the speed differential between big bikes and the 300/400s is incredible! Nice videos!

[@leitian7328]

No kidding lol. Especially in the uphill sections, the speed difference is huge lol

[@ibanezlarue2747]

I hope I get to track my r3 someday soon.

[@tbounds4812]

same i need it

[@kushpaladin]

good stuff. i've always wanted to track my R3 but it's my only mode of transportation and the exhaust on it is easily way over 100 dB. i don't want to put back my +40 pound stock exhaust 😄

[@tbounds4812]

oh shit i race this in assetto corsa

[@tigerrc]

nb....学习中。

[@ousejamais1vezousejamais1vez]

Wow💯👏

[@jayrock497]

Great riding brotha!! R3 or Ninja 400 which one would you recommend?

[@leitian7328]

If money is no concern, then for sure Ninja 400. It’s just a higher power version of the same thing lol

[@jayrock497]

@@leitian7328 Haha Reason I ask is because some folks say the R3 has better suspension but the ninja 400 pulls harder, of course cause the extra cc. Thank you.

[@danny100d]

You carry nice speed dropping off of 9 👍

[@leitian7328]

Thanks ;) It's a fun downhill run ;))

[@tubuskan4348]

This might be dumb af but can you like drag knee with an r3 or are the tires to thin are tire thickness matter to lean angle?

[@leitian7328]

The tires being thin, only means it cannot handle much power --- which the R3 doesn't have much anyways; the traction in terms of cornering is as good as wider tires. Yeah we drag knee all day long on little bikes ;))

[@mociczyczki]

yep tire thikness matter to lean angle as well as centre of gravity hight 👌🏻. thiner tire the less lean angle bike need for go in the same corner at the same corner line with egzacly the same speed 👌🏻 the same story is with the higher centre of gravity it have also the leass angle it need for defeat the same corner with the same speeed feg something like yamaha dt 125 with 120 section rear tire and cog very high be lean much less riding behind something like h-d vrod with that ssme speed which have very low cog and 240 rear section tire assuming offcorse thwt both rider will use similar riding technique/position cos riding position itself also have influence on lean angle = the more you shift your body to inside corner the lesss bike must be lean 👌🏻 and he on vrod will reach max corner speed waaay sooner /lower max corner speed on track than such dt 125 cos lean angle in regard to all this stufff limited him so he be scratch footpegs exhaust which are again lower and wider asf on tarmac on much lower corner speed than dt 125 thats why nobody race chooper on track at least in stock form (well you can for fun go on trackday but you dont win any race with such setup bike 😉👌🏻) with corner in cars world lower mean better in regard to racing on tarmac atleast but in bikes world not really 👌🏻☕️

[@haveyounoticedtheshieldsar3467]

Cant wait to see more track time!

[@leitian7328]

Cheers ;))

[@adamniswonger8015]

Nice job. Which quickshifter set up are you using for the r3

[@leitian7328]

the "none" quick shifter ;)) haha. JK it doesn't have one ;))

[@lyndajones1133]

sound is atrocious