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Old 07-09-2008, 06:51 PM   #1 (permalink)
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New guy, launch question

What's up folks! New guy from Austin onboard. I just traded in my 1999 XX Blackbird for a 2008 Kawasaki ZX-14 Ninja. After a thousand, I opened it up and yeahhhhhhhhhh. I've seen Rickey Gadson say to launch at 3500 and just turn the throttle. It lugs badly everytime I do it. I have been running it around 6 or 7000 then feathering the clutch. I'm not on a track, but it seems just getting the clutch out is probably over 60ft. On my XX, I actually did launch it at 3500. If I were to have gone 6-7000, I would have been wearing it as a hat. Suggestions?
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Old 07-10-2008, 05:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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there is a video on u-tube where Gadson says feather it a 6000 rpm
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