0-60mph how important ??

[BIKEVIDDER]

We have speed limits & all ride below them
Soooo bearing that in mind how important is acceleration ??
My rusty heap hits 60mph in around 7 secs in 2nd gear.
Nowt special I know as my Fazer (on sorn) does it in half the time in first.
What are your thoughts on acceleration.
personally I tootle looking for economy most of the time but a quick wrist twist is safe & legal fun.
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[Frost]

0-60 is unimportant beyond a certain point. Sure it's very important on a 125 as it's basically all the performance it's got. However on something like a litre bike the limiting factor is the grip levels and rider skill. Modern sports bikes actually often have 0-60 times that are worse than their older counterparts. This is due to them being more track focused with 100mph 1st gears. A 50mph 1st gear will get you to 60 faster, but on a track you'd never use it thereby limiting the bike to only 5 gears. Modern engine electronics and fuel injection systems have made the power spread more even too making gear selection less critical.

Living in a city i find acceloration and brakes important, but then i've not been on a motorway in months

[Paris2]

I don't like to sit above the speed limit, I like my license.
So acceleration is important to me. I would rather have better acceleration than a higher top speed.
But then again I have never tried a 0-60 blast to see how fast I could do it, but a flick of the wrist to get through traffic and down slip roads is all the fun I need.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Frost's pretty much spot on for me.

0-60 in it's self isn't important. You're never likely to do a sprint from rest to 60 mph. However acceleration is quite important.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

[doggone]

In the real world 0-60 isn't as useful as rolling on from around 30mph.
Most bikes really excel at this and it's a good part of why they are such fun in traffic as you can overtake so rapidly.

[BIKEVIDDER]

Interesting varied replies, nice one.
I'm doing a few mods to the bike, K&N filter, exhaust, Iridium plugs etc, as well as some basic service jobs neglected by the last owner (or owners !!) & out of curiosity I'm thrashing the 0-60mph times out of it as a measure of improvement in performance if any.
Acceleration when already rolling may be more useful (essential ??) & generally more fun.
0-60 is a learning curve about any bike though.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Kickstart]

Hi

As fast acceleration, yes it is important. As a specific 0-60 time I don't think it is particularly. There is also a massive variation between riders as to how close they will get to what the bike is capable of. While a litre bike might manage it in ~3 seconds I suspect most riders would be closer to 4 seconds (and would still seem very fast).

[robbieguy2003]

I'd agree with Frost and Big Ham.

From a standing still, it's all rider skill on bigger bikes, stop the front coming up (too much) - I dont think a floaty (i.e. few inches) is too bad and dont let the rear spin.

But apart from playing traffic light GP, which is easy to win anyway, it's not that useful.

I find acceleration from 30/40mph upto 70/80mph more useful, think joining a motorway/coming off a sliproad.

The only time I find the 0-60 useful is when coming out of a T-Junction onto national speed roads, which I have a few of round my way, however, I always leave shit loads of time anyway just incase (fluff a gear, slippy road/junction/other random issues).
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[stinkwheel]

My Enfield does 0-58mph in 22.58 seconds over 1/4 of a mile. I have a timing certificate to prove it.

It's fast enough to ride on any road in this country.

So in response to your question, 0-60 time is not really very important at all.
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[shadylee]

0-60 is very important,its what makes it safe for me to sit in between 2 lanes of cars at the traffic lights safe in the knowledge when the lights go green i can get away safely from the cage corridor.......

[WannaBeDude]

TLDR ...

AKA ... don't want to look at 0 - 60 mph big bike speeds .. !

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[stinkwheel]

Meh. I can filter like a London courier on the enfild. Who dares, wins. Should've seen me going round the M25 on it last summer.

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