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[Turk]

Only possible if its a setup,or the bloke on the blade is retarded.

Speaking from experience ?   

Yes.Have ridden modern blades,R1,s etc and they are mind bendingly quick. Thers no way on gods earth is that old heap of shite with 100bhp deficit will out perform one in any scenario you can think of.
My 12 year old cbr600 would have it for breakfast a light snack,so a newish blade wouldnt even need to get into its stride to leave it for dead off the mark,or any other speed range.

Maybe this CBR just wasn't hungry then.    http://youtu.be/7QDUZ8sI-Zo

[albitz]

You got that right. I stand by my original diagnosis,it was a fix,or the Blade rider was a retard.

[Turk]

Another couple of examples: http://youtu.be/gE2zOXhSf3g .   The Harley just looses, but for the first half the ZX14 is playing catch up, and here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av0-E-KXWMs (I think the harley actually wins outright here).

[Turk]

Tho' like I said, a few twisties....and it's a different story. 

[Vamps]

Sure, you can use 'full power', but you never have the low down torque a well sorted Harley lays down. It's simply not possible to just drop the clutch on a sports bike.
 
I've had years of owning and testing both sports bikes and Harleys and have worked in a Kawasaki, and soon to be Harley main dealer for the last 14 years.   

I know this example is an unfair match because that's a full blown F1 car and the bike is not a GP bike, but from 1:16 sums it up. 
http://youtu.be/hN57SzWhJFA

I think that sums it up rather well.....
There is no doubt in my mind that over a longer distance the Harley would have been left behind.......

No front brake, is that not against some EU rule/regulation?...........