Aerodynamics

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As some of you have mentioned it has a lot to do with Drag and I remember at the time reading an article that went on about the arse end of the bikes as a major issue as well as the frontal area of the bike in being able to break that all elusive 300Km/h mark. One of the reasons why the Busa was so much quicker then the ZX12 back then was that the Busa generated a lot less drag hence the reason it's been able to keep the Kawasaki at may for so many years even though it had less horsepower.

From what I remember because for the life of me I can't find the article a lot of time was spent getting the bike to cut through the air as such, but one of the issues was getting the air to cut cleanly around the rear wheel. Suzuki spent a lot of time working on the arse end of the bike but also the belly pan region which has been designed to push the air to either side of the rear wheel which has help in reducing the amount of drag that is created from this part of the bike.

PS - Interesting read as well DJ Pete..