i know a guy who'll tell you real fast that a TZ750 had a bit of a unusable speed itself.
and while never having ridden one myself, just imagining a 750cc two-stroke makes me wince.
You are quite right that it has too much speed.
But, since it's a track bike, at least you can TRY to use it legally. The Busa will corner pretty well, not race bike speed, but fine on the highway to be a lot of fun in the twisties. That rocket thing, man, I don't know if I'd wanna fine out.
Oh, I'd LOVE to have one in a collection if I were rich. That's a rich man's collector, ya know. But, I'm just saying, it's a little outragious to think you could ever use all that safely. I don't even know if I'd wanna try on the track, probably scare the heck outta me, but then, I always figured the TZ750 would scare the heck outta me, too. I just always wanted to see how scared I could get, that's all.
I don't know if I'd try to ride that turbine thing at other than mundane speeds. I don't really wanna die.
I raced TZ250s, probably could have afforded a 350, but there were no classes for it in AMA for a novice pro and you were limited in CRRC to F2 and F1 with a 350.
The TZs never topped out at Daytona, the biggest track they ran on. Road America has a long straight, but not the bowl to compare with Daytona. One year in tire testing, there wasn't a hay wall at the chicane and KR ran it around without taking the chicane just to see what he could get the OW31 up to. He broke the speed traps slightly over 200 mph. Normally in a race, they tripped the traps at a little over 180.
They claim it only had 150 horsepower. It sure made the most of every pony it had! It weighed about 330 lbs I think.
I'd just love to have one. Show up at an LSTD track day, can you imagine all the youngsters there going "WHAT'S THAT!?"
And, the sound of an inline 4 cylinder, oh, LORD, I can still hear those chambers rattling. Just EVIL....
Ah, but it's just a dream. Parts are non-existent and where do you find slicks in 18" anymore.