in areal world situation, i never saw a difference with my mirrors or without on the strip. strapping the front helps a lot, not as much if your front forks are lowered but some, lower helps too, both of those mostly for wheelie control. dropping a tooth on the front sprocket helps your 60' times a bit. clutch control is key.i like to pop it just a hair to jump off the line then get out of it as quickly and smoothly as possible without wheeling. only use the clutch to get off the line, then speed shift the rest, adds about 2mph.