actually Jay Gleason hit 9.513 and another guy ran a 9.7 so the bike is definitely capable of 9 sec runs. And they havn't even milked all the power they can out of the bike. I'm sure someone will be knocking on 8 secs door in the near future on the vmax.
http://vmaxguru.com/Ride_Events/Brad_Drag_4-30-09/Brad_Drag_4-30-09.htm