seb421 wrote:Bullyboydave wrote:Superbike did a test on a stack of bikes including 3 R1's and they all hit about 128 bhp, from a claimed 150bhp that's a major loss. Think a lot of bikes don't make the right figures, depends on engine running in etc. Think the only bike in the test that made its claimed bhp was an old Kawasaki ZZR 1100, A lot of car and bike lovers exaggerate the bhp for their ride, but power ain't everything, it's how it's used and how it's put down , that's my opinion . Regards Dude
it is 150hp but not after its been through the box and chain and put down on the road
i just wish it was law that all manufactures quoted power figures was true whp figures to stop naive folk from being misled
that's 128bhp at about 10,000rpm.
how many riders ever take their bike anywhere near the limiter?
realistically they're probably riding round 50 - 65hp.
look at any firestorm dyno charts and you will see the power comes in very steep from low rpm and you are making 75-80hp at the wheel at 3500 - 4000rpm.
thats what makes them so rideable imo.
to keep almost any inline 4 up there you would have to be working the gearbox pretty hard to keep it on song.
one bloke told me he had his storm dyno'd and they measured the power at the camshafts, at the gearbox and at the rear wheel.
how did they do that then i asked..... and where was this lol
