Torque competition.

[Big Dave]

THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS FOR A 750

It's like accountancy: It's not the numbers - it's what you can do with them.

[Big Dave]

Don't know what to say ?? Don't ZX 636R put out more HP than that & torque ? What happend to the old 1200 Daytona 147HP & as much torque as a truck Dave ? I know its a Touring bike but please thats a poor Dnyo for a big bike Dude !

That's stock - t'was before the daytona pistons and cams and neptune cans.

Edit - actually - it might have had the cans - but no engine work. It's almost 5 years ago I don't really remember. And they were OK numbers back then too.

[raster]

GSX400X Impulse 1986
59 hp / 12.000 rpm, 3,8 kg-m/ 10.500 rpm

How does that compare to modern 400cc bikes.

For a 20 year old bike.

[Sensei]

[QUOTE=Big Dave]That's stock - t'was before the daytona pistons and cams and neptune cans.

So should be about 130 Hp now ?? See a nice 97 1200 Daytona on Trademe @ the moment . Very tempting wifey may say something tho

[Uncle B]

I LOVE MY TWIN....it's got all the stompy torquie stuff I need low down.

Unlike the fours which start making real power at a zillion rpm and feels like your sitting on a hand genade with the pin pulled.

Saying that I have ridden WT's GSXR which has far more bang for your buck than my smelly twin, but I'll stick with wot I've got cause I know that a good sounding twin will turn more heads than 4.

I LOVE MY TWIN

[Big Dave]

[QUOTE=Sensei]

That's stock - t'was before the daytona pistons and cams and neptune cans.

So should be about 130 Hp now ?? See a nice 97 1200 Daytona on Trademe @ the moment . Very tempting wifey may say something tho

Yeah - I think it is - it's been dyno'd once since, but I can't find the graph.

And like I said to winja - for road use - it ain't the numbers - it's how well they are set up.

Battlestar has.
Ohlins, Race tech Cartridge emulators, ohlins springs, and is jacked up with some custom ride height adjusters. Static sag is set and it's running sports/touring compounds that are well suited to it's weight and the fact that a carries a passenger 90% of the time. Plus I'm big and ugly enough to chuck it round like a sports bike.

I'm toungin' to get it back on the road - reflections have done a great job on the paint - so maybe later this week Battlestar Mark III will be re-launched.

[speedpro]

I LOVE MY TWIN....blah blah blah etc etc

I LOVE MY TWIN

I like twins too, but the best I've ever managed was sisters. Not much torque but oh so much fun to ride.

[Uncle B]

I like twins too....blah blah blah....but oh so much fun to ride.

Damm right

[Lou Girardin]

That's stock - t'was before the daytona pistons and cams and neptune cans.

Edit - actually - it might have had the cans - but no engine work. It's almost 5 years ago I don't really remember. And they were OK numbers back then too.

I hope the mixture's fixed between 3 and 4 thou.

[Hitcher]

It's like accountancy: It's not the numbers - it's what you can do with them.

More like lies, damned lies and statistics...

[Ixion]

I like twins too, but the best I've ever managed was sisters. Not much torque but oh so much fun to ride.

You managed to shut them up? My experience, when you get sisters, they talk non stop. Except when actually being ridden.

[The Stranger:Me]

The torque curve on the carbed birds heads south from about 4250rpm and doesnt start to recover until 5500rpm. at 6200rpm it is back to the same level as it was at 4250.
The Fuel Injected jobs don't have the same problem and have higher output. You really do need to differentiate the 2 as at 4000rpm they would be doing about 120kph and just dropping into a hole in top gear.