Horsepower ratings?

[scott411]

I mashed my ankle to a pulp on my 4 speeder, and never road raced my injected 5 speeders. They'd be great though I reckon.

i have not motarded a injected one yet, not to sure if the over rev is as good as the carb'd ones, be interesting tho, i did not like the sit around all day for 2 or 3 short races, and with not many true motard events (wiht a dirt section in) i sold all my stuff,

[CHOPPA]

i have not motarded a injected one yet, not to sure if the over rev is as good as the carb'd ones, be interesting tho, i did not like the sit around all day for 2 or 3 short races, and with not many true motard events (wiht a dirt section in) i sold all my stuff,

Woodville was great on the weekend from a spectator point. Lots of races and in the 2hrs we were there we got to watch the river race twice and the other classes 3x!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Woodville was great on the weekend from a spectator point. Lots of races and in the 2hrs we were there we got to watch the river race twice and the other classes 3x!

I got side tracked and didn't make it. Who won what mate?

[CHOPPA]

I got side tracked and didn't make it. Who won what mate?

BT and Burga. Coops won one of the races when BT stalled it

[eelracing]

Just like you've dusted off 450's on ya 5 hundy eh??

Only if the fat-assed 450 could get out of it's own way...








...bye bye fatboy

[tinytoolmans274]

The straight line racer , they always were legends

[jasonu]

Hate to say it mate, but as far as a KX500 goes, he's on the button. A CR500 hits a little harder, as they don't use power valves to smooth things out. But years ago at the Masterton Street races, after the F2 race (which I'd just won), a guy came up and told me I wasn't revving it hard enough as it didn't sound like it was in the powerband! They sound flat as a turd.

I have owned a CR500 and a KX500 and they were powerfull but they didnt have a 'powerband' they are just like a big diesel tractor. Its not some insane arm ripping power like most people make out.

I have some pictures of mine on here somewhere, I could still clean up club days on them. I even did the nationals in the Pro Open class at Huntly in about 2005 on the CR500, crashed at the start and still managed a top 15 finish didnt race the rest of the weekend cause it was mud hole

Then I will reword my post as follows.
Big bore MXers have a powerband that starts from just off idle to redline which makes them feel 'flat'.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Then I will reword my post as follows.
Big bore MXers have a powerband that starts from just off idle to redline which makes them feel 'flat'.

Hence no real powerband at all! Just power (and lots of it) everywhere.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Only if the fat-assed 450 could get out of it's own way...





...bye bye fatboy

Now we know it's a setup! A poxy old YZ490!!?? Biggest pile of shit made.

[scott411]

Now we know it's a setup! A poxy old YZ490!!?? Biggest pile of shit made.

but Broc Glover beat a factory CR500 ridden by one of the best riders ever (David Bailey) to win a US 500 title on one,

[F5 Dave]

What about that Brad Lackey dude, he even managed to make one of those Suzuki things win a real title & they even forgot to bolt the forks on the right way up?!

[ducks for cover]

[Crasherfromwayback]

What about that Brad Lackey dude, he even managed to make one of those Suzuki things win a real title & they even forgot to bolt the forks on the right way up?!

[ducks for cover]

Tried for a bloody long time on Honda's and Kawasaki's too!

[Crasherfromwayback]

but Broc Glover beat a factory CR500 ridden by one of the best riders ever (David Bailey) to win a US 500 title on one,

This guy is pretty handy on his YZ490 too!! It's well worth watching the clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb2k...eature=related

[Jay GTI]

This guy is pretty handy on his YZ490 too!! It's well worth watching the clip...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lmb2k...eature=related

Awesome clip!

[Crasherfromwayback]

Awesome clip!

Yeah the boys were going hard out eh! Eddie Lawson has always been one of my heroes! Great to see him stuff Jeff Ward in the dirt section...although Eddie was a good flat tracker anyway.