my 88 cbr600 hurricane came from the factory with 98hp. My cbr1000f is a lot heavier and a lot stronger then it was feels like 20 30 hp difference to me.

 

My Bertha has 135 at the rear wheel. Have added a dyno upgrade and a K&N filter. If you gun it from the traffic lights it will wheelie.. Not that i want it to do that .......

 

thats impressive mate. I have a K&N filter as well. Mine hammers and is quite enough for me. I dont hammer her anyway considering she's old. I have the BB for that

 

1988 Honda Hurricane is rated at 132hp, at the rear wheel about 115hp.
I love mine. Plenty of power even with my 240 lbs on her. Road test indicate 10.90's @ 126 mph. 154-161 mph dependiing on what archive u read. Hurrricanes and CBR 1000F basically the same bike were superbikes
of there day. In my opinion " a bike that still looks good that kicks *** and takes names"

 

i honestly can't say that this bike makes more torque than my old '85 FJ1100 did. that bike felt like it was going to rip my arms off past 7k, but this one just delivers it more smoothly.

 

The August, 1990 issue of Cycle magazine (RIP) tested the CBR1000. Max HP was 111.4 at 9,500. The more important torque hit 50 pounds at 4,000 and never dropped below until redline at 10,500. It made over 60 pounds from 5,750 to 9,750.

The September, 1990 issue of Rider magazine compared the CBR against Kawasaki's ZX-11. Luckily, they didn't compare them on the dyno or dragstrip. They preferred the Honda's "refinement" and called it the "everyman's motorcycle." The ZX-11 has awesome top-end power, but read this about Rider magazine's roll-on test against the CBR:

"Starting in top gear, in roll-ons from 40 mph with the Ninja ZX-11, it wasn't until getting down to second gear in each bike that the Ninja ZX-11's engine speed was high enough to exert its top-end advantage and make the bike pull away from the CBR1000F. Even though their overall drive ratios are quite close in every gear, the Honda would simply walk away from the Kawasaki in sixth, fifth, fourth and third, showing off its ample low- and mid-range grunt."

 

I have a Cycleworld 1988 issue where they test 7 bikes. The Honda Hurricane 1000, Kawasaki Ninja ZX10, Kawasaki Concours,BMW K 100RS,
Suzuki GSX-R1100, Suzuki Katana 1100, and the Yamaha FZR 1000.

The top speed test the Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 went 167 mph and the Hurricane 1000 went 161 mph. The next closest was the Yamaha FZR 1000 at 156 mph.

Quarter mile the Kawasaki ZX10 went 10.46 @ 134.32 and the Hurricane
went 10.82 @ 127.29 mph. The Suzuki Katana and the Yamaha FZR 1000
were about a tenth quicker than the Hurricane 1000.

What Cycle World said about the Hurricane was " We believe the best rounded performer among all the current street bikes is the Hurricane 1000. It offers all but the last few percent of the performance of the street racers, handles better than something its size really should, and still
manages to do a fair job of coddling its rider. Its an amazing motorcycle
that does everything well. " this is on page 40.

I have read other road tests that show the Hurricane 1000's top speed
to have been been 161 mph and the Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 to have been at 158 mph. Either way both bikes are fast and it looks like in the top speed contest of the late 80's it was between the Kawasaki Ninja ZX10 and the Honda Hurricane 1000. All the rest were in their wake !

The Hurricane 1000 was only offered in 1987 and 1988. So maybe you are one of the lucky ones that own one.

 

I remember reading in a review somewhere that you needed to hit sixth in quite a specific rev range to achieve top speed on the cbr, the difference was only about 5 or 6 mph, but apparently they could replicate it.

 

Rolls Royce used to state the performance of their cars as "sufficient". I think this appropriate for our bikes too. Loads of bikes these days have much more 'power' but when is enough power enough? These things also pull like a train from 4k so you don't even have to change down from 6th to overtake, or you can go down four gears in which case you feel like you're being shot out of a cannon. The front tyre skims the ground and the back's just about spinning! Not only that, but they apparently still do all this after over 20 years!!!

"Sufficient"...**** yeah.