Curious - HP question
It's not always about the power....my fellow CBR member. It's the thrill of maneuvering the machine thru corners and making it does what you want it to do...if it's all about the HP, why not go for a bigger liter bike. But one can only need so much....LOL.
Honest to say, a 600rr pack with full 2bro exhaust & some extras, you are faster than most vehicles out there....enough power to carve a canyon.
Honest to say, a 600rr pack with full 2bro exhaust & some extras, you are faster than most vehicles out there....enough power to carve a canyon.
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nay, one can never have enough power estate!
but OP, why worry about power all the time. sure more is better, but it's not as if your bike is "slow" i mean, 110 is pretty good for a 600. remember that back in the 90's, literbikes were barely getting 115hp and they weighed a ton
but OP, why worry about power all the time. sure more is better, but it's not as if your bike is "slow" i mean, 110 is pretty good for a 600. remember that back in the 90's, literbikes were barely getting 115hp and they weighed a ton
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I guess I'll jump in here with a spin on it.
I'll preface it by saying for starters, there's really little to gain with bolt on parts. Not that that's a bad thing but typically what you end up doing is moving available power/torque into different areas of the RPM band with maybe a true 'gain' of only a few percent overall.
But... for example if your tuning a Drag bike you may want the power more in the upper specrum (at the cost of low in grunt) , a road course bike maybe more low to middle torque (at the cost of WOT). So you need to have an idea what you intend to do before you spend your money. Your seat of the pants is virtually useless and since most of these mods create more engine/exhaust noise everyone thinks they built a monster but I can tell you I've put a on of bikes on dynos and many are suprised to find out they slowed thier bike down. This was especially true before injected bikes took over.
The other factor that does impact things though is gross weight. You can save quite a bit there on certain bikes with things like an aftermarket exhaust. It won't show on a dyno but it will show on a track time slip.
I'll preface it by saying for starters, there's really little to gain with bolt on parts. Not that that's a bad thing but typically what you end up doing is moving available power/torque into different areas of the RPM band with maybe a true 'gain' of only a few percent overall.
But... for example if your tuning a Drag bike you may want the power more in the upper specrum (at the cost of low in grunt) , a road course bike maybe more low to middle torque (at the cost of WOT). So you need to have an idea what you intend to do before you spend your money. Your seat of the pants is virtually useless and since most of these mods create more engine/exhaust noise everyone thinks they built a monster but I can tell you I've put a on of bikes on dynos and many are suprised to find out they slowed thier bike down. This was especially true before injected bikes took over.
The other factor that does impact things though is gross weight. You can save quite a bit there on certain bikes with things like an aftermarket exhaust. It won't show on a dyno but it will show on a track time slip.
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that's true, and you'll feel the difference in every aspect. acceleration, braking, cornering, easier to ride
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