Bought a new motorcycle today

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:04 am

Firebolt, eh? Doesn't Harry Potter fly around on one of those? LOL

I saw a Buell next to me on the ferry crossing the river last week and had never seen front disk brakes like on that.

Very nice looking bike.

woo · Post by **woo** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 12:06 pm

my brother has an RM250 trailbike, and an RD250LC road bike. The RD has twin front brakes from an RD350 and has had the motor worked. One of my uncles has a R1 which he clames is rather fast (150bhp compared to my leganzas 135) and my other uncle just sold his hayabusa, which was one of the first and had the 350km/h speedo (as opposed to the 300km/h one fitted to the later models)

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:21 pm

I can't wait till next summer when i get my GSX1000R

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:51 pm

LOL ... the specs on my bike say it is 19.7 hp

Post by **PrecisionBoost** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 1:30 am

Only 19.7hp ???

Wow.... I don't know if I would feel safe on a bike that can't accelerate out of a "tight spot" in a fraction of a second.

Perhaps you might want to look into this dry nitrous kit for "emergency accleration" situations ... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=64657

Pretty cheap for $40.00 ....... too bad car ones aren't that cheap

It's designed for Go Karts but hell.... 19.7hp isn't that much more than the average Go Kart :P

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz · Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:21 am

LOL ... the bike accellerates faster than any car I have, even my Porsche!

It tops out around 80mph, but that is way more than I need to get speeding tickets.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:44 am

maybe it has got 19 HP only but it weights some 1/4 of a standard issue car so it accelerates faster, this is why i always look at performance numbers (top speed and 0-60 times) rather than horse power and torque readings.

MMamdouh

KnightWalace · Post by **KnightWalace** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:16 pm

isn't a Power to Weight Ratio in this case?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 8:18 pm

yes indeed.

MMamdouh

kinkyllama · Post by **kinkyllama** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:08 pm

if it tops out at 80 then it probably has short gear ratios too.