weight loss/power weight ratio
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: USA
It's your money and your bike...do with it as you will. I say congrats. You're off to a nice start. As someone stated earlier, changing the wheels to a lighter one would be a nice addition. With the things you've done so far, and lighter wheels, you'll probably actually start noticing handling and acceleration differences.
I don't understand all the nay saying in this thread? Whether or not he tells some huge significant difference is irrelevent. Since when is trimming off a little weight a bad thing when it comes to performance? Weight and torque have a direct coorelation in regard to performance.
I don't understand all the nay saying in this thread? Whether or not he tells some huge significant difference is irrelevent. Since when is trimming off a little weight a bad thing when it comes to performance? Weight and torque have a direct coorelation in regard to performance.
Stage I
Joined: May 2011
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From: greensburg ky
Lo-rider,simply put "you don't know your *** from a whole in the ground" ,I can't even imagine what kind of a dumb *** it would take to make the statements you have made on this page,if you are truly so dumb that you thing any weight loss off of any vehicle especially a motorcycle doesn't make a performance gain you really don't need to be posting about it,I can't understand why people who don't know **** about something still feel the need to waste others time. Stupidity is so dangerous,and the sad part is it usually a danger to others instead of there own dumb ***.
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From: Marina del Rey
Lo-rider,simply put "you don't know your *** from a whole in the ground" ,I can't even imagine what kind of a dumb *** it would take to make the statements you have made on this page,if you are truly so dumb that you thing any weight loss off of any vehicle especially a motorcycle doesn't make a performance gain you really don't need to be posting about it,I can't understand why people who don't know **** about something still feel the need to waste others time. Stupidity is so dangerous,and the sad part is it usually a danger to others instead of there own dumb ***.
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From: Palm Harbor fl.
I agree, not to mention the ceramic brakes as well.
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From: Alberta
Here's the deal as I've seen it; one of my brothers has an '01 FXD; out of the box it's really the same bike as my '01 FXDXT except for suspension; same frame with the same rake...he's got a few less horsepower...anyhow, with 40+lbs less unspring weight and our different suspensions the handling difference makes it obviously worth while to me...as he said when he rode mine the first time "it practically falls into the corners at slow speeds and feels like it has power steering at higher speed..." I could easily have spent as much on paint and chrome; just because most people catagorize these machines as "cruisers" dosen't mean that all performance improvements are a senseless waste of one's money...off course a "crotch rocket" will handle better but versatility is the key here; my bike does more of the things I want to do than any other I've ridden.
When the Hayabusa was in development I was very into it because they were out to deliver the first 200mph stock motorcycle. Outside of aerodynamics they found weight loss to give the biggest gains. They said 8lbs was equal to 1hp.
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Road Master
Joined: Jul 2011
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From: West New york, NJ
A tenth of a second is pretty big when it comes to drag racing. At 100 mph it is a full car length. About 15-20 feet. At 120 mph it is closer to 30 feet. When the guy you just raced is 30 feet in front of you, go ahead and tell him that 30lbs. doesn't make a difference.