Motorcycle Horsepower Question

On Dec 28, 10:11 pm, Jack Hunt <jhun....TakeThisOut@tds.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:45:34 -0800 (PST), "tomor...@erols.com"
>
> <tomor....TakeThisOut@erols.com> wrote:
> >Street Glide will make a bazillion hp instead of a paltry 97?
>
> How much did it cost you to modify the Street Glide to put out less hp than a
> measly stock Honda 600F4?

Say, Jack? How much would it cost to modify a Honda CB600F4 to put
out 107 ft-lbs of torque?

Just curious....
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:45:34 -0800 (PST), "tomorrow@erols.com"
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>Street Glide will make a bazillion hp instead of a paltry 97?

How much did it cost you to modify the Street Glide to put out less hp than a
measly stock Honda 600F4?

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:11:03 -0500, Jack Hunt <jhunt1x.RemoveThis@tds.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:45:34 -0800 (PST), "tomorrow@erols.com"
><tomorrow.RemoveThis@erols.com> wrote:
>
>>Street Glide will make a bazillion hp instead of a paltry 97?
>
>How much did it cost you to modify the Street Glide to put out less hp than a
>measly stock Honda 600F4?

Oh, THAT one's gonna leave a mark .....


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* wrote:

>As I recall, Honda had built a 3-cylinder, 50cc engine with a 12-speed
>transmission, and Moto Guzzi had a 500cc V8.

Honda also had, back in the 60's, 250cc 6-cylinder race-bikes. As I
recall.
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On Dec 28, 10:11 pm, Jack Hunt <jhun....TakeThisOut@tds.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:45:34 -0800 (PST), "tomor...@erols.com"
>
> <tomor....TakeThisOut@erols.com> wrote:
> >Street Glide will make a bazillion hp instead of a paltry 97?
>
> How much did it cost you to modify the Street Glide to put out less hp
> than a
> measly stock Honda 600F4?

Say, Jack? How much would it cost to modify a Honda CB600F4 to put
out 107 ft-lbs of torque?

Just curious....
=======

A smaller front sprocket would seem to be all it needs.
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In article <Alndj.85466$YL5.24063@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>,
"MikeWhy" <boat042-nospam RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:

> <tomorrow RemoveThis @erols.com> wrote in message
> news:29085446-8953-48d0-87ea-7fc81934590c@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 28, 10:11 pm, Jack Hunt <jhun... RemoveThis @tds.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:45:34 -0800 (PST), "tomor...@erols.com"
> >
> > <tomor... RemoveThis @erols.com> wrote:
> > >Street Glide will make a bazillion hp instead of a paltry 97?
> >
> > How much did it cost you to modify the Street Glide to put out less hp
> > than a
> > measly stock Honda 600F4?
>
> Say, Jack? How much would it cost to modify a Honda CB600F4 to put
> out 107 ft-lbs of torque?
>
> Just curious....

Just shift down a gear or two.

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On Dec 29, 4:03 am, Jack Hunt <jhun....DeleteThis@tds.net> wrote:
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> It's all about comfort and whether or not you like what you have.  If you don't
> have those two, you don't have anything.
>
> --
> Jack

Yes and no. I had an RD350 (or was it the 400) I felt it was
uncomfortable and wimpy. Not to mention just about everything seemed
counter-intuitive to my Jawa-Suzuki trained reflexes, go figure. Then
I got to try an early Virago 920...uncomfortable to a fault, but I
admit it wasn't a bad bike. Now here is the weird part, those were all
compared to a bike roughly 10 years older, less power, less torque,
bench seating (that saved my life once) that never the less i'd have
taken it up against anything on a twisty road with it's low haning
pipes. God save the Suzuki T-500's every year of them!
Only a Savage or a Goldwing have fit me as well. Makes me nervous to
even try the Versys...because all the dealers around me do not allow
test rides. Only one way to really move motorcycles OR crack. Give
the kiddies a free hit.
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On Dec 29, 4:04 am, Jack Hunt <jhun....DeleteThis@tds.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:37:45 -0800 (PST), "tomor...@erols.com"
>
> <tomor....DeleteThis@erols.com> wrote:
> >How much would it cost to modify a Honda CB600F4 to put
> >out 107 ft-lbs of torque?
>
> I dunno, how much is a turbo?

And a rebuilt motor? Because enough turbo to get that torque tends to
eat motors.
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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:35:22 -0800 (PST), "tomorrow@erols.com"
<tomorrow RemoveThis @erols.com> wrote:

>More importantly, how much would it cost to make a Honda CB600F4i as
>comfortable, as weather protective, as resaleable, as desirable, as
>high mileage capable, as long distance capable, and as lusted after as
>my Street Glide?

Probably about the same. Or you could get an ST1100 which isn't lusted after by
the unwashed ignorants but keeps its resale pretty well.

Most of the people I've known who lusted after HDs had never owned one.

>Horsepower is by no means the be-all and end-all of motorcycling.

It's all about comfort and whether or not you like what you have. If you don't
have those two, you don't have anything.

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On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:37:45 -0800 (PST), "tomorrow@erols.com"
<tomorrow.RemoveThis@erols.com> wrote:

>How much would it cost to modify a Honda CB600F4 to put
>out 107 ft-lbs of torque?

I dunno, how much is a turbo?

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On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:02:36 -0800, "Bill Kiene" <billkiene RemoveThis @kiene.com> wrote:

>Please try to act more like adults here and have some manners.

Bite me.

> You are a
>reflection of your upbringing so don't be an embarrassment to your patents

I'm patented?

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Bill Kiene <billkiene.TakeThisOut@kiene.com> wrote:

>
> PS: Please try to act more like adults here and have some manners.

Sad, silly little man.


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Jack Hunt wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:35:22 -0800 (PST), "tomorrow@erols.com"
> <tomorrow.DeleteThis@erols.com> wrote:
>
> >More importantly, how much would it cost to make a Honda CB600F4i as
> >comfortable, as weather protective, as resaleable, as desirable, as
> >high mileage capable, as long distance capable, and as lusted after as
> >my Street Glide?
>
> Probably about the same. Or you could get an ST1100 which isn't lusted after by
> the unwashed ignorants but keeps its resale pretty well.

Had one. Diidn't find it comfortable or relaxing to ride, Didn't
care for its power delivery characteristics and certainly don't need
one now.

And I simply don't give a darn about what other people, unwashed or
not, lust after. That simply has no place in my motorcycle buying
decision hierarchy at all!
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