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Ducxl
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 06:45 pm: | 
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Wow,all of the "I'm smarter than you" has degraded this thread.It always happens,too bad.
Does the ability to move air through the engine have anything to do with this? Engines' that move more air make more power?
I was(as a youngster fooling/w hotrods) always taught that torque wins dragraces,not Horsepower.
In the sportbike arena,I believe horsepower wins races,not torque.
Oh yeah,i was a rebel who got a "C" in high school physics,i just didn't care..i wanted them to pay me to attend school.ironically....now they do |
Ridrx
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 06:57 pm: |
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I knew I shoulda gone for the CORDLESS!
New Buell spotted in E. Troy!!!!
Earlier this week a new Buell motorcycle was spotted on the streets of E. Troy. Onlookers were astounded to see the top secret project powered by what was described as "...the biggest dang weed whacker ya' ever seen...". The alleged new powerplant is rumored to make 150hp at 36,000 rpm,shifted through a 9 spd trans.
Oh, Reep be sure to get the service manual before you go tinkering on that calender, don't wanna get incorrect RPM (Rides per Month) |
Terribletim
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 06:58 pm: |
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quote:i wanted them to pay me to attend school.ironically....now they do
Is that circular physics? |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 07:06 pm: |
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I hear Erik is actually an android. |
Cycleaddict
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:49 pm: |
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the rumor is... YELLOW is the fastest colour !!! |
Ridrx
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:54 pm: |
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Yellow MAY be fastest, but BLACK is quickest! |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 10:58 pm: |
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Technically, bike color only affects top speed, "fastest".
Quickest, or acceleration, is determined by the graphics on your helmet.
I think you have a misconceptoin that black is quickest, it is just second fastest, next to yellow. |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:00 pm: |
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Yeah, but if you don't enter the light value, you will only be able to measure levels of blackness.  |
Ridrx
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:12 pm: |
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You mean hg/lv*pi? or is it lv/pi*hg? Now I'm confused. I didn't think light value and helmet graphics were related in terms of bike color...? 
What if I put graphics on my bike and wear a yellow helmet? |
Cycleaddict
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:16 pm: |
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dammit, just when my headache was going away .........more#'s & calc.s |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:21 pm: |
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The helmet only makes it FEEL faster. The bike color is the only thing that determines actual speed.
The real question is whether black is the preponderance of pigment or the absence of light. |
Ridrx
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:26 pm: |
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Spatten1,
Based on your sound advice on yellow being fastest, I just painted all my internal engine components yellow. Piston speed is in fact up dramatically,but then the paint ain't quite dry yet >
Trans. got all the graphics(quick shifts are important). |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:54 pm: |
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Awesome! I'm glad I could help you out.
Isn't it cool the way you can feel the performance of bike color, especially yellow? |
Spatten1
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 07, 2007 - 11:57 pm: |
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I like your tranny hop up to quicken shifts, brilliant. You might need to put a helmet with graphics on the tranny, if you want to maximize performance.
Let me do the math and get back to you. |
Jiffy
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:04 am: |
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GET YOUR OWN TORQUE VS HP THREAD THIS IS A RUMOR THREAD. |
Terribletim
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:09 am: |
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Wait a minute, my bike was blue! I'm painting it black, but I have some yellow underwear. What's that gonna do?!?!?!? |
Ft_bstrd
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:10 am: |
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Blow up! |
Pushrodpete
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:18 am: |
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At the risk of derailing this thread  by talking Kawi Triples, a post aimed at 45_degrees:
Hey dood, NICE H2! Sumbitch looks amazingly original. Mine's an eBay mutt with a 72 motor in a 75 frame. (best of both worlds, sez me).
You a member of KTW (http://kawasakitriplesworldwide.com/phpBB2/index.p hp)??? I post there as "3Pete", hamfisted mechanic and Resident Buell Apologist....
Join us! Other than a general loathing of all things HD, they're a good bunch.... |
Molly_hatchet
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 01:56 am: |
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now wait a second...i have to paint my engine internals....get a new helmet...and wear yellow undies....man im nver gonna be the fastest....does wheel color count cuase i just got some black ones...so if i wear the yellow skivies,,,and have black wheels...will i still blow up...or just go faster...im more cunfused now. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 10:55 am: |
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Sorry Jiffy
To bring this back around....
So what do people think redline will be on the new Buell dirtbike engine? Any anonys want to throw out some teasers? |
Firemanjim
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 11:17 am: |
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I want spy shots of the dirtbikes and the new V-twin engines. |
45_degrees
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 11:36 am: |
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Pushrodpete... my H2 is all original, even the factory original tires and chain!! I mean the ones that it has had since new! ~3500 original miles. My father bought it new. I haven't been to triplesworld. I'll have to check it out! Talking one H owner to another... these things are brutal, aren't they? I mean, when you grab a handful of throttle the tach needle moves so fast you can't even see it! Let alone trying to keep the front wheel down. Even while sitting still and revving it up that tach needle is almost invisible! Got to be careful to keep it out of the redline! This is the easiest motorcycle to wheelie that I have ever ridden. Torquey. |
Xl1200r
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:00 pm: |
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I was(as a youngster fooling/w hotrods) always taught that torque wins dragraces,not Horsepower.
In the sportbike arena,I believe horsepower wins races,not torque.
Hmm...but Horsepower is just a function of torque and RPM (Torque X RPM / 5252), so what's the difference? |
Midknyte
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 12:29 pm: |
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I want spy shots of the dirtbikes and the new V-twin engines
ok, not really a spy shot, but cool ain't it? |
Ridrx
| | Posted on Thursday, March 08, 2007 - 01:23 pm: |
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I'd like to see a wheelie on THAT! |
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