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Graph of 30 years of superbike development
By Visordown News on 13/08/2009 09:16:54
The evolution of the power/weight motorcycle over the last 30 years
WE SPOTTED this on French site Motorevue earlier today:The two charts plot the evolution of the typical weight and power characteristics of key motorcycles over the last 40 years.It's a simple but striking bit of info, plotting the increase in power
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2012 BMW S1000RR – more than meets the eye
By Visordown News on 20/10/2011 12:37:15
Get a load of that blue colourscheme
and electronics.The head angle is steeper and the wheelbase shorter on the new chassis, which also features a 20 percent larger air intake through the headstock to boost performance. Peak power is the same at a claimed 193bhp (the previous model dynoed at anything
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2012 ZZR1400: 217bhp?
By Visordown News on 10/10/2011 15:48:15
Could the new hypersports-tourer be pumping out MotoGP rivalling power?
THIS is the old versus new power graph for the ZZR1400.Kawasaki has been careful to leave the figures off, but here at Visordown, we've measured it to the nearest pixel. Kawasaki claimed the old ZZR1400 peaked at 187bhp which would mean the new one
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2011 ZX-10R stock dyno run
By Ben Cope on 10/06/2011 17:22:37
The 10R and I head to PDQ in Bekrshire to bust some shapes on the dyno graph
and takes off. Feel is one thing, the dyno tells another story.In 'full-power' mode mine made a peak power figure of 173bhp and 73lbft of torque. I've got the graphs to post and will write a comparison to a stock S1000RR and Fireblade which were run up
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UK Powered Two Wheeler sales from the last decade
By Visordown News on 09/02/2011 11:43:27
The figures make stark reading but after the ecomonic meltdown is the industry on the rise again?
THE graph above shows the sales of Powered Two Wheelers (PTW) in the UK over the last decade.The figures, compiled by the Motorcycle Industry Association, were published in a recent article in British Dealer News.Sales in 2010 shrunk by over 43
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Ducati Streetfighter 1198 specs leaked. Or are they?
By Visordown News on 05/09/2011 11:16:38
Evidence may not be all it seems
A screen grab purported to be from Ducati's own website appears to show power and torque figures for a forthcoming 'Streetfighter Evo SP” with the 1198cc engine from the firm's current superbike.The dyno graph in the grab – posted on the www
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First Look: BMW S1000RR Carbon Edition
By Visordown News on 23/12/2009 12:30:58
More power and more bling from BMW's revolutionary superbike
and an Akrapovic end can to help drag another few horses out of the stable. It'll be going on sale next year for €24,990 (£22,350). Gulp.Check the power and torque graph to see the benefits of an Akrapovic exhaust.Nice!
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ZZR1400. 'Only' 197bhp
By Visordown News on 12/10/2011 11:42:50
Official power figure revealed
,000rpm and 120lbft of torque at 7500rpm. Of course, that's a lot, but it's only 10bhp up on the outgoing version of the bike, and rather at odds with the power graphs released in the firm's press information, which seemed to show a much larger percentage
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2009 Yamaha R1 v Aprilia RSV4 on the dyno
By Visordown News on 02/12/2009 08:57:11
Same day, same dyno - with surprising results
took an impressive fourth in the overall standings, in the RSV's first year of competition.But check the graph above, found on the Aprilia Forum, which show dyno figures for both bog-standard road bikes, taken on the same day on the same dyno. The blue
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2011 ZX-10R + Leo Vince GP Pro on the dyno
By Ben Cope on 22/11/2011 21:51:06
Lots of noise but what about the power gains?
.Without the link-pipe any gains would be marginal, so even though it's a tube of metal that costs almost £200, it is worth having if you go for the GP Pro exhaust.Looking at the graph in detail with Nick, there's close to a 12bhp gain over the stock system at 9
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