Ducati Belts, for the Ducatisti

Ducati 750ss / 748 - Toyota MR2 with F355 bodykit.

Ducati Monster - Suzuki Jimny.

 

You're almost certainly right about claimed power outputs and the
reality. The high-output engines ended to be tiddlers because
(obviously) the reciprocating masses are smaller and lighter and the
things rev higher, so (relatively speaking) they're easier to tune
than, say, 500 twins or even 650 fours. So quite a few 125s would have
exceeded 12.5bhp.

Just Googled the CB92, btw: claimed 15bhp and it first appeared in
1958! As the sports version would get close to 80, that's raised the
bar to fifty years

For big bikes, I *think* the CBX was the first (1052cc; 105bhp
claimed) although see above re power claims. I mean, my 400 Four was
rated at 37bhp though if more than 30bhp ever made it out of that
engine, I'd be very surprised.

I think the rough rule of thumb is that you need 30bhp for a road bike
(as opposed to some stripped-down tiddler or pukka racer) to git a
genuine ton.

 

those F355 bodykits are gash.

Though have you seen the "R8" body kits for Audi TTs? Even worse.

haha - harsh.

 

You missed the bit were I compared it to Ducati rates but quoted a DIY
price.

But if you want to compare like with like you'll find it actually
comes out a very reasonable one to two grand depending in the grease
monkey. Which is rather a lot to service a part the rest of the
motorcycle industry gets away without fitting.

 

OK you win

Your prize is ride in a British mainline stream locomotive. A design
that was abandoned in 2008.

 

Would these be the same NC30s that were basically only sold here so
proddy racers could use them ?

A few Honda inline fours had them - Japanese home market models.

The biggest reason non-VFR owners didn't buy them was

a) The VTec was universally slagged off in the press for ruining the
power delivery

b) They were expensive.

Obviously I can see loads for former owners were really put off by
engine complexity - having bought a liquid cooled 16 valve DOHC Vee
four.

As all the VFR rivals had camchains as well, I would imagine former
owners either gave up biking or switched to two strokes.

Temper Temper.

Did you sell much when working as a sales rep ?

 

You didn't say "****" this time.

Well done.

 

That's all, but they go very well considering they only have a 2 litre
turbo engine and that's all they have bhp wise.

 

Again, you talk out of your arse. At least get your facts somewhere
near right before replying. Most of them were bought by road riders who
didn't want a grey import or wanted a brand new NC30. My daughter owned
a UK spec one and knew of a fair few others through the club that had
never seen a racetrack.

Everyone knew that the ZXR400 was the bike to beat and there has never
to my knowledge been a time where a bike had to be a UK model to be
eligible for 400cc proddy racing. NC30s were never a top choice for
proddie racing because they were far too expensive to tune successfully
due to having gear driven cams which hindered modifying the compression
ratio

Whether they were built for Jap home market or any other market is
neither here nor there.

No, they stuck with the VFRs they already had, because they knew that
canchains had been an issue with prior V4s and didn't want to go down
that route.

Patronising me doesn't change things, you're still a no-nothing
ignorant ****.

 

Is there one for the VW Beetle? Crikey.

JFGI.

 

You are aware that 90 bhp/litre for a bike engine is rubbish ?

Some Honda car engines exceed this with no problems at all.

 

On 31/03/2010 12:55, Shaun wrote:
snip

You make your choice and you pay your money. You don't *need* to buy a
Ducati, you have a *choice*.

This is how much it cost to do the "absolutely everything" service on my
ST4s.
http://tinyurl.com/nphh4o
http://www.ducatisti.co.uk/forum/du...ajor-service-cost-belt-change.html#post366281

Come the time when I can no longer afford to maintain it then I'll
either sell it or keep it in my garage with a large label that says
"this is a liability not an asset".

 

Yes, I hear they go *extremely* well. I just assumed they had more
power. Fascinating.

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Heh. I wonder how many 63cc machines there were? I like the fact that
the copywriter wasn't even certain that it would beat *all* 63cc
bikes )

 

Shaun posted:

Many bikes do also. Example: Honda CBR600RR, swept capacity 599cc.
Claimed power output 107bhp. Approximately 178.6bhp per litre.

 

Usual thing. We've seen the type before. Gets all his info from the
magazines, not realising that they're all-too-frequently wrong and
rarely impartial.

 

Christ, and I thought my maths was lousy.

 

The Older Gentleman posted:

Explain to me how that's wrong. Honestly, please do. I know my maths
is poor, but I checked that before I posted it. I don't mind being
proved wrong if it's explained.

 

See other posting, after Mark Olson's! Your maths is fine - it's mine
that's up the creek. Again.

 

My 1968 A100-II (98 cc, 50x50 b/s) claimed 9.8 hp. The T500
reckoned 45 hp.

650 Katana was 72 hp in 1981, but actually 670-odd cc.

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