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<blockquote data-quote="Albervin" data-source="post: 12383" data-attributes="member: 586"><p>Tom, you do have a way with words! The Japs are now slowly realising that their weight claims are being questioned. We now have "kerb weight" which is probably a ready to go bike with half a tank of petrol. Look at the weight of a Vincent 1000 & it won't be a million miles from 200Kg. I wonder (or is it wander) at the speeds set 60 years ago with less than 100bhp. There are bikes out there with (supposedly) more power than 1980s BMWs & they are not doing 200 mph?! My 1985 BMW 323i weighed 1200Kg, supposedly generated 125bhp & did a genuine 120 mph ( Officer plod gave me a ticket to prove it). So why won't a 200 kg/125bhp bike do more than 165 mph?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> On the other hand my little Aprillia has clocked 110 mph with 50 Japanese horses & weighing 140Kg (plus me).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albervin, post: 12383, member: 586"] Tom, you do have a way with words! The Japs are now slowly realising that their weight claims are being questioned. We now have "kerb weight" which is probably a ready to go bike with half a tank of petrol. Look at the weight of a Vincent 1000 & it won't be a million miles from 200Kg. I wonder (or is it wander) at the speeds set 60 years ago with less than 100bhp. There are bikes out there with (supposedly) more power than 1980s BMWs & they are not doing 200 mph?! My 1985 BMW 323i weighed 1200Kg, supposedly generated 125bhp & did a genuine 120 mph ( Officer plod gave me a ticket to prove it). So why won't a 200 kg/125bhp bike do more than 165 mph?:rolleyes: On the other hand my little Aprillia has clocked 110 mph with 50 Japanese horses & weighing 140Kg (plus me). [/QUOTE]
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