Topic: How much Torque is Sufficient??

[754]

Went to a bike shop today to test a part I made..

Guy there had a bagger with a turbo kit he made.. fits on a stock TwinCam.

 Now I am not certain the motor was untouched, but this is what he said it put out..

 around 120 hp.. and get this 140 ft lbs of Torque..
  at 3400 rpm..!!
 Geez, dya think that will be enough??

[heffay]

was he a fatass?

[754]

NOOOPE.. and he has a dyno...

 and offered me some dyno time for the job I did..

[heffay]

i would say 140 is sufficient 

dynos going up all over around here... i need to get in on the action.

[fuzzybutt]

thats the new trask turbo kit, makes an 850 pound harley move out pretty damn good.

[754]

No this one was made here in BC, he said he has made up about 10 units, but cant get that size turbo anymore..

[fuzzybutt]

ah ok, i figured it was the trask as those were the same numbers in the street chopper article i think 

[tramp]

torque is great but if you can't hold it all through your hp curve you definetly feel the power loss

[Raul CB750K1]

Taking your bike to the dyno is like measuring your dick.....


No matter what the others have, you have to live with yours. 

[BobbyR]

Taking your bike to the dyno is like measuring your dick.....


No matter what the others have, you have to live with yours. 

That is real wisdom Raul. Funny yet true.   

[DarkRider]

                                                                                  
                                                                                  
                                                                     
                                                                                      
                                                                                   

Well put raul !!

[754]

Tis a lot easier to modify and change those readings on your bike than on certain other members of the crew...


i hear sportbike riders .. usually get to the other end.. quickest...

[DarkRider]

You do realise that was a self aimed shot too right? Who came out with the original sport bike? Ooops it was Honda with its CB....lol

[754]

CB 750 was the first superbike.. not a sportbike.... riding position is not the same..

[DarkRider]

If you are going by riding position...then i def am not a sport biker...Sport tourer maybe but not a sport biker by that standard since the VF has an upright position like a CB 

[jtb]

Hey Rider,  My 86 VFR sure feels like a sportbike when I'm on it.  Sure would like to find some risers, but they didn't make helibars until the 90's.  I tell Martha it's a sports tourer, but truth to tell, I think the difference between a crotch rocket sportbike and a sports touring bike is the age of the rider.

[DarkRider]

They changed a lot when the VFR first came out...thus..the 1st gens like i have have raised bars..unlike the later bikes till the recent gen came out.