How much horsepower have you gained?

600racer
600racer Posts: 149 Member
edited December 17 in Social Groups
As a general rule of thumb, for every 7lbs you lose is the same as adding 1 HP to your bike for free! Im up about 1hp since I last rode and 5 hp from my heaviest. Just another benifit of losing weight!:wink:

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  • crisanderson27
    crisanderson27 Posts: 5,343 Member
    As a general rule of thumb, for every 7lbs you lose is the same as adding 1 HP to your bike for free! Im up about 1hp since I last rode and 5 hp from my heaviest. Just another benifit of losing weight!:wink:

    LOL 4.5 here...you did the math!

    =D
  • atjays
    atjays Posts: 797 Member
    about 3 HP, that's a decent gain ;-)
  • danapellerin
    danapellerin Posts: 34 Member
    I guess I'm up 2 HP!
  • cino2684
    cino2684 Posts: 26
    Same 2 HP...definately not enough!
  • HP ftw

    that's one thing I don't need any more of

    433lbs 162hp Stock


    One hundred mph arrives before the 13,000-rpm redline—in first gear. Shift into second at triple digits and a practiced throttle hand can lift the front Dunlop for obscene distances. The 10R covers a quarter-mile in less time than it takes to read this sentence, and it punishes incompetence, impudence and stupidity even more quickly. Too much throttle, almost anywhere, and it'll stick you in the ground like a golf tee.

    :bigsmile:

    Read more: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/roadtests/2004_kawasaki_zx_10r_ninja/index.html#ixzz1rYcmadms

    my husband's bike has race cams and when it is race mapped he gets 181 hp at the rear wheel (he also only gets about 10mpg with that set up)
  • Thats awesome - never even thought of it. I've gained 2HP!
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Guess I've gained about 3 HP and plan to gain about 6 more HP by next year.

    Don't know what I will do with it, though, got as much HP as I need now.

    Almost 58 and you know what they say? "There are old bikers and there are bold bikers, but there are few old, bold bikers."
  • pearsy67
    pearsy67 Posts: 104 Member
    Sweet, I have gained 5 and a bit just in time for a big group ride this sunday.
    I have another 10 or more to find.
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    6.5 here
  • GBO323
    GBO323 Posts: 333 Member
    I've gained 10 hp since starting MFP! Woo Hoo!
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