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Originally Posted by Rickster  For example, a 600cc RR bike is making about 25% more HP than the XB9SX. |
(Tip-toeing carefully.......)
Nothing personal, Rick, but this is one of my pet peeves.
That is true but might not be significant for some (many ?) riders.
The extra 25% for the RR ONLY comes into play above 7-8K rpm.
Below that, their response might be similar and some R bike riders never (or very seldom) actually ride in that "turbo" range.
Point is: Quoting only peak HP specs. for two bikes of vastly different design doesn't tell the whole story and may, in fact, be mis-leading.
And then there are the feeble old farts like me who fall back to a little thumper to just enjoy the RIDE!
