Which road bike has the best power-to-weight ratio?

Discussion in 'Ducati General Discussion' started by s l u g, Oct 25, 2013.

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  1. #1 s l u g, Oct 25, 2013
  2. Or £54000? ;)
     
    #2 damodici, Oct 25, 2013
  3. Or to put it another way £270 of every horse. Mine cost £89 each. Which is much better value given that £54,000 worth of bike still wont make me Valentino Rossi or Marc Marquez.
     
    #3 El Toro, Oct 25, 2013
  4. Would love something like that, but it is beyond both my budget and abilities.

    mine comes in at £35/bhp - bargain!
     
    #4 efcbluepete, Oct 25, 2013
  5. Husky NOx has a great power to weight ratio
     
    #5 AirCon, Oct 25, 2013
  6. I was joking but actually close to that...

    Wow, with that money you could get a Multi Pikes Peak, a Panigale R and a Monster 1100 evo.

    LOL
     
    #6 s l u g, Oct 25, 2013
  7. and when youve bought it, they'll simply bring out another super duper ultra limited edition version..
     
    #7 funkyrimpler, Oct 25, 2013
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  8. that's the nature of progress though, computers, phones, cars, bikes etc. there will always be a new and improved version coming out in the future...
     
    #8 Attila, Oct 25, 2013
  9. Which is probably as good a garage as you'd ever need :upyeah:
     
    #9 bradders, Oct 25, 2013
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  10. are we talking advertised figures or tested figures.

    a world of false figures out there
     
    #10 Phill, Oct 25, 2013
  11. TZR250 had a fantastic PTW ratio. Can't remember now but at the time it was unbelievable.
     
    #11 Mac, Oct 25, 2013
  12. Top Trumphs!!


    I'll put mine up :upyeah:

    165kg fully wet 123Bhp/78lb of torque. Power to weight 0.75/0.47.
     
    #12 Pablo Pirate, Oct 27, 2013
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  13. my zzr1400 212 hp Dry weight on this bike is 215 Kg - Therefore power to weight ratio is excess of 1000 Bhp per Tonne.
     
    #13 paulfastbikes, Oct 28, 2013
  14. 45bhp and 105kg on the KTM300EXC I once owned was plenty. Especially as that 45bhp came all at once in a powerband as thin as razor blade. It was more of an ON/OFF switch. Craziest bike ive ever ridden.
     
    #14 bootsam, Oct 28, 2013
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  15. What have you done to the bike to get that sort of power?? Impressive but just short of the 1000 BHP per tonne.
     
    #15 Pablo Pirate, Oct 28, 2013
  16. yeah do the math. 212/215 = 0.986 thus 986bhp per tonne. :tongue:
     
    #16 bootsam, Oct 28, 2013
  17. Trouble is it would go bang in 1 second with no oil in it . 268 kg kerb weight means a lot of fluid in there.
     
    #17 ducati2242, Oct 28, 2013
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  18. 212/268 = 791 :tongue:

    Still beats my 745 BHP /473lb of torque per tonnne (Still good for an old Superlight :upyeah:)

    Judges inquiry!!! Is it a genuine 212BHP?!? How much torque????

    Yeeeeeeeeah I love Top Trumphs! :biggrin:
     
    #18 Pablo Pirate, Oct 28, 2013
  19. All pointless if the owner is 18 stone.

    All that weight loss, magnesium and carbon fibre is just a marketing gimmick, OK for Moto GP where all the riders are probably sub 10 stone. Back in the real world, because bikes weigh so little, rider weight really does make a huge difference.

    Thank goodness for Ducati there are plenty of fat rich blokes with 50 large burning a hole in their pocket.
     
    #19 Carlos Fandango, Oct 28, 2013
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  20. Pah! My old Blackbird cost me £8 per bhp. That'll do for me:upyeah:
     
    #20 figaro, Oct 28, 2013
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