OK to start with I apparently need to weigh myself in full bike kit - we'll get back to that at a later date... Now it says I need combined wet weight of bike plus rider (dry) and the rear wheel HP (assume this is the HP quoted on the manufacturers tech sheets). Although some say flywheel HP 5lbs per HP = what to aim for 4.2-4.5 better still for experienced riders Not sure as to bikes weight as some mods inc exhaust so luckily Wantz has a weigh bridge so I can kill two birds with one stone (or several in my case) When I put in a online calculator it comes out at 0.9 so help with understanding this please The SL had supposedly the best of any bike at 1.29hp per kg - so I think I might be getting my measurements mixed but this is without rider
Bikes aren't cars. The rider weight makes a massive difference. Your bike might be 10kg lighter thanks to all sorts of carbon baubles and expensive mods. But one rider could easily weigh 30 kg or more than another. At the end of the day, it's largely irrelevant. I've been on track with a complete lard-arse, but he was bloody fast (a lot faster than me, due in no small part to about 20x more practice).
To answer Fig Because it's supposedly a better indication than just power alone and would like to know the difference between a 16 stone bloke on an 1199 and a 9 stone bloke on an 899 for example And ultimately is carbon worth it or should we eat less pies And yes Glidd appreciate experience and skills another factor in this
Eating less pies is a double plus. You save on the pies and save on the carbon. It's a lot less fun, but a lot more effective.
848? 140 hp 185kg bike 0.77hp per kg +120 kg rider 0.45hp SL 205 hp 155 kg (?) 1.32hp per kg ( weight may be wrong) + rider 0.75 600 monster 175kg + 120kg rider 295kg 52 hp 0.17 hp per kg
Youre not talking shite on a technical thread now are you? We don't want mindless gibberish and piffle cropping up on serious threads here thanks.
Suit or armour. I dont crash well, need all the protection I can get. Chain mail can chaff a little tho
Bradders the average lid is 1.4kg my boots are prob the same but we will allow 2kg, gloves 1kg, leathers 6kg to be generous, all in all not even 2 stone in weight.
