All very cool machines! Another good video! The sounds of the machines is a very important part to us riders, as you well know. Thanks for not drowning it out with background music!
Back then, I was goofing around on Italian 350 and 500 twins.... I'd meet hoardes of riders on stuff like this on Le Havre, when I was returning from Italy and they from the Bol d'Or. Impressive hearing thirty or forty litre-plus fours starting up prior to loading into a ferry.... But I was always happy with my little twins.... despite the slightly mocking words of some of the "real" bikers. I have a soft spot for the GPz1100. A dinosaur almost from birth, it was nonetheless a very impressive thing. A courier at my London firm briefly used a GSX1100 EFE for work... I think he used more for fuel, tyres, brakes and chains than he earned... It was one big, beefy bicycle. Somehow, there was a romance to these swansong models from the first age of the UJM. Good video. Thank you for the nostalgia.
I tend to think the same way, I rode a Guzzi v50 during this period and was very happy with it Never reawaken ted anything else did eventually go bigger but did really feel I’d gained anything at all
I absolutely loved my gsx 1100efe round front headlight took off the fairing awesome to ride around London from Heathrow to the city and back 7 days a week
I was riding a xs1100 when the vmax came out, I went directly to the dealership and bought one-1985-what a bike! Could not believe the power it had,,I rode it for 28 years, then sold it// big mistake..
Video suggestion . On the Yamaha MT01 . 2005 - 2012 I believe .. a real beast of an engine ... . Or im happy with (as someone suggested) a collection of the dispatch riders bikes .. as a CX 500 owner ib be very happy .. 😁 Keep up the good work .. me and the boys really enjoyed this one immensely .. Many thxs.
I own an MT-01, its a real hoot to ride, and one that slipped under the radar for many people (The US didn't even get it) So many riders have come up to me after a ride an ask "What IS that?" With a full Akra system it makes itself known.😆 I live in NZ but in the late 80s early 90s I was a dispatch rider in London, one of the best jobs i ever had, i can't believe the stuff we used to get away with.😄
I owned 2 “Super” bikes in my day…. a 1981 Honda CB 900 F SuperSport and a Honda 1983 Magna V65, both were greatly powered but also really nice for long distance trips ( went to Halifax NS from Montreal Quebec on the 900)
Thanks again. It is very nice bikes you find, and a lot of variations you bring on of each model. And yes, the V-Max folks is very much a cult, a friend of mine is currently rebuilding his into something realy wild! BTW, I still feel bad about mistaking MV Agusta for Laverda...
The V Max is the only motorcycle I regret selling. The handling woes were pretty much BS if you ask me it handled just fine and with the addition of a cheap steel brace bar stiffened the frame right up. I like many added the T Boost which was a switch that would allow the V Boost to come on line at 3000 RPM rather than 6000 RPM and all you could do was hang on tight nothing I ever raced beat it off the line. Mine was upped to 140 HP and just pulled like a freight train. It was pure fun and when the T Boost kicked in you just wanted to do it over and over and would have a grin from ear to ear.
Terrific representative hit-list. I had an '81 XS1100 Midnight Special that I scored by default. The owner, a friend of mine, had originally agreed to sell me his second bike, a CB900F, which I had ridden and preferred. When I arrived to pick the Honda up, my mate had dropped the CB in an accident an hour earlier and it, consequently, wouldn't start. He turned to the Yamaha and said, "Do you want that?" My affirmation was one of the best motorcycle choices I ever made, riding it along [and over] some of the worst roads in Cambodia - my adopted home. The only drawback was the upkeep on carburetor tuning and balancing; a small price to pay
@@bikerdood1100 He's right, y;know! I was a courier for quite a few years and went through 7 Z550GTs, a couple of NTVs, ST1100s a K75RTIC and a few oilhead BMW boxers.
@@geoffreycasey875 I used a CG125 for a day as a courtesy bike when my then NTV650 went in for some warranty work. I was very dismayed at seeing it, but within a mile or two of Central London traffic, I was impressed! I earned more money that day than I ever did on a 'big' bike 😊 I would've kept it if I didn't have a commute from Southend-on-Sea to London every day. A cracking wee bike 🏍❤
Well there’s already a Yamaha and as a rule I try to avoid putting more than one motorcycle per company in each video If I can avoid it Keeps things a bi5 more interesting
5’;24 this was my first stepu- from a Zündapp Ks650 Watercooled, that I got when I was 16, and got the 1100 when I was 17,5… was blackmwith orange like shown here…🥰🥰🥰
The 1981 Kawasaki GPZ 1100 was not Kawasaki's first fuel injected production bike. The 1979 Kawasaki Z1 Classic was a factory built motorcycle with Bosch fuel injection. It was available here in the United States. I'm not sure if it was available in Europe. Back in 1980, I first saw one owned by a guy I later became good friends with. I would have given anything to own that bike. I did buy a brand new 1991 Yamaha V-Max back in the day. They had an $8000 retail price and there was no negotiating on the price, no matter what dealer you visited. The V-Max was frowned upon by insurance companies. Insurance was as high as $2000 per year, and that's with a good driving record. If you bought a brand new V-Max, Yamaha would include the first year of full coverage insurance. Before I signed on the dotted line, I called insurance companies to get rates.(remember, there was no internet in 1991) American Family and State Farm offered full coverage for roughly $300/year. I verified the quote with many other agents in case they were trying to blow smoke up my rear end just to sell me insurance then increase rates later on down the line. They stood firm on their quote and I have been with State Farm ever since.
Your a bit early They built a limited number of Zs ( a few hundred) the previous year as a test run before the full on production 1100 but not in 79 on the Z1 I’m afraid your a couple of years and one model too early
We used to call the GSX 1100 the hot dog racer because at lunch it was going as fast as it could from work to the hot dog stand and back. Thats why the name in Scandinavia. 😄👍
There was a local Honda shop here in NZ, that had a CB1100R RB model, (with the single seat and weave inducing half fairing), sitting on the floor for years and years. Decades later, when prices had skyrocketed, the owner was offered A LOT of money, but just wouldn't sell it. By this stage, even though the only Km on it were from pushing it around, it had started to suffer, surface rust on fasteners and rubber seals had gone hard etc. (sitting around for decades not being ridden is not good for bikes) Last i heard, it was fully restored by the Honda importer in Auckland and was sitting in their foyer.
Naked air-cooled muscle bikes are fantastic at everything except being ridden. Maybe with a barn door fairing and different gearing. And suspension. And a better frame. And shaft drive. And a diet.
The 1980 Z1000H was in fact the world's first production motorbike to employ fuel injection. Bike buyers of the day were very of its complexity and never sold in huge numbers. It was later used on the GPz1100.
Well it’s already in an earlier video Was built in limited numbers as a test bed for the GPZ Wasn’t that it didn’t sell they intentionally only built a few hundred It’s a myth that people were put off. The GPz came out the following year and sold well which proves that this was nonsense Kawasaki only built a few hundred as they were replacing the Z the following year Still beat BMW which is the point I’m making
@@bikerdood1100 Forgive me, I didn't see the earlier video. I'm not a subscriber; your videos sometimes drop on my feed and I take a look. I was just going on face-value 🙂
My mate has a VMAX in his collection, he rides that one more than any of the others. Personally I think they're overrated, I don't mean the handling, it's supposed to be a cruiser, I'm talking about the performance. Yeah they're quick and in 1985 there probably wasn't much that could live with it but honestly, 145 horsepower in a bike that weighs 250 kilos? My old thunderace leaves it standing and I used to have an FJ1200 which was astoundingly quick, even the gixers and R1s couldn't keep up with it till we got well over the ton but no one seems to talk about the FJ?
The truth is, the original Vmax only made 90 hp at the rear wheel! they are torquey tho, and much more can be had from them, but from the factory, they put out 90hp. Yamahas marketing dept "claimed" 145hp, and the guy that made and sold "DynoJet" dynos ordered his engineers to make sure every Dynojet dyno measured 120hp for every stock Vmax. To read the whole story, and to find out why he did this, google 'True rear wheel horsepower, Factory Pro'
@@uhtred7860sorry but mine dynoes way more than 90hp at wheel... Your talking a 55hp loss,thats way too much. Maybe on the non v-boost bikes. Many dynos brands in europe,and none from dynojet. Do you thing a 90whp bike could stand with the bikes that it still stands,even with its wheight?
Bought a red V-Max in 1986 new from the dealer. Had it for 9 years. Nothing on 2 wheels could touch it from a standing start up to 100mph. When racing, I started out in second gear. First gear was worthless in a fast start off the line. It had very bad handling, also had front fork wobble at high speed. A fork brace solved the problem.was a nice bike for highway riding. Took it on many long rides cross country. Rear tire lasted 5,000 miles riding it normal speeds. For an inexperience rider, it could be a death machine. I never liked the v boost system.
@@bikerdood1100 ya,we use to have a 1/4 mile marked off on a country road. Every weekend lots of guys with souped up cars & bikes would go racing. We would get 100 people out there. It was fun, but also dangerous.young & stupid.
I’m English You just gunna have to deal with it I’m afraid I’m not employing Sir Richard Attenborough any time soon for voice over work Oddly enough neither hear here this from Europeans Almost exclusively Americans Maybe Americans should travel more No down side to that advice
never get on the back of a GPz. the bini fairing if your sensible. 30 yrs later still screaming. now then a bored out to 1500 z1300 was great for pulling and tucking as pillion during a 130 mph power wheelie. i;ll never forget either. luckily i got my bike back on the road soon after Ogri 🤟
1985 Yamaha Vmax pilot on deck, walked my bike out the door in South Dallas for $5,200.00, 1200 cc's was to the 80's what the 2500 cc bike is today, over the top balls out insanity straight line funny bike
I eventually turned that corner in 1992 when I test road Doug Polen's 851 out of MotoLiberty, blew my mind, and became a 30 year Ducati pilot including the awesome 2002 998r 478/700 from AMS in Alvarado Texas
@@uhtred7860 it wouldn’t because I’m not quoting Yamaha’s marketing numbers because they tend to , well lie I’m quoting a period magazine dyno test If you think the Japanese underestimate the power of their bikes Well let’s just say I’ll have a pint of what ever your drinking 😂 It seems that there are some who believe that bikes are even more powerful than they actually are We call Pub talk
@@bikerdood1100 Lol, i don't think they underestimate power figures, its the opposite, the, "measured at the crank" power figures Japanese factories use are about 20 -25% too generous. We ran a Factory Pro EC997 dyne system at the shop i worked in for years, and customers were always shocked at the real world figure, measured at the back wheel, and the marketing figure that they had read in some magazine.
Thanks for sharing this and showing the wonderful GPz 👏👌👍
Glad you enjoyed it
I had an Unitrack GPz 1100 once. A great GT bike. Certainly not a racer or sportsbike, but a fine high speed touring bike.
Always loved the kawasaki GPzs , probably why I have a kawasaki now.😅
Makes sense
I used to have a mint 81 gs1000g. Wish I still had it! Souded great with a 4into1 deep tone exhaust.
Cracking bikes, love the GS
All very cool machines! Another good video! The sounds of the machines is a very important part to us riders, as you well know. Thanks for not drowning it out with background music!
Stopped using music a while back
Unless absolutely necessary
Back then, I was goofing around on Italian 350 and 500 twins.... I'd meet hoardes of riders on stuff like this on Le Havre, when I was returning from Italy and they from the Bol d'Or.
Impressive hearing thirty or forty litre-plus fours starting up prior to loading into a ferry.... But I was always happy with my little twins.... despite the slightly mocking words of some of the "real" bikers.
I have a soft spot for the GPz1100. A dinosaur almost from birth, it was nonetheless a very impressive thing.
A courier at my London firm briefly used a GSX1100 EFE for work... I think he used more for fuel, tyres, brakes and chains than he earned... It was one big, beefy bicycle.
Somehow, there was a romance to these swansong models from the first age of the UJM.
Good video. Thank you for the nostalgia.
I tend to think the same way, I rode a Guzzi v50 during this period and was very happy with it
Never reawaken ted anything else did eventually go bigger but did really feel I’d gained anything at all
I absolutely loved my gsx 1100efe round front headlight took off the fairing awesome to ride around London from Heathrow to the city and back 7 days a week
They look much more classic now, the square head lamps never looked as good and today look really dated
I was riding a xs1100 when the vmax came out, I went directly to the dealership and bought one-1985-what a bike! Could not believe the power it had,,I rode it for 28 years, then sold it// big mistake..
Well we all have bikes like that
Video suggestion . On the Yamaha MT01 . 2005 - 2012 I believe .. a real beast of an engine ...
. Or im happy with (as someone suggested) a collection of the dispatch riders bikes .. as a CX 500 owner ib be very happy .. 😁
Keep up the good work .. me and the boys really enjoyed this one immensely ..
Many thxs.
I own an MT-01, its a real hoot to ride, and one that slipped under the radar for many people (The US didn't even get it) So many riders have come up to me after a ride an ask "What IS that?" With a full Akra system it makes itself known.😆
I live in NZ but in the late 80s early 90s I was a dispatch rider in London, one of the best jobs i ever had, i can't believe the stuff we used to get away with.😄
I do wonder if it wasn’t influenced by Buell
Strange it wasn’t sold in the US, but it’s definitely not a cruiser
I owned 2 “Super” bikes in my day…. a 1981 Honda CB 900 F SuperSport and a Honda 1983 Magna V65, both were greatly powered but also really nice for long distance trips ( went to Halifax NS from Montreal Quebec on the 900)
Nice
Thanks again. It is very nice bikes you find, and a lot of variations you bring on of each model. And yes, the V-Max folks is very much a cult, a friend of mine is currently rebuilding his into something realy wild! BTW, I still feel bad about mistaking MV Agusta for Laverda...
Definitely are a cult
Classic perhaps 🤔
The V Max is the only motorcycle I regret selling. The handling woes were pretty much BS if you ask me it handled just fine and with the addition of a cheap steel brace bar stiffened the frame right up. I like many added the T Boost which was a switch that would allow the V Boost to come on line at 3000 RPM rather than 6000 RPM and all you could do was hang on tight nothing I ever raced beat it off the line. Mine was upped to 140 HP and just pulled like a freight train. It was pure fun and when the T Boost kicked in you just wanted to do it over and over and would have a grin from ear to ear.
Don’t no
V heavy with poor ground clearance
Better than that of an HDs of course and a shit load faster
Obviously
Sorry but Harley should never be on a list of muscle bikes! As they say all thunder no lightning!
Well had to put something in and all the Japanese companies were taken
They are bloody big though so close enough 😂
I have been on a Dyna wide glide and my 1300 V Star has the Dyna beat in every aspect, performance, handling and braking, at half the price.
Terrific representative hit-list. I had an '81 XS1100 Midnight Special that I scored by default. The owner, a friend of mine, had originally agreed to sell me his second bike, a CB900F, which I had ridden and preferred. When I arrived to pick the Honda up, my mate had dropped the CB in an accident an hour earlier and it, consequently, wouldn't start. He turned to the Yamaha and said, "Do you want that?" My affirmation was one of the best motorcycle choices I ever made, riding it along [and over] some of the worst roads in Cambodia - my adopted home. The only drawback was the upkeep on carburetor tuning and balancing; a small price to pay
Interesting to imagine the mighty XS11 on those roads
The Vmax had plenty of ground clearance, my bro and I would ride them like a bat out of hell dragging pegs etc. Still love em
Not compared to a motorcycle they didn’t 😂
You should make a video of popular courier bikes..👍🍀
I have been considering that for a while
Any excuse to mention the CX is a good plan
@@bikerdood1100 He's right, y;know! I was a courier for quite a few years and went through 7 Z550GTs, a couple of NTVs, ST1100s a K75RTIC and a few oilhead BMW boxers.
@@bikerdood1100 don't forget the little CG125 and the cb250rs.
🍀👍
@@geoffreycasey875 I used a CG125 for a day as a courtesy bike when my then NTV650 went in for some warranty work. I was very dismayed at seeing it, but within a mile or two of Central London traffic, I was impressed! I earned more money that day than I ever did on a 'big' bike 😊 I would've kept it if I didn't have a commute from Southend-on-Sea to London every day. A cracking wee bike 🏍❤
@@team-badseeds Dublin is a much smaller place so they where used a lot as full-time bikes..bullet proof engine..👍🍀
Great presentation as usual!
Hello from the US!
Glad you enjoyed it over there 😂
@@bikerdood1100 Thank you? I guess…
You were absolutley correct about the music, it finally got back in the 90s. If wasn't for the evo saved the decade!👍❤
Cool 😎
GPz is used on the air cooled bikes, GPZ was introduced on the water cooled 900R.
A Classic
Some lovely bikes again, but surprised at the omission of the FJ1200?
Well there’s already a Yamaha and as a rule I try to avoid putting more than one motorcycle per company in each video
If I can avoid it
Keeps things a bi5 more interesting
5’;24 this was my first stepu- from a Zündapp Ks650 Watercooled, that I got when I was 16, and got the 1100 when I was 17,5… was blackmwith orange like shown here…🥰🥰🥰
😎
The 1981 Kawasaki GPZ 1100 was not Kawasaki's first fuel injected production bike. The 1979 Kawasaki Z1 Classic was a factory built motorcycle with Bosch fuel injection. It was available here in the United States. I'm not sure if it was available in Europe. Back in 1980, I first saw one owned by a guy I later became good friends with. I would have given anything to own that bike. I did buy a brand new 1991 Yamaha V-Max back in the day. They had an $8000 retail price and there was no negotiating on the price, no matter what dealer you visited. The V-Max was frowned upon by insurance companies. Insurance was as high as $2000 per year, and that's with a good driving record. If you bought a brand new V-Max, Yamaha would include the first year of full coverage insurance. Before I signed on the dotted line, I called insurance companies to get rates.(remember, there was no internet in 1991) American Family and State Farm offered full coverage for roughly $300/year. I verified the quote with many other agents in case they were trying to blow smoke up my rear end just to sell me insurance then increase rates later on down the line. They stood firm on their quote and I have been with State Farm ever since.
Your a bit early
They built a limited number of Zs ( a few hundred) the previous year as a test run before the full on production 1100 but not in 79 on the Z1 I’m afraid your a couple of years and one model too early
the Kawasaki ZL1000 was an awesome bike
as was my 1985 VMAX 1200
V max
Awesome or awful
Too heavy and crap ground clearance. Very strange concept really
Bit like the Vrod or Rocket 3 today
The Honda cbr1100r still my absolute favourite bike! Her in SA 🇿🇦 the Suzuki 1100 knocked everything on the Tarllton dragstrip.
Suzuki looks like a beast some how
We used to call the GSX 1100 the hot dog racer because at lunch it was going as fast as it could from work to the hot dog stand and back. Thats why the name in Scandinavia. 😄👍
Never heard that before 😂
I had a GS650, a GPZ 750, and a Z900 in the 70's.
Nice mix
I had a Suzuki 1200 Madura V 4 ,it never ran out of power.😮
🤷🏻
I’m sure it likely does 😂
Whatever the hell it is ?
@@bikerdood1100 me and my girlfriend were at 135 mph setting straight up ,I was at 3/4 throttle and had 1 more gear to go .That's what I mean.
That’s nice 🙂
Vmax boost nearly threw my friend off on roundabout when it slammed in at 6000 revs
Properly hairy chested mad things
CB1100R was my twenties wet dream! Even today, with so many superior bikes available, I still long to own one.
Er
Over sharing 😂
There was a local Honda shop here in NZ, that had a CB1100R RB model, (with the single seat and weave inducing half fairing), sitting on the floor for years and years. Decades later, when prices had skyrocketed, the owner was offered A LOT of money, but just wouldn't sell it. By this stage, even though the only Km on it were from pushing it around, it had started to suffer, surface rust on fasteners and rubber seals had gone hard etc. (sitting around for decades not being ridden is not good for bikes) Last i heard, it was fully restored by the Honda importer in Auckland and was sitting in their foyer.
@@uhtred7860 such a bike is in the video
Bikes are made to move
In many ways just like the human body
@@bikerdood1100 Yep, you end up having problems if you let them sit for years.
Naked air-cooled muscle bikes are fantastic at everything except being ridden. Maybe with a barn door fairing and different gearing. And suspension. And a better frame. And shaft drive. And a diet.
Well yeh
The 1980 Z1000H was in fact the world's first production motorbike to employ fuel injection. Bike buyers of the day were very of its complexity and never sold in huge numbers. It was later used on the GPz1100.
Well it’s already in an earlier video
Was built in limited numbers as a test bed for the GPZ
Wasn’t that it didn’t sell they intentionally only built a few hundred
It’s a myth that people were put off. The GPz came out the following year and sold well which proves that this was nonsense
Kawasaki only built a few hundred as they were replacing the Z the following year
Still beat BMW which is the point I’m making
Probably should have watched my earlier video which covers the Z1000h in a bit of detail
@@bikerdood1100 Forgive me, I didn't see the earlier video. I'm not a subscriber; your videos sometimes drop on my feed and I take a look. I was just going on face-value 🙂
My mate has a VMAX in his collection, he rides that one more than any of the others. Personally I think they're overrated, I don't mean the handling, it's supposed to be a cruiser, I'm talking about the performance. Yeah they're quick and in 1985 there probably wasn't much that could live with it but honestly, 145 horsepower in a bike that weighs 250 kilos? My old thunderace leaves it standing and I used to have an FJ1200 which was astoundingly quick, even the gixers and R1s couldn't keep up with it till we got well over the ton but no one seems to talk about the FJ?
They are for me over sized
I do like a nimble machine to be honest
The truth is, the original Vmax only made 90 hp at the rear wheel! they are torquey tho, and much more can be had from them, but from the factory, they put out 90hp. Yamahas marketing dept "claimed" 145hp, and the guy that made and sold "DynoJet" dynos ordered his engineers to make sure every Dynojet dyno measured 120hp for every stock Vmax. To read the whole story, and to find out why he did this, google 'True rear wheel horsepower, Factory Pro'
@@uhtred7860sorry but mine dynoes way more than 90hp at wheel...
Your talking a 55hp loss,thats way too much. Maybe on the non v-boost bikes.
Many dynos brands in europe,and none from dynojet.
Do you thing a 90whp bike could stand with the bikes that it still stands,even with its wheight?
@@carrizog60 Google - 'True rear wheel horsepower, Factory Pro'
Nice bikes . Above my pay grade
Well not all of them necessarily theses days
Prices are on the rise
Bought a red V-Max in 1986 new from the dealer. Had it for 9 years. Nothing on 2 wheels could touch it from a standing start up to 100mph. When racing, I started out in second gear. First gear was worthless in a fast start off the line. It had very bad handling, also had front fork wobble at high speed. A fork brace solved the problem.was a nice bike for highway riding. Took it on many long rides cross country. Rear tire lasted 5,000 miles riding it normal speeds. For an inexperience rider, it could be a death machine. I never liked the v boost system.
Racing ?
Not illegal street racing now
Tut tut 😂
@@bikerdood1100 ya,we use to have a 1/4 mile marked off on a country road. Every weekend lots of guys with souped up cars & bikes would go racing. We would get 100 people out there. It was fun, but also dangerous.young & stupid.
@@peterjohn3123 tut tut
Younger you 😂
thumbs up
Thanks
5:40 TCS? Try "TSCC"! 😁
Just too many Cs
Meant bugger all anyway 😂
Harley... 😂😂🤣
Sure why not
Good torque , massive weight
Impractical
Suzuki always copied Kawaski. That Honda is a mazterpiece.
Well don’t believe Kawasaki ever did a liquid cooled two stroke triple or a rotary
Suzuki most definitely did however
We need subtitles dude, either that or learn enunciation
Otherwise great content
I’m English
You just gunna have to deal with it I’m afraid
I’m not employing Sir Richard Attenborough any time soon for voice over work
Oddly enough neither hear here this from Europeans
Almost exclusively Americans
Maybe Americans should travel more
No down side to that advice
never get on the back of a GPz. the bini fairing if your sensible.
30 yrs later still screaming.
now then a bored out to 1500 z1300 was great for pulling and tucking as pillion during a 130 mph power wheelie. i;ll never forget either.
luckily i got my bike back on the road soon after
Ogri 🤟
Ohh
Never ride pillion I’d say
A terrible experience every time 😂
1985 Yamaha Vmax pilot on deck, walked my bike out the door in South Dallas for $5,200.00, 1200 cc's was to the 80's what the 2500 cc bike is today, over the top balls out insanity straight line funny bike
Until you reach a corner
Then it gets properly interesting
I eventually turned that corner in 1992 when I test road Doug Polen's 851 out of MotoLiberty, blew my mind, and became a 30 year Ducati pilot including the awesome 2002 998r 478/700 from AMS in Alvarado Texas
Do you know how much HP the 85 Vmax made at the back wheel, not Yamahas marketing boys numbers, real HP? The number might shock you.
@@uhtred7860 it wouldn’t because I’m not quoting Yamaha’s marketing numbers because they tend to , well lie
I’m quoting a period magazine dyno test
If you think the Japanese underestimate the power of their bikes
Well let’s just say I’ll have a pint of what ever your drinking 😂
It seems that there are some who believe that bikes are even more powerful than they actually are
We call
Pub talk
@@bikerdood1100 Lol, i don't think they underestimate power figures, its the opposite, the, "measured at the crank" power figures Japanese factories use are about 20 -25% too generous. We ran a Factory Pro EC997 dyne system at the shop i worked in for years, and customers were always shocked at the real world figure, measured at the back wheel, and the marketing figure that they had read in some magazine.