goanna_38 wrote:How many horsepower does a GPx250 have anyway? Years ago when I was a lad I owned an RG250. Off the top of my head it had somewhere in the vicinity of 50 horsepower and it was hard pushed to crack 180. If you assume that a GPx is operating at the same efficiency as my ZZR1100 (147 hp) but is just smaller, then it's simple maths, 33.41 hp. No ram air on the 250 (I think) so none of the top end rush of the big boy. Even if it is a bucketload more efficient than the 1100 (doubtful I would think) you need X number of horsepower to go Y km/h and it a non linear scale due to wind resistance. The faster you go the thicker the air seems to get, and it's starting to get pretty thick once you pop the old imperial ton. Basically, if you double the velocity you square the atmospheric drag. With a certain amount of horsepower you can only go faster than your theoritical maximum speed by reducing the drag. And most motorcycles (not all) have a worse coefficient of drag than a flat board of the same frontal area. All the protruding bits (elbows, mirrors etc.) gobble up a lot of horses. If you have a GPx than can crack 180 I'd be ringing Kawasaki Japan up and offering it back to them for a tidy profit.
Neka79 wrote:yes...INDEED!!mick_dundee wrote:As an aside what's the go with flashing the headlights? You're not going to autoimatically assume it's a cop and pull over... Like Diesel i'm keeping tabs on the htread to see what the updates are as it seems you're being screwed and in a non pleasurable way...
LOOPHOLE!!!!
ive seen on news/in paper or sum such shit, this bird was chased by a cop who was flashing her lights (didnt put the red/blue on)..she feared for her safety & refused to pull over....
have u mentioned this to ur lawyer?? (that u was scared i mean)
yup i said this earlier too...i think the bhp would be around 24...Damon ZX9R wrote:This is a very very interesting thread, I would be interested to see what ya can get out of a ZZR on a dyno with that amazing BHP.
I'm more concerned that the cop actually stated that he clocked you at 183!!!!, mate I reckon if ya prove it can't do it, he's (lets say) farked, watch out for my spelling, inadmissable evidence isn't it.
Keeping an eye on this one.
i dunno how to enlarge text..but look at the last thing i said..
BHP approx 24 i believe..
theres no way they can ping you for that.
