09-05-2014, 03:21 AM
Would I complain if the bike put out another 10 horsepower at the rear wheel? No. Do I really miss that power? Also no. Plus, there's something to be said for a lightly stressed engine.
The prevailing wisdom (outside this forum) seems to be that the bike is somehow slow or underpowered. The CB is carrying about 6.5 pounds of curb weight for every rear wheel horsepower...and brand-new, 0-60 in 3.8 second, most-powerful-ever base Corvette is carrying roughly 8. Nobody would ever think of calling a street car with the same power/weight ratio as the CB "underpowered."
Okay, sure, adding a 175 lb rider/driver skews the power/weight ratio for a bike in a way it doesn't for a car...but still, even in this day and age it takes a fairly exotic car to do a sub-12 quarter mile.
The prevailing wisdom (outside this forum) seems to be that the bike is somehow slow or underpowered. The CB is carrying about 6.5 pounds of curb weight for every rear wheel horsepower...and brand-new, 0-60 in 3.8 second, most-powerful-ever base Corvette is carrying roughly 8. Nobody would ever think of calling a street car with the same power/weight ratio as the CB "underpowered."
Okay, sure, adding a 175 lb rider/driver skews the power/weight ratio for a bike in a way it doesn't for a car...but still, even in this day and age it takes a fairly exotic car to do a sub-12 quarter mile.