Sportrider dyno shootout

[sp500]

This mag has just done a dyno of `04 bikes together...
http://www.sportrider.com/features/146_0406_comp_dyno/

can also listen to them on the dyno.

[Fenris]

Damn, would've thought the new blade would've managed to tip over the old GSXR :?

[Bulbous]

Damn, would've thought the new blade would've managed to tip over the old GSXR   :?

i blame the ugliness of it for not going better.....

[gpx_gal]

Damn, would've thought the new blade would've managed to tip over the old GSXR   :?

The gixx does well for a returning model u must admit. Wonder what a re-work would do. Though if its anything like the 600, you loose HP, but gain torque :twisted:

[zipdrive]

looking at the graph, r1 still has that mid-range flatspot...

gpx_gal,
you know a lot about bikes for a girl

[Gonzo]

gpx_gal, you know a lot about bikes for a girl  

I am replying to a man who seems to like the thought of torn off nuts :shock:

Ur brave

[TRX]

looking at that graph id by the zuki.

look at the load of whoop-ass in low-midrange it has over the others.

plus you get the factory racing kit with new gixxer thou: braid lines, yoshi cans. :twisted:

[zipdrive]

gpx_gal, you know a lot about bikes for a girl  

I am replying to a man who seems to like the thought of torn off nuts :shock:

Ur brave

i'm hoping the r1 is quick enough to run away from the gpx
btw it was a complement

[Anonymous]

looking at that graph id by the zuki.

look at the load of whoop-ass in low-midrange it has over the others.

plus you get the factory racing kit with new gixxer thou: braid lines, yoshi cans.  :twisted:

I believe that the GSX-R 1000 has a stroke a few mm longer and bore a few mm narrower than the other bikes, thus giving it a low-down torque advantage. The fact that it still makes awesome top-end horsepower is a credit to the Suzuki engine design team...

Also note that the brand of dyno used is not often used in Australia, where Dyno Dynamics units are more common (followed by the usually higher-reading Dyno Jet dynos).

[dugy]

They all look impressive.
But what would cause the R1's torque to drop so dramatically between 6000 - 8500rpm?

They don't sound too bad either.........could lose a couple a cylinders......might help.

[#151]

Dyno Charts

Strange re the Blade with its horsepower recording.

The same Magazine tested the Blade against the Suzuki a few weeks ago and the Blade had more horsepower and torque.

This test however the result was reverse.

Have a look though in the latest AMCN Magazine and the Blade records again more horsepower and torque.

Will be more relevant though when all bikes are tested side by side in Australia, on the dyno, road and track.

[hooter]

a good set of pipes and a re-map should iron out most of the R1's mid-range divot

[Klink]

I agree MadMax,

I dont believe the figures spat out of a dyno are everything... there is so many different things that make a bike better than another bike... E.G. The hayabusa sure, it dynos great... but handles like a bus with square wheels.

I cant wait to actually sit and ride a few to test them out... lots of fun!

[hooter]

what are you still doin up klink?

[Fenris]

They all look impressive.
But what would cause the R1's torque to drop so dramatically between 6000 - 8500rpm?

It's done deliberately since they do the emissions tests (if I remember right) by taking where max power is made and halving it. So if your bike peaks out at 12,000rpm they do the emissions testing at 6,000rpm. Since the manufacturers know this, they program the bikes to have a flat spot around that rpm range so they can pass emissions at those rpm and just forget about it everywhere else 8)

That's what I remember reading up on anyhow. A good remap and it should take the dip right out.