View Single Post
Old 04-28-2024, 09:34 AM   #15
alex_in_az   alex_in_az is offline
 
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Goodyear, Arizona
Posts: 407
Quote:
Originally Posted by Megadan View Post
It's not really the weight that gets us bigger people. It's the Aerodynamic drag. Bigger and Taller = more frontal area. More frontal area = more total resistance. Put a man like my best friend, who is 5'6 and 120lbs on a Hawk and he will probably be able to hit 70mph on a Hawk with just an exhaust and the right sprocket combination. Put myself at 6'4 260lbs on that same bike, being pretty much 30-40% dimensionally bigger on that same bike, and 68 will be the best I can do.
very true, I converted a mid 2000s pep boys dirt bike into a cafe bike with a 200cc CJ engine and it would do 84mph with a handlebar fairing on it and me tucked down
__________________
2020 Tao TBR7
9.3:1 PnP head
CRF230F exhaust
4 degree advance key
290 degree cam
Nibbi PE30 and cone filter

Front fork brace


 
Reply With Quote