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Old August 6th, 2022, 12:36 AM   #14
petrolhead
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Name: Jarno
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Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R

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Originally Posted by DannoXYZ View Post
My hope is 65-70bhp in 380-lbs wet package... might be optimistic though...

Last 400 supersport U.S. got was 1988-1991 FZR400

64bhp
410lbs wet-weight
0-60mph in 3.7s
1/4-mile 12.43sec. @103.57mph
130mph top-speed

Quite bit faster than Ninja 400 currently dominating this class. Hopefully Kawasaki can out-do a 30-yr old bike.
Surely they can out do anything from the past. The bikes are designed for your everyday Joe and Janet. Small bike is a high volume model. So if 1% of buyers find some aspect of the bike too extreme, you lose 10000 sales. If you're aiming to sell a million units. Modern gadgets add weight, emissions kill the power. The engine has to be made very, very cheaply.
The kind of sub 400cc bike I'd like to see has a very limited market. I'd want a twin with 90° crank, short enough stroke that it can rev past 14000. Closest ratios in the box imaginable.

Last futzed with by petrolhead; August 6th, 2022 at 05:36 AM.
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