Buying a streetbike.. need advice!!!

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Originally posted by rbatson
heeh... hey dude, I wasn't hammering ya, I just wanted to find a place that had reliable #s. This mag already came back and corrected some mistakes it made in the buyers guide.

Well, to be perfectly honest....reliable numbers are IMPOSSIBLE to find. The manufacturer's are smoking crack when they post their "weights." They ALWAYS use dry weights, which mean different things to different people. The best way to weigh a bike is with all fluids filled to proper "usable" levels and a full tank of gas.

Let's face it, how useful is a bike with no oil or gas in it?

Another misconception is hp/torque ratings. Everyone posts "peak" power. But you're not always at peak power. You;ve got to analyze the power bands accross the board to properly compare bikes, which is not easily accessible to the general public.

Sooooo.....ride what you want, buy what you want, and tell peeps to stuff it when they tell you the "power" of their bike, cecause the truth is they have NO idea.