justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Which was a BS engineering decision, as what the original Savage needed was the same ratio in 4th and a substantially taller ratio for 5th. Which they did not give us.
The real payoff would have been a comfortably lower rpm at 60 and 65 for long rides, not a higher top speed.
I do agree about the RPM/65MPH thing. The HP is what it is, gearing , I agree, should have been different, but, I can't do the math, but I DO know it,,
HP= work over time. So, work is moving a mass a distance. In this case, because of drag, The Mass might as well get heavier, horsepower requirements to reach speeds increase at a non linear rate, I THINK. BUT, if they had delivered a better setup transmission, I think some of these guys would get it to run up in the 100 mph without too much.
But , the Kawasaki 750LTD, vertical twin, stock, I don't think it broke 110 with me laying on it, tucked doesn't begin to cover it.
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