"33bhp?" Yes "i dont believe you, I'll seize your bike and take you to court"

Originally Posted by Stu

equates to 156kg minimum weight if it makes 33bhp

Are you sure? the aprillia rs 125 weighs only 114kg dry. it must fall below 156kg with fuel etc surely?

[Biker Biggles]

I seem to recall from the dim past reading that the Aprilla RS fails the 33 bhp rule for that reason------Its too light.

Originally Posted by Red Herring

The full story so far is contained within these 77 pages..... or are you just after a condensed version? The final installment might take a few days, even weeks, to arrive.

In his last post flameboy said he was going to give us the full story later, or words to that effect.

I've already read all the posts, and was hoping for more good news, that's all.

[jamesterror]

I saw him yesterday, he's sorting his bike atm. I'll pester him to get a write up

aprillia rs125 doesnt come into play as they dont make 33bhp,

i think there more like 25bhp, however if someone wants to bring a dyno if a normal rs125 producing that ill buy em a beer, ( dont want to place to much on it)

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by james160987

aprillia rs125 doesnt come into play as they dont make 33bhp,

Sorry but you have missed the point completely.

A bike producing 10bhp could be illegal for the A2 license if it was light enough.

with the restricted license you may not ride above 25KW OR 0.16KW/Kg

o yeh i know that bit of it, i was just pointing out the rs125 doesnt make 33bhp, wish it did, i had one for ages, and wasted alot of money on it to, with reed blocks and JL exhausts,etc,

*Comes back to present time"

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Sorry but you have missed the point completely.

A bike producing 10bhp could be illegal for the A2 license if it was light enough.

with the restricted license you may not ride above 25KW OR 0.16KW/Kg

I think what he is saying is that they don't actually make 33bhp only about 25bhp on a dyno. This means that by the time you calculate the power/weight ratio using the true rear wheel HP the power/weight ratio then will fall below 0.16KW/kg

yeah that pretty much sums up what i was saying, you just wrote it alot better than me,

[Red Herring]

How about something like a DRZ then. That's quite a popular bike with new riders and they must make somewhere around the 33bhp mark yet weigh in at less than 150kg? To be honest the power to weight aspect hadn't even occurred to me and I'd wager 99% of other coppers wouldn't have a clue either.