1986 Electra Glide Gets Transformed into Canyon Carver
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I like it. Wonder what the power to wt. ratio would be.
Speculating in an arm waving way; It would be interesting if HD could come up with a bike that had a power to wt. ratio of less than 4 or even down to 3? I think some of the really fast bikes are down to 2.5 or less. But that would not be a bike popular with the typical HD rider over 45 yrs. But maybe it could stir some young blood??
Probably the traditional V twin designs can't make it to 5 unless a lot of wt. can be shed.
In terms of power density my guess is that the 114 HD motor is around 1hp / cubic inch maybe less totally stock which is about the range of a WWII aircraft engine (P&W R2800 made 0.75 to over 0.9 depending on the dash number). The modern S1000rr BMW bike engine probably has a power density of over 3.
Speculating in an arm waving way; It would be interesting if HD could come up with a bike that had a power to wt. ratio of less than 4 or even down to 3? I think some of the really fast bikes are down to 2.5 or less. But that would not be a bike popular with the typical HD rider over 45 yrs. But maybe it could stir some young blood??
Probably the traditional V twin designs can't make it to 5 unless a lot of wt. can be shed.
In terms of power density my guess is that the 114 HD motor is around 1hp / cubic inch maybe less totally stock which is about the range of a WWII aircraft engine (P&W R2800 made 0.75 to over 0.9 depending on the dash number). The modern S1000rr BMW bike engine probably has a power density of over 3.
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