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| Originally Posted by Jools No contest. It has to be the 748 route.
Shame though. I would love to see a race series for big grunty 2-valvers. Hmmmm....Super DD anyone? |
Well there is such a series. It's Thunderbikes but, as I intimated in a previous post, for an 800 to be competitive with a 748 it's gonna have to weigh about 150kg and a 1000 about 160kg. Getting to 150kg means serious money - lightened internals and titanium everywhere. Atm my 800 is 162kg. Arguably 150kg 800 will stop better and handle better than a 190kg 100bhp 748 but, down the straights horsepower always wins and the 748 has a more advanced chassis.
Tuning the 800 to deliver 85-90bhp is realisable but, given it is air-cooled there will problems with heat and consistency of performance. Reliability is bound to suffer.
Anyone want to buy a lovely well-sorted 800 for Minitwins?