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Originally posted by logyk
Would we accept this from our cars?
I think not.
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Possibly not. But when you consider the specific output of a 996 is somewhere around 120Bhp per litre and a 999R is in the region of 140Bhp per litre that's a big ask from any twin, which means they're in a pretty high state of tune for a 'standard' road bike.
How many normally aspirated cars are in that sort of territory? By my reckoning that would mean a performance oriented car like a BMW M3 at 3.2 litres would have to make nearly 450 Bhp as standard - and it doesn't does it, over 100 Bhp less in fact. If you raised the state of tune, my guess is that the Beemer would need a good deal of fettling every 6000 miles as well.
There are loads of people that know far more about cars than I do - I'm well out of touch. Maybe somene can help identify how many normally aspirated cars including real exotica make that sort of specific power output and what their reliability record is like?
[Edited on 4-5-2004 by Jools]