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Old 01-10-2014, 08:23 PM   #16
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The 1700s are 103 cu in, not 95. Lbs per cu in doesn't really matter. Look at most of the sports bikes. A lot of them have smaller motors and will whup the crap out of any Nomad, Harley or Nomad. Torque, gearing and the torque curve are where it's at. Remember the old adage, "Horsepower gives you speed but torque gets you there fast.". (Or something like that.)
I was talking about the 1600 not the 1700.
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Old 01-10-2014, 10:14 PM   #17
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The title of the thread is, "U-Turn Diameter on a 1700". Guess I thought we were talking about 1700s.
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Old 01-11-2014, 12:54 AM   #18
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The title of the thread is, "U-Turn Diameter on a 1700". Guess I thought we were talking about 1700s.
Guess I thought we were talking about "U-Turn Diameter on a 1700".

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