Anyone have an idea what the maximum HP a privateer or factory team could get out of a 600 with rules that will likely be run in Daytona Superbike. I know it's all conjecture until a full technical rules package comes out, but I was just wondering if a privateer could even run under their structure. Even with a no-rules package it seems that teams would fall short of reaching the HP "limit" on a 600. With a 3 HP per 1 pound "limit", a 150 pound rider on a 360 pound wet bike (seems like this would be about as light as they could get) would be "limited" to 170 HP! Would it be possible for anyone to reach anywhere near that unless they were fielding a midget? Given a constant 360 pound wet bike (for a nice round 120 HP base number)here are the HP "limits": Rider Weight: 120 = 160 HP 150 = 170 HP 180 = 180 HP 195 = 185 HP
Gotchya...makes more sense now. I thought I heard from someone that it was going to include the rider, but I guess that didnt pan out. Seems like it might be a big torque race then.
John you just answered the question I was going to ask!! I know the Cdn Superbike rules are unlimited mods with a HP limit. I've been told by pretty reliable sources that those motors are basically WSS motors tuned for torque.
there is a horsepower limit of 140 last time I looked and that means if you have 140 hp on the nose your bike is going to have to be 420 and if you have 120 hp your bike can be 360 so that you can have a stock 750 weighing 400 + lbs or a light light 600 with 120 hp
