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Old 01-11-2006, 11:57 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by RonJ83
im somewhat disappointed at the moment because it was orginally speced at 17.5k rpm and even in the videos yamaha it showed the riders hitting that mark, but on dynos and yamaha's website its saying "max power" at 14.5. 3k short of what they intenionally advertised.
The specs for redline are correct, but the peak power never happens at redline. It always happens a few K's down the tach to enable the rider to overrev the motor while downshifting from high speeds to prevent the bike from losing it's peak power in the next gear.
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