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Increase horsepower!
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pglaves
#13338
Sure but how much extra horsepower did they get?
That depended entirely on how many horses ate the grain stored in the silo with the STP lubricated roof dome.
However, you did read "rear wheel" into it. It only says increase horsepower.
pglaves
#13338
Indeed I did because the chain attaches directly to the sprocket on the rear wheel and not directly to the engine. And when a person uses a dyno to measure horsepower it is almost always a wheel dyno measuring rear wheel horsepower. I have never heard of a bike owner removing the transmission to measure horsepower at the crankshaft.
That depended entirely on how many horses ate the grain stored in the silo with the STP lubricated roof dome.
Nice.
And... The packaging clearly states that the product is intended for "driveline maintenance", so rear wheel, not crankshaft, horsepower is implicit in the claim. Whether or not this product is any more effective than its competitors I still believe would be difficult to prove.
Thanks!
lkchris
Active member
It still is ... you don't notice them bragging about the chains on their lesser models.
They didn't brag about the $400 belt every 24K miles on F800s either.
It's of course assumed on the S1000RR ... no problem.
ncpbmw1953
Member
I really liked the belt drive on my former bike, F800GT. If you survey owners of that bike I think you will find the majority found its belt drive to be a significant factor in their purchase of the F800GT. I'm not an engineer but just one look at the insides of the u-joints, drive shaft and crown bearing implementation in my '16 RT made it clear to me that design must be a hog for chewing up HP to the rear wheel compared to belt. The belt in the F800GT was the picture of efficiency w/ the front and rear sprockets in the same plane as the wheel, turning in the same direction as the crankshaft rotation. So simple and elegant it has to be significantly better at transmitting more engine HP to the rear wheel. My fantasy dreamcycle employs a belt drive w/ a 50K mile recommended change interval.
Chain
Back in the Ice Ages when I, was young Riding Triumph’s every month or so the chain would come off and left in a bath of Diesel Fuel. From turning the rear wheel on stand you always noticed it spun easier than when removed.
Back in the Ice Ages when I, was young Riding Triumph’s every month or so the chain would come off and left in a bath of Diesel Fuel. From turning the rear wheel on stand you always noticed it spun easier than when removed.
Did it increase the engine's HP production?
pglaves
#13338
Of course not but it easily could have increased rear wheel horsepower as measured by a dyno. We don't really need to revisit this whole thread do we?
pglaves
#13338
Why not Paul? You're retired now. What else ya got going on???
Friedle
I couldn't find any loose or floppy chain GIFs but I'm still looking.
Ha Ha! We will until you admit the statement shown on packaging does not in include the words "rear wheel"!!!!
