I don't know what my hp or torque is now as I have no dyno. But I know I only get 40mpg. I aslo know saturday my brother and I were running down the highway and overtook some HDs. When they stopped at the like road house we were at one came up to us and said. When I saw you guys gaining on us back there I started pushing mine then you were right behind us, so I layed on the throttle then yall passed us like we were standing still. We had to stop here to talk to yall.
So I know we are putting more on the ground than the average HD bagger however much that is. But I get only 40 mpg as I said. Its a trade off I am willing to take. I dont know if adding wieght to increase fuel economy works. Aerodynamics is obviously a science. where do you cross the line and start backwards performance and economy wise?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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