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cobaltbluechaser · Wed Aug 02, 2006 6:55 am

Hey all, I know you guys are all full of specs. Not that it matters but can you tell me the acceleration 0-60 of the 250R and 500R. Also the horsepower for these two kawi bikes..thanx

black mariah · Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:16 am

The 250 puts out ~30HP, the 500 somewhere around 50. I'm not sure about the 250, but the 500 has a corrected quarter mile time (thank you, Motorcyclist magazine) of 12.81@101.2. It doesn't list 0-60 since that's a fairly useless measure anyway.

VermilionX · Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:34 am

ninja 250 has around 33 bhp. the 500 has around 55bhp.

keep in mind that bhp is crank hp... wheel hp is lower but that's what really counts.

my bike is rated 150bhp. but at the wheel, it puts out 115-130whp depending on where you dyno it.

anyway... i read somewhere that the 250 can go 0-60 in 5 secs and the 500 can go in 4 secs. that's pretty good compared to way more expensive cars that can accelerate like that.

also keep in mind that those 0-60 ratings are done by pros.

earwig · #4 Unread post by **earwig** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 2:51 pm

VermilionX wrote:keep in mind that bhp is crank hp...

BHP is NOT crank HP. The HP at the crank will be higher than the brake horsepower.

VermilionX · Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:09 pm

earwig wrote:
VermilionX wrote:keep in mind that bhp is crank hp...
BHP is NOT crank HP. The HP at the crank will be higher than the brake horsepower.

well when i asked this hp question before... i got the response that bhp is the same crank hp.

oh well, whatever it is... whp is what really matters.

dieziege · #6 Unread post by **dieziege** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:30 pm

BHP is one type of crank HP. If your crank HP is measured with a brake dyno, then your crank HP is BHP.

earwig · #7 Unread post by **earwig** » Wed Aug 02, 2006 3:39 pm

dieziege wrote:BHP is one type of crank HP. If your crank HP is measured with a brake dyno, then your crank HP is BHP.

heh, maybe I really don't know everything

SuperRookie · Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:00 am

VermilionX wrote:ninja 250 has around 33 bhp. the 500 has around 55bhp...

...my bike is rated 150bhp. but at the wheel, it puts out 115-130whp depending on where you dyno it.

Hey Verm, can you simply answer ANY question without somehow reversing the focus to YOU and YOUR bike???

VermilionX · Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:05 am

SuperRookie wrote:
Hey Verm, can you simply answer ANY question without somehow reversing the focus to YOU and YOUR bike???

im just giving an example. chillax!

#10 Unread post by **bok** » Thu Aug 03, 2006 4:10 am

VermilionX wrote:
SuperRookie wrote:
Hey Verm, can you simply answer ANY question without somehow reversing the focus to YOU and YOUR bike???
im just giving an example. chillax!

the original post from Verm actually read:

VermilionX wrote:im just giving an example. chillax! ...like that time i was riding my gixxer down the canyon, i kinda puckered my o-ring because i shifted my weight too much. all i said after that was Chillax dude, and i got down to riding the twisties