Lifespan of Hayabusa engine

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flynrider · Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:22 am

bpimm wrote: no compression breaking and it idles down when you get out of the throttle. not a good combination for getting into and out of corners.

If engine braking is important, make sure that the engine/tranny combo that you ultimately buy is not equipped with a slipper clutch. These clutches are specifically designed to minimize engine braking effect on race motorcycles. More and more sportbikes are coming out with this kind of clutch design as standard equipment.

bpimm · #12 Unread post by **bpimm** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:14 pm

flynrider wrote:If engine braking is important, make sure that the engine/tranny combo that you ultimately buy is not equipped with a slipper clutch. These clutches are specifically designed to minimize engine braking effect on race motorcycles. More and more sportbikes are coming out with this kind of clutch design as standard equipment.

Thanks I'll keep that in mind.

bpimm · #13 Unread post by **bpimm** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:37 am

Engine is on the way. I have more questions for the bike gurus, but I think this fits better in the everything else forum so I will start it up over there.

Thanks for all the help.

Brian