How Powerful?

[Anonymous]

Recently had the Koot Scoot in a Honda shop to have the stator replaced. When I got the bill back, as well as the VIN #, milage, etc., It had on the heading part of the work sheet 60hp. When I asked about this I was told they had put it on their Dyno - just to see!
Honda shop? the AAA towed, or rather carried the Koot Scoot there; no electrics at all.

Anyway what sort of horse power and torque do we have?

 

[Anonymous]

Hey coli
if i sprinkle some fairy dust on you will you remind me what size engine your bike has :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

pokey is going blind

pokey is going blind

Poke, polish those trifocals, buddy. Check his signature on his posts- 650. By the way, what is your avatar a picture of? Looks like a cooling fan for a video board in a computer.

 

[Anonymous]

I KNEW THAT 8O 8O 8O :lol:

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, but I'm pretty sure he also has a 50 cc Yamaha BW-- with an extra tank.

I've got one too-- which I'm riding to the shop to deliver parts to check on my GS...

 

[Anonymous]

Re: pokey is going blind

Re: pokey is going blind

By the way, what is your avatar a picture of? Looks like a cooling fan for a video board in a computer.

IT IS DEFINITELY A FAN FOR COOLING A MICRO PROCESSOR. iT IS INSTALLED ON A REGULATOR RECTIFIER. I DO NOT HAVE IT INSTALLED YET--I STOLE THE PHOTO FROM A POST THAT SOMEONE MADE ABOUT MAKING THIS MOD

 

[Anonymous]

Yup did have a Yamaha BWS scooter with an added RM80 tank to give it a better range. If I could find a way to post a picture I would. Help anyone?

 

[focus frenzy]

Back to the original question, else where on this site my 80 1000g is listed as having 88 rwhp (rear, wheel, horse, power) stock.
I have a K&N stage 1 kit and it is bored 1mm over stock, so I dont know what it is currently making.
and my voyager 1300 is listed as having 117 rwhp.

 

[Anonymous]

http://w1.157.telia.com/~u15704746/1981a.html
Thats a bunch of info from the 1981 model year (two pages).

http://www.mcreports.com/Pages/Indivbikes/Suzuki/GS1100E-82-83.html
shows that in 1982 the GS1100E had 108hp and 549lb wet.

http://www.mcreports.com/Pages/Suzuki-list.html
is a link to a bunch of Suzukis.


-=Whittey=-

 

[Anonymous]

http://w1.157.telia.com/~u15704746/1981a.html
Thats a bunch of info from the 1981 model year (two pages).

http://www.mcreports.com/Pages/Indivbikes/Suzuki/GS1100E-82-83.html
shows that in 1982 the GS1100E had 108hp and 549lb wet.

http://www.mcreports.com/Pages/Suzuki-list.html
is a link to a bunch of Suzukis.


-=Whittey=-

Nice info find Whittey
I never found any info on the 1983 model and wish i could just to have seen it once

 

[Anonymous]

The figure I remember seeing quoted for the 650 is about 60-65 bhp, with the Katana version at 72 bhp. To be still knocking out 60 bhp after 20 years is impressive!

 

[jpaul]

Cycle Tests

Cycle Tests

Scotty,
If you would like to get some info on your bike, go to

https://motorcyclememories.safeserver.com/new_page.htm

They sell back issues of most of the major magazines, plus a lot of other stuff. Most of the tests for 1983 were on the ES or the Katanas, since they were new that year. I bought all the issues with tests on the 82 GS1100E last year. It's kind of nice to reread the articles once in a while as a reminder of how dominant the big GS's were compared to the competition.

 

[Anonymous]

Re: Cycle Tests

Re: Cycle Tests

Scotty,
If you would like to get some info on your bike, go to

https://motorcyclememories.safeserver.com/new_page.htm

They sell back issues of most of the major magazines, plus a lot of other stuff. Most of the tests for 1983 were on the ES or the Katanas, since they were new that year. I bought all the issues with tests on the 82 GS1100E last year. It's kind of nice to reread the articles once in a while as a reminder of how dominant the big GS's were compared to the competition.

Thanks JP and seeing how these things run now even against modern bikes i cant imagine how fast they seemed in the 70s and 80s

 

[Anonymous]

108 horsepower for a '82 GS1100E, no way. Suzuki may have claimed that but realistically at the rear wheel, more like 90-95hp. My XN85 Turbo was supposed to have 85hp but was actually magazine dyno'd at 72. I think 60hp sounds about right for the GS650.
Axel

 

[Jethro]

Someone once told me that my 81 1100 had 100hp. I don't think I believe it though. My buddy's ZRX 1100 has just over 100hp and it spanks my bike.

 

[Anonymous]

power rating

power rating

I beleive that unless power is expressed as bhp (brake horse power), it is as measured at the crank and often expressed as hp. There are power losses through the drive system and I seem to recall this is about 10 percent for chain-driven bikes.

I have no doubt the old 1100s put out 108 at the crank as they are blistering fast when running well. This would be about 100 at the wheel.

Patrick

 

[Anonymous]

BHP 650 gs

BHP 650 gs

Hate to burst people bubble but the stock old gs650 only made like 56.8 bhp. You can read about it in one of the articles posted on the xn85 website. www.xn85turbo.com

Robert

 

[Anonymous]

Suzuki was claiming about 105 hp for the new GS1100E, but that was measured at the countershaft sprocket.

 

[Anonymous]

I had my 1100GL dyno'd at a Harley shop ( the only working dyno in town ). After getting a ton of comments like, 'you should get a real bike' or 'I hope that rice burner doesn't blow up', I shut them up with a respectable 87 hp. The guy that did the test said that it would be impossible to get that out of a stock Harley.

 

[Anonymous]

Don't Harlry Sportsters put out around 60 hp?