Finally! With my new bike, I went from 3.5W/Kg to over 5W/kg

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I knew it was the bike all along!

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I’m guessing the bike and you weigh 250kg. It can probably put out 73500 watts so maybe it’s really about 300w/kg

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Big improvement!
Together we are about 300kg.
About 120HP. Which I’m too lazy to convert to Watts.

But I guess I’m a fan of stuff on 2 wheels.

Here is another crazy thought.
I have a road bike that I built up ~ $9k
I have a TT bike all built up ~8.5k
This motorcycle was $9.8k.
I just can’t believe mass production can be the sole reason for that.

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1hp=736w, so 88,320w. so 294.4w/kg. Pretty close to Trek’s guess!

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Could have saved some weight with rim brakes :face_with_peeking_eye:

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I would not get close to a bike with rim brakes!!

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I’ve always found the price difference of road bikes and motorcycles insane too. Like one has an engine, the other has extremely basic mechanics, how can it possibly be a similar price?!

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Engine, suspension, transmission, electronic stability stuff, adaptive cruise control, rain sensing traction, etc.

It is unbelievable that those 2 are similar in price.

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I bought my GSXR 1000 for $3000. My track only motorcycle was $2000.

I just bought a fork and shock for my mountain bike for $1000. Fork was on sale!

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I’'d have even thought that more bicycles than motorbikes are being produced.

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I look with envy at motorbikes for the simple reason that day in day out you always have the same FTP and can go full gas all of the times :joy:

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That’s hilarious!

Between my rides on bike and motorcycle, I get a lot of TITS (time in the saddle) :joy:

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Nice collection! Motorbikes can be had in the used market for dirt cheap.

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This was talked about somewhere on this forum - the performance motorcycle/bike market is drastically smaller than the performance road bike market… Yet motorcycles with all the mechanical features “still” compete or beat performance road bike pricing haha.

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I’m not sure who these guys are but youtube suggested them to me. They talk a lot about how motorcycles can be so cheap and why bikes cost so much in comparison:

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I watch his videos. But I hadn’t seen that. It’s funny that even them make fun of dentists :joy:

So basically they charge that bike price because we are willing to pay it.

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But my track bike hasn’t moved in a year (or two?) and before my GSXR was recently stolen, I only rode it once or twice a month.

Meanwhile, I ride a bicycle 20 hours a week.

I love motorcycles, but not as much as I enjoy pedaling (or running, for that matter).

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