How to Measure Power ?

Dool

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Mostly you know when your on a powerful motorcycle, unless it is drowned in compliance "enhancements".
So a zero to 100kph should be given nearly as much of a credit as Dyno machines are expected to be given?

So I looked at a couple if videos of classic/bullet 350 doing 0 to 100kph.
To say there is some disparities is a given.
This one for starters,
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And to show its degree of accuracy?
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What are we to make if that? Classic are faster??
I will accept sub 10 seconds grudgingly :confused:
Dynos have their anomalies also, take this chart from HMC is shows the stock bike makes about a quarter more than mine did on a Dyno!
I've seen 350's showing 18RWHP, 15.6 and 12RWHP(as mine did) on different Dynos.
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weight of the driver, size (wind resistance), inclination of the road, how was it measured? gps or speedo?
these are hardly scientific results, more like "youtuber here, I want more clicks..."
 
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