Anyone know?

Is it true these bikes only have 11hp??? I've read that in a few posts and was wondering the source. Suzuki seems somewhat secretive with their specs online as opposed to yamaha and kawasaki.

 

Without looking up any specs, I will go on pure memory and say it was around 329-pounds dry ......

As far as the BHP goes, I have no idea, I think they only hit about 50mph so maybe 11-12hp is close ........

But mine sure was fun enough..........

 

Sounds about right. My Ozark is a 246cc and it has 12 bhp at about 400 lbs.

 

I don't know... Kawasaki says my 220 bayou has 17 at 7500rpm and its only 215 cc. The California EPA says the Honda trx250ex has 16.8hp at 229cc. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/...030159_229.pdf

CEPA even says the suzuki 246cc has 17hp. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onroad/...050072_246.pdf

Maybe we're comparing apples n oranges with hp figures. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horsepower

Brake horsepower (bhp) is the measure of an engine's horsepower without the loss in power caused by the gearbox, generator, differential, water pump, and other auxiliary components. Thus the prefix "brake" refers to where the power is measured: at the engine's output shaft, as on an engine dynamometer. The actual horsepower delivered to the driving wheels is less. An engine would have to be retested to obtain a rating in another system. The term "brake" refers to the original use of a band brake to measure torque during the test (which is multiplied by the engine RPM and a scaling constant to give horsepower).

Maybe its 11 at the wheels and 17 at the engine, but its hard to believe 6 hp is lost in the gearbox!

 

Well, out of desperation I took a bathroom scale out and weighed the front and back of the quad. 120 and 140 lbs is what I came up with. But I have the jug, piston, head, pipe, tank, carb, seat, plastic, etc off it now. So, I'm guessing just short of 300lbs fully assembled.

 

the weight of my blaster is about 325lbs, seeing how blasters arnt all that much bigger, ide say yours weighs around 300, that is a off-the-top estimate. so give or take. and i belive they are running about 11.5 horses, some tell me 12 and some tell me 11, ill just go with the middle ground.