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Originally Posted by Megadan
It's not really the weight that gets us bigger people. It's the Aerodynamic drag. Bigger and Taller = more frontal area. More frontal area = more total resistance. Put a man like my best friend, who is 5'6 and 120lbs on a Hawk and he will probably be able to hit 70mph on a Hawk with just an exhaust and the right sprocket combination. Put myself at 6'4 260lbs on that same bike, being pretty much 30-40% dimensionally bigger on that same bike, and 68 will be the best I can do.
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very true, I converted a mid 2000s pep boys dirt bike into a cafe bike with a 200cc CJ engine and it would do 84mph with a handlebar fairing on it and me tucked down