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Where did you get the windscreen baffle? Been looking at one of those to reduce the buffeting.
I got mine on Amazon. There are lots of them out there but the critical dimension should be at least 5" or more high and 11" wide. They're priced right as well. Mine was about $32 and the brand was Lanqian.
"Actually, horsepower is just a computed number based on torque and rpm. Hp generally peaks after the torque peak and begins to fall rapidly. Hp and/or watts can be a good comparison for the ability to do work or for roughly matching an engine to a known ower demand like a generator or a required vehicle speed. Acceleration and rate or angle of climb is decided by torque. Pulling ability is determined by available torque."
That is correct. No dispute.
"Redline supposedly based as a safe limit including a "service factor" to guarantee the lower end won't disassemble or valves won't float. Exceeding red line serves one purpose only: to validate the limit. The engineer gets a gold star on his evaluation IF the engine self destructs after redline plus his service factor."
Service factor is 1200 rpm. that's a lot of useable spectrum to tell riders they can't use. Consider the large number of scooters out there without tachometers at all who ride all day with WOT. They're not worried about service factors. The rev limiter says STOP and that's all you need to know.
To clarify, the horsepower max is at the redline as you pointed out. After that it takes power away from your engine just to maintain that rpm of 8K plus. If for whatever reason the motor can't push you any faster at WOT (wide open throttle) you have reached the upward most limit of your engine's power without having reached the rev limiter. I'm 160 lbs and have always reached the rev limiter before running out of power (just twice though.)
Back to the pics... Note the windshield baffle. It really works BTW. When my last Puig cracked I had to replace it with something until I found another one but this little thing works just fine. Also, the tires are new Pirelli Angels and the road traction on them is the best I have ever experienced. Had a pair of Avon Viper Strykes before, got 10K miles on them but the dry road gripping just wasn't there.
