Yager horsepower

[modmaster]

Does anyone here know what the advertized or claimed horsepower and torque is for the Yager?

modmaster

[Vivo]

Yager / Dink

MAX.HORSEPOWER kw(r/min)   11.4/8000
MAX.TORQUE N.m(r/min)   15.1/6500

[modmaster]

Are you sure you don't have the horsepower and torque figures reversed? Do you remember where you got those stats?

modmaster

[Vivo]

Are you sure you don't have the horsepower and torque figures reversed? Do you remember where you got those stats?

modmaster

http://www.kymco.com/product/specification.asp?MotorCTID=7F2F1448-54D7-4082-8B43-0722FC220BA4

[modmaster]

Thanks for getting back to me so soon. I appreciate that.

modmaster

[Vivo]

You are most welcome... 

[MotoRandy123]

11.4 kilowatts = 15.2876518 hp

[Fogie]

11.4 kilowatts = 15.2876518 hp

I asked the same question of a techie who seemed confident in what he was doing; he pushed the Yager spec through some formula and came up with 16HP (presumably rounded). Then again, I understand there are several different definitions of "horsepower".

[MotoRandy123]

I just used an online converter that Google found...

[Vivo]

There's brake horsepower and wheel horsepower, plus a lot of other standards used in measuring power.  HP has become a marketing hype in order to confuse consumers because this is one of the deciding factors of people in choosing what vehicle to buy...

[Yellow Jacket]

Claimed HP is just that. It only lives in some ad writers brain stem. Dyno HP is the actual power available to provide forward movement.
BTW, has anyone converted the torque figure to LB-FT?