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Old 02-28-2011, 05:34 PM   #100
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Say what? Yamaha superbike can rev up to 15K. If Yamaha put a lot of effort to develop the engine, it will at least rev up to 9K.

Note: I don't remember any bike rev higher than Yamaha bike, maybe I've never encountered one? I could be wrong.
Not to sound critical, but peak HP redline is around 13.7K for the R1's. The BMW 1000RR is peaks around 14K as well. There were a rumors of reflashing the ECU to the Euro spec and it redlining @ 15K but no dyno charts to see where the drop off were occurring.
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