User talk:Pi3832

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[edit] Category:Gas Chromatography

I started moving articles from the category you created to Category:Gas chromatography. Wikipedia:Naming conventions prefers lowercase words in article and category titles. --Christopherlin 19:28, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Is the Katana a sport-touring motorcycle?

It probably can be considered either a sportbike or sport-touring. Consider:

"sport-touring days would be easy on either bike [600 or 750 Katana]"
--Sport Rider magazine, August 1999 [1]
"the ideal fusion of sport-bike performance and sport-touring comfort - the Suzuki Katana 600"
--Suzuki web site [2]

Even Wikipedia's types of motorcycle classifies it as a sport-tourer, though it does have the caveat "debatable".


Brianhe 05:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

You raise a good point. But I suspect it would be better to discuss it over on Talk:sport_touring. I'll start something there, and invite folks over at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Motorcycling to join in.
Could be a few days before I get the time, however. Your patience is appreciated.Pi3832 10:22, 23 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Work in Progress

Since the 1970s there has been a trend of increasing power-to-weight ratios of motorcycles in general, and sportbikes especially.


Year Brand Model Dry Weight Horsepower P/W Reference
1970 Honda CB350 350 36 10.3 [3], [4]
1975 Honda CB750 479 67 14.0 [5], [6]
1982 Suzuki GSX1100S 510 111 21.8 [7]
1985 Suzuki GSX-R750 394 106 26.9 [8]
1992 Honda CBR900RR 408 104 25.5 [9]
1998 Yamaha YZF-R1 390 131 33.6 [10]
1999 Suzuki GSX1300R 473 175 37.0 [11]
2001 Suzuki GSX-R1000 374 160 42.8 [12]
2006 Kawasaki ZX-10R 385 181 47.0 [13], [14]
Data in italics are estimated from available data.
Power to weight ratio is calculated as horsepower per 100 lbs.

[edit] Thanks

It's great to be noticed. I'm actually heading south tomorrow morning with buddies to go riding. We're gonna trailer south for a day looking for warmth and then tool around for a couple of days. Should be fun. -AndrewDressel 19:10, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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