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Re: CA Emissions
- Subject: Re: CA Emissions
- From: Eric Sheley <eric@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 14:31:15 -0500
At 11:19 AM 3/17/00 -0800, Matt Knowles wrote:
> >Can anyone say with authority whether or not there are any performance gains
> >from the absense of the CA Emissions stuff? My mechanic is willing to
> >remove but
> >he's going to charge me for that. Is it worth it?? How long should it take?
> >What's involved?
>
>The performance gain would mostly be a weight savings of a couple of
>pounds. The carbon canister recycles the gas fumes that would otherwise
>escape to the atmosphere. It doesn't affect horsepower. Some CA bikes have
It also has a collector in the header.
Something is robbing hp - the CA model ST will only produce around 90-92 hp
while the 49 state model will produce 97-99 hp...
If they could truly remove all the differences than I would say it would be
worth the money.
- - Eric
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