Re: Turbo price...was:RE: [ST] a short intro and a few questions-long

[Steve Hays <shays_adp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Simply because it CAN be done.  I had more in mods
than I paid for my '99 Speed Triple when I bought it,
and I only had the stage one turbo on her.

You are talking about a lot of engineering for a very,
very small production run - that makes any mods like
this expensive as heck.  Your paying a lot for Brian's
time and expertise, period.  

OTOH, I didn't have any more money in my Speed Triple
than my buddy did in his Hayabusa (bought new, with
HMF full high twin exhaust, minor mods like the
snorkelectomy, and a custom paint job) -- and I could
walk away from him anywhere under 100-110 MPH.
Aerodynamics caught up at that speed, and truth be
told, naked bikes aren't meant to go 180 MPH. Fifth
gear power wheelies past my other buddies 916 (mock
Senna edition) were all the argument I needed.

So, it just depends what you like.  Imagine this --
the cost of raising twins in upper middle class
surroundings from birth to 18 years averages something
like $450,000 - and that's before college.  I'm single
(my fiancée left me to become a lesbian) - so why the
heck not?

Steve in Ohio

- --- "Strizver, Chris L" <chris.l.strizver@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I gotta ask: How the heck can the price $5,500 for a
> turbo be justified? I
> don't know much about them except they make all
> discussions of the fastest
> color (colour) immediately moot. Can someone educate
> me on what the heck
> goes into making this air pump that makes its price
> almost eclipse the value
> of my '00 Blue ST? (not the fastes color, but the
> sexiest!)
> 
> thanks!
> 
> Chris "Snow Dawg" Strizver
> 
> 
> Talk about moot conversations! Like my wife would
> EVER let me get a turbo
> for my bike. I'm just lucky the thing is paid for
> with twins on the way.
> lol!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hays [mailto:shays_adp@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:02 AM
> To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ST] a short intro and a few
> questions-long
> 
> 
> 
> > There is a company(s) that makes a turbo kit for
> the
> > ST as well.  I
> > forgot the link, but search for turbo in the
> > archives and you should
> > find it.
> 
> http://boostisgood.com.  Haven't sorted everything
> out
> for the new motor, but they are "real close".  They
> were getting HP's in the low 180's at the rear on
> stage two and the last motor, so I wouldn't be
> surprised at all to see 195 or even 200 HP at the
> rear
> with the new bike/motor.
> 
> 
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