restricted power

[yankeedoodle]

will a 33bhp restricted 600 (the SV650 in particular) feel better/more powerful than a 500 (like the ER5) that was restricted to the same power?

[aaron0288]

An sv650 yes, as it has plenty of low end grunt and plenty of torque, which isn't affected by the restrictors. Any 4 cylinder screamer won't take the restrictors well, as all of their power is up the top end.

[Rookie]

The ER5 is a twin as well though, so you're used to similar amounts of torque.

The SV is probably a teeny bit sportier, but I don't think it's going to be a vast difference.

[yankeedoodle]

so I'm going to get fairly similar acceleration/top speed etc from both?

[JonB]

[yankeedoodle]

[JonB]

Pretty punchy as a lot of the power is low down.

I know this by the fact that I had a restricted Bandit that was an inline 4 and for me that was way powerful enough once I past my test, but a mate on a restricted SV whooped me everytime when it came to acceleration as the Bandit pulls at higher revs, usually once the restrictors kick in.
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