Engine Power Of A Thunderbird 900 Of 1995

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by dieselian, May 10, 2022.

  1. dieselian

    dieselian New Member

    Apr 30, 2022
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    3
    Switzerland
    Hi there,
    In all part lists the engine of my Thunderbird is supposed to have 70 HP but following the inscription in the swiss papers I have only 54HP.
    What can be the reason?

    Thanks for your answers

    Jan
     
  2. dieselian

    dieselian New Member

    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    3
    Switzerland
    actually it's a Thunderbird 900 of 1995...
     
  3. capt

    capt Elite Member

    May 8, 2016
    3,050
    750
    western Australia
    I believe the thunderbird version of T300's had very mild cam timing , lower compression and most likely timing and carburetion to suit.
    They ranged from your 50'odd to the super 111 which I think was just over 100'ish . But the super 3 was very hot cam's and had to pull a lot more rev's to do it.
     
  4. Erling

    Erling Elite Member

    Dec 12, 2017
    1,120
    943
    Norway
    It's just a guess, but are you sure it says 54 hp? And not 54 kW, pretty much equivalent to 70 hp?
     
  5. dieselian

    dieselian New Member

    Apr 30, 2022
    4
    3
    Switzerland
    No actually it says 40.5kw. As if there was a reduction. But this would not be logic. The limitation of the new driver motorbike licence in Switzerland is 35kw...
     
  6. sprintdave

    sprintdave Nurse,he's out of bed again
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    May 25, 2014
    1,534
    750
    Birmingham
    Maybe the bike was for a different market, not Swiss.
     
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