Another Linex'd bike

[max power]

Its not Rhino lining, its Linex.

Besides, He only had the tank and the top of the tail plastics done. On a 150hp bike, I dont see it making much difference. He could easily shit the difference in extra weight out before going for a ride.

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I couldn't find a data sheet on LineX

I took what I thought was the "next best thing"

[magley64]

Its like murder, but more robust... pretty cool.

[Benyen Soljax]

Specific Gravity of Rhino Linings (Polyurethane/polyurea) is listed as 1.06-1.08 g/cc, so for a 1/16" (1.6mm) minimum coating on all the painted surfaces. I have no idea what the actual painted surface area of a bike is (varies anyway), but let's take the dimensions of my SV for instance.

Wheelbase = 1435mm

Height = 1170mm

SWAG'in it... paint covers about 20% of that entire surface area rectangle of wheelbase and height, or about 3357 cm^2.

I figure that's a conservative estimate (no? I dunno), but for shits and giggles, double it, to cover the other side (and we'll already count the fender and front fairing into that final number to be even more conservative)...so we're now at 6714 cm^2. Multiply by 0.16 cm of thickness = 1075 cc's

multiply that by 1.06 g/cc = 1139g.... yielding approximately 2.5lbs of Rhino Lining on a relatively naked bike.

Using the same numbers with paint (Dupont Imron 6000) - lets say you go big with 10 coats at .0025cm/coat, 0.025cm thickness. The paint "theoretically" covers 858 ft^2/gallon (aka 797,108 cm^2/gal), and one gallon weighs 9.54lbs. We have to cover 67,140 cm^2 (10 coats) or 8.4% of that gallon -- or 0.8 lbs of paint.

+/- 10% fudge factor for each for my back of the envelope calculations, rounding error, and assumptions... you're still looking at around 3x the weight for Rhino Lining at minimum recommended thickness vs. paint coated overzealously. And that's for a relatively naked bike - if you Rhino-line vs. paint a fully-faired bike, the added weight of the rhino lining will be even greater.

Alas, you're right - it's not MotoGP, but added weight is added weight. That's why a Lotus doesn't handle like a Caprice.

*Not responsible for inappropriate assumptions or bad calculations.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_SV1000

http://pc.dupont.com/dpc/en/US/html/visitor/common/pdfs/b/product/dcf/OEM_Fleet/Imron6000.pdf

http://www.rhinoliningsindustrial.com/gfGy6S44anlz/1234472359HardLine%20dSheet_4993.pdf

http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/density-specific-weight-gravity-d_290.html

If you had spent all this effort going to the gym, you could probably shed more than 2 lbs off of your sprung weight

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[magley64]

pipes, triple, and pegs need done...