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Old 03-20-2009, 03:44 PM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
Your 10 whp dyno claim from the bearings made me laugh, but that's cool you nonetheless.

Yes it made me laugh too This was a link I found trying to find someone with ceramic wheel bearing experience.

Here is another. Located
ceramic bearings for street use - Page 2 - Kawasaki ZX-10R.net

I've been in the bearing business for 13 years now. So I will tell you yes ceramic or hybrid-ceramic bearings will work just fine on the street. Just be prepaired to pay a hefty price for them. I can also tell you that I put hybrid- ceramic bearings in the rear of my old zx9 haven't done it to my 10 yet and it accounted for one horsepower on the dyno. I also did a coast test from 60 to 0 miles an hour and it accounted for an extra 300 feet.That was both front and rear hybrid-ceramic bearings.Just my
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