keep in mind that it is a vtwin though and really shouldnt be compared to an inline 4 as far as horsepower goes, thats like comparing apples to papayas or oranges or whatever the hell; anyway 114 for a 1000 cc 4 would be really bad, but twins make up for it in torque. thats why you got harley's that could almost tow a car but these bikes are only making like 50 or 60 horsepower.

 

BTW, according to sportrider, the TL1000 tops out at 163.

163 for 1000cc seems pretty slow to me

 

and what does it say for a gixxer 1 k or R1 .. 175 maybe.. anything over 125 is insane.. someday maybe youll post about it.. maybe ya wont

 

i didn't look at the gixxer 1k, but the R1 said 184 and the ZX-10R was 186.

these numbers were taking by the folks at www.sportrider.com with a radar gun.

 

http://sportrider.com/bikes/dynos/

pretty damn close for have 2 cylinders compared to 4

but it all comes down to diff strokes for diff folks

 

No it's not, that's as much as a CBR900RR of the same year, with more torque, remember this bike is 1997 technology. You're also not taking into account that V-twins naturally have less of a top end, and the bike was built as more of a street fighter than a race bike, so they sacrificed some top end for better midrange.