Aleman,i can appreciate what you are saying,but even if your losing a .2 or .4 in HP how much harder could it be to throw a few performance upgrades here or there to take up the compensation. just saying.... and yes, you should notice a difference in power between a Honda and a cheap Chinese clone,if that was the case Honda should be out of business and everyone would buy HS engines cause whos stupid enough to pay for top dollar when they'd get the same for cheaper,so yes, theres going to be a difference there.
I hear ya man, but you really don't get "the same for cheaper". The GXH50 has more compression, can rev higher longer, and responds more to the mods you mention. Anyone who's had a valve cover off both engines can tell you which one has better castings and general fit and finish. Almost anyone can acknowledge an engine made in Japan is superior than one made in China.
The GXH50 costs 2-2.5x as much as a HS or Titan, but when all mods are applied it will almost indefinitely prove the superior engine in the end.
Of course this aint about what vs wat, but considering the end result, the price difference will have the opposite affect you are saying here when you stress em both.
after all is said and done who wouldn't take that small of a loss in output to have that kind of flexible electric to play with? for me this ends all my problems with the crappy lighting that i can get my hands on, no more stupid diode sets to play with,no more rechargeable batteries,no more LEDS,no more dynamo hubs and scrubber bottle gens that put out crap for voltage/amperage/watts.this system will take care of all the problems that i was looking for.
Yeah, we all have our own needs, and I'm sorry to hear you have so much trouble with lighting. As a longtime bicyclist, I've run bottle gennys since the 80's and sometimes just battery lights so I know where you're coming from. Blowing out bulbs left and right, Radio Shack knows you by name soon lol AA and AAA get expensive and rechargeable sometimes don't cut it after an hour or less.
There's some good LEDs out there in the 1-3W range tho, and like most lights they are only as good as their reflectors/optics. I've been looking at custom LEDs alot lately, because ATM I have a 3W light system consisting of dual front and rear flashers. My setup is visibility-oriented tho, it's hard to see on streets with no streetlights.
Planet Bike has a neat headlight app:
PLANET BIKE - Bicycle Accessories: lightfinder Notice how decent the 1W and 2W are! They make a 1W that runs off bottle and hub gennys. And this is a standard consumer light. Custom has much more potential. Do you really need a poorly implemented 95-100W power source for lights?
i wouldn't take this so much of a loss considering what i am gaining out of it.so what if i have to buy a regulator/rectifier still beats out the cost of the other crap i had to try to get come close to a normal visible headlight so i can see more than 5 feet in front of me on a pitch black night. sure,if i had the money id buy a whizzer,but i dont,and i have to make due with what i can get my hands on for as little money as i have and even if i did,theres no telling what hoops i would have to jump thru just to drive the damn thing legally and at that cost i might as well drive a Harley.
Yeah, I can't afford a dang Harley either. They're too fast for me, anyway lol. All I can say is do more research. Don't be too hasty!
i dont have a drivers license and probably wont for a few years,this isnt a hobby,this is my transportation,this my life, to keep my head above water,i dont have many options and this is my only loophole to keep working to payback those corrupt evil bastards back in Illinois to release my DL so i can move on with life,after that,id never ride an MB again.
Birds of a feather! Riding these is my life, like many of us here. Ride well
