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<blockquote data-quote="Magnetoman" data-source="post: 170864" data-attributes="member: 2806"><p>My 1963 500cc Gold Star left the factory 60 years ago with a certificate showing it had been dyno tested to produce 41.7 h.p. As manufactured, the bike weighs 354.5 lbs. with oil and 1 gal. of fuel.</p><p></p><p>The 2022 652 cc Mahindra has a claimed 45 h.p. and weighs 437 lbs. dry. Add, say, 10 lbs. to that for equivalent oil and fuel and that's 447 lbs.</p><p></p><p>A fully-outfitted rider weighing 200 lbs. would result in my 60-year-old Gold Star having a power-to-weight ratio of 41.7hp/545.5lbs = 0.07644 hp/lb. The same rider on the Mahindra would have 45hp/647lbs. = 0.06955, i.e. 10% less.</p><p></p><p>Mahindra claims 70 mpg (U.S. gallon). On a recent 10-mile ride across town (20 round-trip) followed by a fairly sporty ride the 27 miles to the top of a nearby mountain, so ~75 miles total, my Gold Star got a measured 69 mpg.</p><p></p><p>Since 60+-year-old Gold Stars outperform Mahindra's modern version, if anyone is in the market for one, I can personally recommend (because I wrote it…) the just-published 6th edition of "The Gold Star Buyer's Companion."</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://amzn.to/3muPzbQ[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magnetoman, post: 170864, member: 2806"] My 1963 500cc Gold Star left the factory 60 years ago with a certificate showing it had been dyno tested to produce 41.7 h.p. As manufactured, the bike weighs 354.5 lbs. with oil and 1 gal. of fuel. The 2022 652 cc Mahindra has a claimed 45 h.p. and weighs 437 lbs. dry. Add, say, 10 lbs. to that for equivalent oil and fuel and that's 447 lbs. A fully-outfitted rider weighing 200 lbs. would result in my 60-year-old Gold Star having a power-to-weight ratio of 41.7hp/545.5lbs = 0.07644 hp/lb. The same rider on the Mahindra would have 45hp/647lbs. = 0.06955, i.e. 10% less. Mahindra claims 70 mpg (U.S. gallon). On a recent 10-mile ride across town (20 round-trip) followed by a fairly sporty ride the 27 miles to the top of a nearby mountain, so ~75 miles total, my Gold Star got a measured 69 mpg. Since 60+-year-old Gold Stars outperform Mahindra's modern version, if anyone is in the market for one, I can personally recommend (because I wrote it…) the just-published 6th edition of "The Gold Star Buyer's Companion." [URL unfurl="true"]https://amzn.to/3muPzbQ[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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