Nah, you don't need power to go quickly, you need skills, Leighton Walker puts his 60bhp VJ23 at the sharp end of the MRO Powerbike Supersport 400 class against some seriously more powerful opposition and runs it on a pace that wouldn't be at the back of the powerbikes, and they're real powerbikes, MRO, the quick guys, one step below BSB, he'd win an NG powerbike race on his RGV*

Unless you're really really on the pace it's all about the rider, there's less than 10% difference between a decent 400 club racer and Ryuichi Kiyonari on a full factory 'blade with slicks - theres only about half that between the same 250/400 rider and the superstocks, let alone a flippin 600. Let's be honest here if we're getting passed on 250's (let alone 300's ) by people on road bikes it's all our own fault.

* this is a fact, best LW/RGV Cadwell lap 1:39.535 at 78.485 mph, winner at Cadwell of NG powerbike class (Damien Fricker, Yamaha R1) best lap 1:39.64 at 78.40mph.
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