Originally Posted by
Monster Pete
Pretty good comparison there actually. When people modify cars, the first/only thing a lot of people will do is increase the power of the engine. Next probably would come the brakes, and only then do they go for lighter/stiffer everything else. With bikes the first thing seems to be to remove a few grams or make something marginally stiffer, probably because it's far easier than improving the 'engine' performance.
That's the exact opposite thought process that I was taught by many experienced persons in my years of motorsports. The first thing they said was to spend the money on the vehicle in the stopping/handling/durability department first, then drop in a high powered motor.
Nothing worse than chasing your tail by constantly fixing broken poor quality parts/bad handling vehicle that weren't suited to a high powered engine in the first place.