I've been through lots and lots of new-model hype over the years.
Every time there's a big dose of hype, reality sets in with an incremental couple of horsepower gain or a couple kg weight loss (and then they neglect to mention when it gains more weight than that).
A naturally-aspirated spark-ignition four-stroke piston engine running on pump gasoline will make somewhere near 75 lb.ft of torque per litre of displacement give or take about 15. A low tech two valve per cylinder engine will be in the lower end. Very exceptional tuning is required to reach 90 and almost always that is over only a narrow RPM range. Let's say they make 80 lb.ft because that's not far from where every other sportbike engine is, and there is no magic happening here.
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HP = TQ x RPM / 5252 in old english units ... RPM would have to be 15,100 in order to make 230 horsepower and that's using the peak-torque number; assuming peak power is at higher revs than peak torque (it always is) it's going to have to be higher than that for a plausibly-shaped torque curve. While that rev level is possible (F1 cars and 600cc production bikes are in that range, but even that is beyond the revs at which the 600s make peak power) I highly doubt it's going to happen, and if they do it, it will likely be the most uselessly-shaped torque curve in history.
"Not Gonna Happen"
