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  1. A sudden realization 
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    I was just doing some thinking and suddenly realized how incredible the engine, on any bike, but even more so on my bike(or similar bikes), really is!
    For those that don't know I ride an RS 125, which is a single cylinder 2stroke. The engine power peaks at about 12k rpm, which seems fairly normal I know but then I actualy thought about it and broke it down to rotations per second, 12krpm is 200rps!
    just think about it for a min... that is a single piston making a full cycle through the cylinder 200 times a second...
    I don't know about anybody else but that's just unfathomably fast!
    Id never really thought about it in that way before but now I have I think I will view engines with the awe that they deserve, they truely are incredible, and I have had so much fun while relying on them without ever really considering what a marvel they actualy are!
    I know it sounds a bit... weird and ... well sad I spose, but its just suddenly hit me and thought id share
     
     

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    Read "Stealing speed" by Mat Oxley It will blow you away.
     
     

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    Now go and look at gas turbines...... A aircraft engine will do 8-15,000 rpm....
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    Hears to internal combustion [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
     
     

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    or try thinking about high performance turbo's at 80-100 K revs.......
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by wiltsdan
    Hears to internal combustion [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
    Not without ear defenders! ;D
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by NoYou
    just think about it for a min... that is a single piston making a full cycle through the cylinder 200 times a second...
    I don't know about anybody else but that's just unfathomably fast!
    And now think - you're sitting on that! ;D
    100 Japanese horses now unmuzzled! Derestricted hooliganism has commenced...
     
     

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    Consider a Wankel...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark_Able
    Consider a Wankel...
    There's loads of em round here... usually behind the wheel
     
     

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    Quote Originally Posted by Marmalade
    [quote author=Mark_Able link=1316990417/7#7 date=1317067549]Consider a Wankel...
    There's loads of em round here... usually behind the wheel
    [/quote]

    And driving in front of me.....

    ;D ;D
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