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Re: [St] 675 pulling a gap on suzuki and kawasaki



Someone did this "W" with a sportster a couple years back. And offered it as real "limited" production, pretty expensive though.

Don Kames
03 ST in ILL


-----Original Message-----
From: marc Ve <daytona955.marc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 12 May 2008 12:06 pm
Subject: Re: [St] 675 pulling a gap on suzuki and kawasaki



I.ve often wondered why the ducati 'L' twin wouldnt work as a 'w' 3 in
bigger cc's

Seeing as the mass and momentum of a 500cc pot is a problem if you are
trying to rev the nuts off it, why not just have three 350cc pots in line,
by shoving another cylinder between the two.

I suppose the crankshaft would have to get a little wider, and the plumbing
for the injection might be complex.

cheers


marc,

cape Town




On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Dan Wetherington <dnlwthrn@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> marc Ve wrote:
>
> > I have to give a high five to the way the triumph 675 is doing in world
> > supersport racing.
> >
> > 11th at Monza today, with Triumph running third in the manufacturers
> > log,
> > pulling away from suzuki and kawasaki.
> >
> > Boy that must burn the Jap bike management butts - all that money and
> > these
> > Brits are giving them carrots, esp if the bikes are being piloted by
> > Aussies, Brits and Yanks.
> >
> >
> > Now I want to see a 1075 Daytona in the hands of Pedrosa or Stoner......
> >
> >
> > Its too good! Those dudes around here on their GSXR's are starting to
> > look differently at my Daytona.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> >
> >
> > marc
> > Cape Town, RSA
> >
> >
> Marc,
> If only that were the case. Remember, in MotoGP, the displacement is
> fixed.  The different cylinder configurations used to change the max
> allowable weight, but I don't know if that's the case anymore, since it
> seems that everyone is running four cylinders.  The only variation in engine
> seems to be V-four vs inline.
> Congrats to Triumph for making something that competitive, and for the
> teams for having the balls to put them on the grid!
>
> Dan
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