Torque Measurements; was: No problem with the ST

["Paul Wilson" <paulwilson@xxxxxxxxx>]

James,

Newton metres (Nm) is the metric unit measurement for torque.

1 Nm   =  0.738 lb ft  or 8.85 lb in torque.   Conversely,
1 lb ft   =   1.356 Nm torque.

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Paul Wilson
Toronto
- -----Original Message-----
From: james Reynolds <Nomad0324@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Triumph <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 3:58 PM
Subject: No problem with the ST


>Sorry, didn't mean to scare anyone with my joking comment about the long
>wait for the ST. It's such a great bike that 1 day is too long. It only
took
>3 weeks from the time I ordered it until the joyous day I got to ride it
>home. The only reason it took that long was, I had to fill out a bunch of
>customs paperwork to avoid paying the British VAT and I ordered a lot of
>extras, but it was worth the wait. If anyone out there is thinking about
>buying a new bike, ST ALL THE WAY!
>
>
>I have a ? for you ST pro's. I was looking for the  manufacturing date on
>the data plate and the only numbers I could find other then the VIN number
>was 0006  and 1191 am I looking in the right place?  And what kind of
torque
>value is Nm can't find it in any of my conversion tables? Thanks for the
>help
>
>
>I hope I have turned off the  HTML properly
>
>JAMES D REYNOLDS
>
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