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PostPosted: 2005-01-10 11:17:55
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On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:39:07 +0100, Ace wrote:

>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:18:35 +0000, Colin Irvine
> wrote:
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>>On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:25:44 +0000,
>>chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) squeezed
>>out the following:
>>
>>>I have to admit that youre absolutely right.
>>>
>>>The number of road (ie: not racers) riders I can think of, who can use
>>>more than, say 80bhp to its absolute full, on public roads, is....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Zero.
>>
>>I take it youre excluding overtakes up steep hills two-up with
>>luggage?
>
>But thats about torque, not power.

Oh bollox is it. Everyone seems to think torque is about grunt, and
power is about revs, which while having some basis in truth, is far
from the full story.

It should be compulsory for everyone to read this article
http://vettenet.org/torquehp.html before discussing power and torque.
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PostPosted: 2005-01-10 12:07:16
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Champ wrote
>On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 11:39:07 +0100, Ace wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:18:35 +0000, Colin Irvine
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 22:25:44 +0000,
>>>chateauSPAMKILL.murray@dsl.pipex.com (The Older Gentleman) squeezed
>>>out the following:
>>>
>>>>I have to admit that youre absolutely right.
>>>>
>>>>The number of road (ie: not racers) riders I can think of, who can use
>>>>more than, say 80bhp to its absolute full, on public roads, is....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Zero.
>>>
>>>I take it youre excluding overtakes up steep hills two-up with
>>>luggage?
>>
>>But thats about torque, not power.
>
>Oh bollox is it. Everyone seems to think torque is about grunt, and
>power is about revs, which while having some basis in truth, is far
>from the full story.
>
>It should be compulsory for everyone to read this article
>http://vettenet.org/torquehp.html before discussing power and torque.

Oh please sir I have read it, can I join in now?


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