Best post on this subject thread so far, imo.

As bikes as a whole get lighter (millimeter by millimeter, gram by gram), I would like to think the 600-800cc segment will also see a proportional jump in overall performance, creating a more ideal balance of pure speed and commuting joy.

Uninsured diamond mysterious unrecovered after crash, promoting release of movie about thieves stealing high-value assets... Hohoho

By going 180+ on the straight?

Their marketing approach implies the production version will not be significantly different than the one shown. Plus, they’re French.

Does this honestly do anything an electric ATV wouldn’t...? What is not had in articulation seems easily gained in wheel/tire size and tread. I guess that seat could be somewhat comfortable, but I am skeptical about its usefulness to say the least.

Feel like the designers involved were a bit inspired by some of…

Looks like everything’s made from billet pieces... Gives me the impression to expect a price around $17-25k.

Better to do crunches right than other exercises wrong, or in many people’s cases, not at all.

That turtle is clearly enjoying itself, you can tell.

It’s a bot, and it made a play that would be considered moderately intelligent/heavy-meta-pro shit. Which is where the narrative text comes in, explaining the vast wisdom and zealousness of BOT Oliver.

Not thinking too hard about it is a survival mechanism. It starts with rotaries, then you start thinking about Reulaux polygons, and the next thing you know, your alarm is going off and you’ve lost an entire afternoon and night and can never get it back.

Just now got the joke in your handle. Ohhh, automotive trademarks…

Big brake kits are heavy as hell. Like 100lbs-extra heavy as hell (comparing to stock rotors ten or so years back). That’s a great place to start suspicions. In the 350 to 350R, certainly not 100, but certainly a fair 15 or so lbs.

Thank you for taking criticism in grace, especially on a subject often repeated, rarely specifically understood.

Bigger rotors are for soaking up and dissipating heat. The increase in mechanical advantage is immediately offset by the increase of rotational mass and rotational momentum. Just think about the difference…

>Rotaries are ICEs[, but I knew what you meant].

burdickjp, in your response to Tiporari, you’re absolutely right! Congratulations, because it’s seemingly a first for this entire discussion thread.

Getting into the technical side of discussion, torque is an expression of twisting force or force x distance, but it need not actually refer to work done. Really, there’s a difference, and that’s why some people get really huffy about the difference between ft-lbs (of work) and lb-ft (of torque), and people…

GTO, that’s a familiar flavor of pedantry that really doesn’t belong in these kinds of discussions. If grown ass men can’t be bothered to understand and always apply the difference between a magazine and a clip, then all engineers or individuals familiar with physics need to be willing to accept that torque frequently…

No shit.

Seems like you’re mixing or not correctly identifying units; Power, or horsepower as being used in the article and American automotive circles, is directly derived (figuratively, not literally from an engineering standpoint) from torque. So torque absolutely cannot be proportional to acceleration without power being…

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