data.3news-bydate.train.rec.motorcycles.105008 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected] (charles.a.rogers)
Subject: Re: Shaft-drives and Wheelies
Organization: AT&T
Summary: *Tough* o-rings
Lines: 17
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Tony Kidson) writes:
>
> Well maintained chains, running in oil, without those little rubber 'O' rings
> to cause frictional losses, might reach 99% efficiency. The average open to
> the dust 'O' ring motorcycle chain probably has a difficult job making 90%
> efficient.
So of the 120 hp produced by my FJ1100 engine,
12 hp * (745.7 watts)/1 hp = 8.948 kilowatts
is being dumped into 220 leetle tiny o-rings? That's 40.67 watts per
o-ring! Seems a little *hot*, doncha think?
:-O
Chuck Rogers
[email protected]