▲ 26 ▼ 10 Things We Lost on Modern Motorcycles (www.youtube.com) submitted 3 months ago by InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to c/motorcycles@lemmy.world 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago (6 children) Why would anybody design something like that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) BMW is like wha ha ha ha Hold my beer, or whatever that is in German. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah bier. But they've done pretty well with their beer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago German beer kicks major ass. permalink fedilink source parent [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) The reasoning was: Less cylinders, higher torque, but not enough space for big complicated carbs. So we'll just put more smaller carbs! Yay yay yippee it works. Ship it. In the next model they kept the same carbs and doubled the cylinders. Power increased with basically the same weight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) Oh I see, they didn't want to design a carb specificly for a single cylinder they didn't make multi-cylinder versions of, and so sticking 2 restricted carbs on was cheaper to design and start manufacture, even if it was more expensive per part and required more maintaince. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Yep. I think so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) BMW is like wha ha ha ha Hold my beer, or whatever that is in German. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah bier. But they've done pretty well with their beer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago German beer kicks major ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) Yeah bier. But they've done pretty well with their beer. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago German beer kicks major ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago German beer kicks major ass. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago (2 children) The reasoning was: Less cylinders, higher torque, but not enough space for big complicated carbs. So we'll just put more smaller carbs! Yay yay yippee it works. Ship it. In the next model they kept the same carbs and doubled the cylinders. Power increased with basically the same weight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) Oh I see, they didn't want to design a carb specificly for a single cylinder they didn't make multi-cylinder versions of, and so sticking 2 restricted carbs on was cheaper to design and start manufacture, even if it was more expensive per part and required more maintaince. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Yep. I think so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child) Oh I see, they didn't want to design a carb specificly for a single cylinder they didn't make multi-cylinder versions of, and so sticking 2 restricted carbs on was cheaper to design and start manufacture, even if it was more expensive per part and required more maintaince. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Yep. I think so. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Yep. I think so. permalink fedilink source parent