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Club House => Chatter => Topic started by: Ian on October 31, 2023, 07:46:10 PM

Title: A new engine
Post by: Ian on October 31, 2023, 07:46:10 PM

https://www.thedrive.com/news/ducati-just-built-the-worlds-most-powerful-single-cylinder-engine

Title: Re: A new engine
Post by: themoudie on October 31, 2023, 08:48:30 PM

Aye Ian,

So when is the "SuperMono" racing class returning?  ;D

Good health, Bill

Title: Re: A new engine
Post by: Steve Lake on November 01, 2023, 09:01:34 PM

wow! 85bhp at 10,250 rpm .... now that's what you call a thumper ... i bet it will be eyewateringly expensive

Title: Re: A new engine
Post by: CrazyFrog on November 02, 2023, 09:27:40 PM

Quote from: Steve Lake on November 01, 2023, 09:01:34 PM

wow! 85bhp at 10,250 rpm .... now that's what you call a thumper ... i bet it will be eyewateringly expensive

About the same as a 500cc speedway engine...

Title: Re: A new engine
Post by: Steve Lake on November 02, 2023, 11:19:01 PM

true.... but if you ran the ducati on methanol it'd be putting out 100+ bhp prior to going pop  ;D

Title: Re: A new engine
Post by: CrazyFrog on November 03, 2023, 07:07:33 AM

Quote from: Steve Lake on November 02, 2023, 11:19:01 PM

true.... but if you ran the ducati on methanol it'd be putting out 100+ bhp prior to going pop  ;D

Also true! I went to a classic scramble a few years ago and there was a guy running a Jawa speedway engine in a Rickman frame. It sounded fantastic. I had a bit of a chat with him and iirc, he'd lowered the compression to run on petrol, but stated that the big gobs of torque still regularly ate the gearbox  ;D