A new engine

[Ian]

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

[themoudie]

Aye Ian,

So when is the "SuperMono" racing class returning? 

Good health, Bill

[Steve Lake]

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

[CrazyFrog]

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...

[Steve Lake]

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

[CrazyFrog]

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

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