The 750 Shadows get 55+ mpgs
Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Kurt Nolte <vturbine.po...@gmail.com> Date: 10/22/2015 1:16 PM (GMT-05:00) To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Poor mileage on superslab Two cylinders should be slightly more efficient than four, in terms of thermodynamics. Twins have a smaller surface area: volume ratio than fours of the same displacement, which reduces the thermal losses of combustion. They are also more likely to have larger valves, reducing pumping losses during operation. -Kurt On Oct 22, 2015 12:22 PM, "roscopico13 via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" < nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Interesting point. Four cylinders are doing the same work as 2, each of > the 4 had less work than 2. Does that makes sense? > > Sent from Outlook <http://aka.ms/Ox5hz3> > > Thank you, > > Ross > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 9:14 AM -0700, "gevanish" <gevan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Meaning that a four cylinder bike should naturally use less gasoline than >> a 2 cylinder bike? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
