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>Motorcycle engines turn at stupefying speeds without experiencing valve float. In practice it's actually the desmodromic designs that are troublesome, because
by jaclaz 8y ago
>Motorcycle engines turn at stupefying speeds without experiencing valve float. In practice it's actually the desmodromic designs that are troublesome, because of all that moving mass.
Sure, go tell Ducati.
- ebikelaw 8y agoTell them what? That literally every other major manufacturer makes a motor with higher max engine speeds, higher reliability, and lower maintenance costs? Or that in the 60-year history of Grand Prix motorcycle racing they've only won once?