(01-10-13, 05:02 PM)ParksOnFire link Wrote: Google says 35kw = 46.9357731 and http://calculator-converter.com/converte...ulator.php says 35kW = 47.58676. Other sites are as inconsistent as these too.
A dramatic entrance for a new member, welcome
. I can't add much to your fine essay other than to say you are mixing BHP (first used in the distant past) with PS, which can be called "metric horsepower". One PS being about 0.986 of one BHP. PS was often quoted for Japanese bikes in the past (you got more PS's than BHP's).So the above figures are not as inconsistant as first appears, just that the 46.935 are old BHP and 47.586 are Metric Horsepower (i.e. PS).
Just to add to the confusion BHP is now often quoted when it really means Metric horsepower.
Hope that helps.