19-11-14, 06:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 19-11-14, 06:15 PM by lew600fazer.)
I agree to a certain extent on the noise regulations bit. As I said in my earlier post Triumph & BSA (Trident/Rocket 3) biggest problem was keeping the centre cylinder cool.
I ran an Areil Leader air cooled twin fully faired and never had any cooling problems with that.
http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&e...0444,d.cWc
Having tested and dismissed Meriden Triumph's Phoenix/Diana project, John Bloor's relaunch of the Triumph marque needed a new development starting point and the GPZ900R motor was used, as that starting point, for the original Triumph modular design of 1990. It is not a direct copy of it though, as the cam chain being at the other end of the engine and the use of wet liners (instead of dry ones) demonstrate.
Just to touch on an earlier subject, Simon and I touched on a week or so back The Japanese motorcycle industry was founded on copying the designs of British Manufacturers.
I ran an Areil Leader air cooled twin fully faired and never had any cooling problems with that.
http://www.google.es/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&e...0444,d.cWc
Having tested and dismissed Meriden Triumph's Phoenix/Diana project, John Bloor's relaunch of the Triumph marque needed a new development starting point and the GPZ900R motor was used, as that starting point, for the original Triumph modular design of 1990. It is not a direct copy of it though, as the cam chain being at the other end of the engine and the use of wet liners (instead of dry ones) demonstrate.
Just to touch on an earlier subject, Simon and I touched on a week or so back The Japanese motorcycle industry was founded on copying the designs of British Manufacturers.
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