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Originally Posted by velociSSimo
Explain to me how this makes sense (go to 15:57)
sequence starts with piston going downward… did they mess up the animation?  |
The engine is designed so that new air/fuel mix is actually pulled into the combustion chamber by negative pressure behind the exiting exhaust gasses which acts similarly to a turbo charger except instead of pushing in the front it pulls out the back.
That's all well and good for Ducati's race engines but it is simply too much for the street.
The bike they are talking about is the Multistrada (translates to many roads) which is designed as a go anywhere bike (pavement optional).
The design talked about in the video tones down the race engine for public roads and
especially for the trail. You still have a
very powerful engine with plenty of torque but the power delivery is much more manageable.
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Originally Posted by klatterblast
Thats definatly strange. And they said it has 220 hp, wow.
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The 220 HP engine mentioned is for Ducati's MotoGP engine and not the testastretta engine in the Multistrada (which has about 150 HP).
But even at 150hp, put it on a 400lb bike and it is still a silly amount of power. For reference, my old Ducati 996 SBK (2001) only has about 120 horsepower and is
insanely fast. I've been riding bikes my whole life and that thing is too powerful even for me.