Re: Bore/Stroke Ratio

[ardunbill@webtv.net]

In the motorcycle racing world, there is a continuing trend to
ever-shorter strokes nowadays, since the shorter the stroke, the lower
the piston speed, and the higher the revs without excessive piston
speed, the higher the horsepower.  Big bores also allow bigger valves,
but on the other hand, the bigger the bore, the greater the tendency to
detonation.  According to the authorities I read.  Always a lot of ifs,
ands and buts about it.    

Cheers from ArdunBill in the Great Dismal Swamp, Chesapeake, VA