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Bustaspoke wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 2:06 pm
Yorick wrote: Sat Mar 04, 2023 1:33 pm [
That's not SV650 engine.
I know,I own a SV650 :thumbup:
According to the description it's from a Suzuki Savage.I'm guessing it's the same motor as the DR650.
It looks like it's also running a belt final drive

The Savage had an engine all of its own, it's even more gutless than the DR650.
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I know nothing about it and it doesn't come up on a reverse image search...
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Taipan wrote: Sun Mar 05, 2023 9:22 pm
this must be no 2 then
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There is a world of difference betwixt a rotary and a radial......
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David wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:04 am There is a world of difference betwixt a rotary and a radial......
So much so it's enough to make your head spin.
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Interesting looking thing
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At least that one wouldn't fall over when you blip the throttle......
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Alan Millyard's Flying Millyard has an engine made from two barrels and pistons from a Pratt and Whitney radial aero engine. It's 5l, the pistons are huge!!
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cheb wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:10 am
David wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:04 am There is a world of difference betwixt a rotary and a radial......
So much so it's enough to make your head spin.
And the crank case (but not the crank...).
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A 545 Kawaski 2 stroke four. £30k to you sir. :shock:

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Skub wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 5:10 pm A 545 Kawaski 2 stroke four. £30k to you sir. :shock:

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David wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:59 am
cheb wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:10 am
David wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:04 am There is a world of difference betwixt a rotary and a radial......
So much so it's enough to make your head spin.
And the crank case (but not the crank...).
Early rotaries,like Sopwith Camels, have the crank stationary and the cylinders spin, but someone worked out this was stupid, and on most rotary engines the crank spins and the cylinders are stationary.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:22 pm
David wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:59 am
cheb wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:10 am

So much so it's enough to make your head spin.
And the crank case (but not the crank...).
Early rotaries,like Sopwith Camels, have the crank stationary and the cylinders spin, but someone worked out this was stupid, and on most rotary engines the crank spins and the cylinders are stationary.
That's the difference between a rotary and a radial engine, the cylinder layout is the same.
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The clue is in the name...Rotaries rotate...Radials spin in unseen ways...
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Pfft, all engines hold on to the crank and spin the entire universe around, everyone knows that.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:22 pm
David wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 7:59 am
cheb wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 8:10 am

So much so it's enough to make your head spin.
And the crank case (but not the crank...).
Early rotaries,like Sopwith Camels, have the crank stationary and the cylinders spin, but someone worked out this was stupid
It wasn’t stupid at the time. The rotary had a high power to weight ratio (compared to other contemporary engines) and didn’t vibrate the airframe to bits.

It was overtaken by developments in radial, inline and V-configuration engines.
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