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Old April 22nd, 2013, 08:26 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by choneofakind View Post
.......Those numbers are impressive.
It is much about how much and how many molecules of air get disturbed as you and your bike quickly go by..........

..... and about how much mechanical energy your engine can transduce from the thermal energy of that combustion.
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