CI or CC ???

[TMcMahon51]

Thanks for the replies, that all helped a lot. So, I guess that Harley I was looking at really does blow the 600cc beginner thing. It happens to be that the bike I've been trusting over is.... gulp....1868cc's.

[TechTMW]

The 600cc rule really only applies to Inline four configuration.

Though I would say the Harley you are looking at might be too much bike for a beginner anyway. Especially if you drop it by accident ... repair bills will be horrendous!

[Telesque]

LOL, this thread is giving me a good laugh. I can just see it, outside a tough no-mans land biker bar, with tough guys in black leather and bandana's, a fight is about to break out. A math fight, with alex trabec refereeing. LOL. To the exponent... be-yatch. Fractal this back at ya! LOL.

And if you want more math fun, a liter is 61 ci. I learned that from my 5.0, which is 305 ci, which is how many cc's? LOL.

Well, I had a 427ci engine, which was the equivalent of 7,000cc's.

[TMcMahon51]

Well, I had a 427ci engine, which was the equivalent of 7,000cc's.

Let me guess, it was in your Chevy?[/quote]

[Telesque]

Well, I had a 427ci engine, which was the equivalent of 7,000cc's.

Let me guess, it was in your Chevy?

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Actually, it came out of a Cadillac, and we put it into a Cutlass. Considering that the original Cutlass engine was (I believe) a 265ci... it was one mean beast. Cadillacs = Torque Monsters.

[Nibblet99]

Really though, SI (commonly/colloquially referred to as 'Metric') is the better system anyways.

But Metric is:

A) French
B) founded on a wrong calculation (the circumference of the earth). Which was supposed to be a nice round number (either 100000Km or 1000000Km) I can't remember which. Anyways the point is it isn't, which means a metre should really be a different length, hence screwing up the size of a cubic metre. Oh hang on a moment though a cubic metre of water is supposed to weigh 1000 Kilograms though, which means kilograms are also wrong.... Bugger!

So just remember you now have no idea of how big your engine is, how much torque it creates, or how much fuel it uses, unless you use good ole imperial pounds, feet, and inches (just don't try multiplication in imperial - we might need to rewrite our standard denary numbering system to cope with that)

Ps. I work in metric too

[Telesque]

Really though, SI (commonly/colloquially referred to as 'Metric') is the better system anyways.

But Metric is:

A) French
B) founded on a wrong calculation (the circumference of the earth). Which was supposed to be a nice round number (either 100000Km or 1000000Km) I can't remember which. Anyways the point is it isn't, which means a metre should really be a different length, hence screwing up the size of a cubic metre. Oh hang on a moment though a cubic metre of water is supposed to weigh 1000 Kilograms though, which means kilograms are also wrong.... Bugger!

So just remember you now have no idea of how big your engine is, how much torque it creates, or how much fuel it uses, unless you use good ole imperial pounds, feet, and inches (just don't try multiplication in imperial - we might need to rewrite our standard denary numbering system to cope with that)

Ps. I work in metric too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_System

SI > Metric

Wikipedia owns.

Edit: Speaking of which, maybe someone here can help contribute to Wikipedia's 'Motorcycle' article (or anything else, for those who've never seen it before)

[honda599]

Harley's are the last in cubic inches...every where else in the world is metric....cc's

[Itzamna]

Harley's are the last in cubic inches...every where else in the world is metric....cc's

Obviously you haven't looked at the new Suzuki Boulevard line. All rated in CI.

[allawybiker]

Itzamna is correct, the Boulevards are rated in CI hence the C50/M50 and C90 model names. That threw me off when I was shopping for a bike as I was used to cc