Speed From Your Motor Cycle 1947
168 page all new reprint; digitally restored from the original source and printed on high quality 8.5" x 11", 32#, 97 bright acid free paper in Black & White, assembled into an individual item that is folded and stapled, or heat bonded with an adhesive fabric binding.
Contents - Index:
- Pages: 168
- Speed From Your Motor Cycle 1947
- The Motor Cycle by Iliffe & Sons, Ltd
- CONTENTS:
- What Does Speed Imply?
- The Machine: A General Survey
- Thermodynamics
- Fuels
- Power Output
- Gas Flow
- Combustion Chamber
- Mechanical Losses
- Balance
- Lower Half of the Engine
- Work on the Upper Half
- Remainder of the Machine
- Gear Box, Clutch and Chains
- Shock Absorbers and Tyre Pressures
- Oils and Lubrication Systems
- Oil Consumption and Piston Rings
- Tendencies in Design
- Supercharging
- Running-In
- Final Tuning
- In the Race
- Formulae and References
- Index