Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Fri, 01 Nov 2024 17:41:04 GMT, Scott Alfter wrote:

In article <vg1dko$2unm0$1@dont-email.me>,
Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On 1 Nov 2024 01:35:10 GMT, rbowman wrote:
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First off, in the US a 350cc bike is considered marginal to ride down
to the Stop'n'Rob for a sixpack.

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That’s the USA for you: they love to build huge, gutless engines. They
should take lessons from the Italians: 100bhp/litre is typical for their
engines.

 
...which is why they break all the time.  Fix It Again, Tony! :-P

I have some experience with Alfa-Romeos. Italian engineering is very, um,
creative. A lot of panache. I didn't learn and later bought a Fiat Spyder.
We had fun between its trips to the hospital. I got to really like the
Mustang loaner and finally told them to keep the damn Spyder. At that
point they were so sick of seeing me we worked out a deal.