I wondered how that worked (Counterbalance)
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I wondered how that worked (Counterbalance)
"The Harleys came into the picture through the truck people who had bikes. They liked how the product worked on their rigs and wanted to try it on their motorcycles. In 1988, we started applying the technology to engine flywheels after people asked what was the ultimate we could do for internal balancing. We pulled out a set of flywheels, and found we had room to directly machine the counter-balancing device into the side of one of the wheels. The liquid mercury contained in the tubing seeks the correct balance for the moving part; if it senses something pulling one way, it will automatically concentrate more of its mass to the other side and pull it back to the center. The operating principle is for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction, simple high school physics.
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Someones been sitting around smokin the wacky and watching to much Weird Science.
Someones been sitting around smokin the wacky and watching to much Weird Science.
Great article!
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