"Matt Whiting" wrote

Now we have BVM in addition to his BMV and BMW. I've never heard either a
BMV or BVM so I'll take your word that they sputter.

LOL. I didn't even realize I did that. Interesting!

Real engines
tuned properly (excluding racing engines with aggressive cams) don't
sputter. I don't consider Harley's to sputter either. They have an
uneven cadence, but I don't consider that to be sputtering by any
definition I'm familiar with.

You don't think Harleys sputter? I know you know they have an uneven firing
cadence, due to the angle of the cylinders, but besides the uneven
bap-bap---bap-bap---bap-bap, many times they don't hit on both cylinders on
every two revolutions. I call that sputtering. Perhaps you don't.

I guess sputtering is in the eye (or ear) of the beholder?
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Jim in NC