Corky Scott wrote:
On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:19:25 GMT, "Cy Galley"
wrote:

I don't believe so. Since it is a FOUR cycle engine, Each cylinder
only
fires every other revolution. It is timed so that one cylinder
fires each
revolution. They alternate but since they are staggered, so is the
timing.

Cy, I think they really do go bang bang, flup flup because of the
angle of the V. They cannot be timed so that they can fire as
equally
opposite as a horizonatally opposed twin.

Harley actually attempted to patten the sound against Japanese
copies.
They called it: potato potato potato potato and said it was theirs
and
theirs only. Think they lost that fight.


IIRC they claimed trademark protection, not patent.

And they won.

My girlfriend says Harley's sound sexy. Now you know why.

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FF