Liter Bikes

[BowDown]

I have heard the term thrown around. What does it mean?

Is it pronounced lit-ter?

 

[Professor]

Pronounced LEE TER Metric measurement 1 Liter = 1000 Cubic Centimeters

 

[gtrpimp76]

Pronounced LEE TER   Metric measurement  1 Liter = 1000 Cubic Centimeters

+1

Couldn't have said it better myself!

 

[gtrpimp76]

it's also a term for the displacement value of the bore x stroke.

If someone else could chime in and explain how it is calculated, that would be great.

my bike, for example, is 999 cm3 or 999cc.
bore=73.4 mm
stroke=59.0mm

 

[frisbee]

Just like if your Mustang has a 5.0 liter engine then its a 5000cc engine and so a 1000cc is 1 liter . and a busa would be a 1300cc or a 1.3 liter engine

 

[emptys]

73.4 mm -> 7.34 cm.

use 2Pi(r^2) for area.
r = bore/2 -> 7.34/2 -> 3.67.

2 x 3.14159 x 3.67 x 3.67 -> 84.627

area x stroke = volume; stroke = 59 mm -> 5.9 cm.

84.627 x 5.9 -> 499.302

499 * 2 (assuming its a twin) -> 998.604

 

[SnapAttack]

I have heard the term thrown around. What does it mean?

Is it pronounced lit-ter?

I kinda like "l i t t e r" as in kitty litter...

 

[gtrpimp76]

73.4 mm -> 7.34 cm.

use 2Pi(r^2) for area.
r = bore/2 ->  7.34/2 -> 3.67.

2 x 3.14159 x 3.67 x 3.67 ->  84.627

area x stroke = volume;  stroke = 59 mm -> 5.9 cm.

84.627 x 5.9 ->  499.302

499 * 2 (assuming its a twin) ->  998.604

awesome explanation.

actually it's a gixx 1K. so inline 4.

 

[bigoltool]

Displacement of a cylinder is calcualted as 2 X pi(3.14159265)X Radius(Cylinder bore/2)X Bore X # of cylinders.
So You get
2 X 3.14159265 X 36.5 x 59 x 4= 987.751cc

Somebody check my math but I think thats right.

 

[emptys]

--grrr--- i'm an idiot ... ares is pi r ^2 ... so -REVISED-

73.4 mm -> 7.34 cm.

use Pi(r^2) for area.
r = bore/2 -> 7.34/2 -> 3.67.

3.14159 x 3.67 x 3.67 -> 42.3137

area x stroke = volume; stroke = 59 mm -> 5.9 cm.

42.3137 x 5.9 -> 249.6508

249.65 * 4 (four cylinders) -> 998.602

 

[8Daytona8]

I thought it was just a cool way of saying the super bike required CC 1 Ltr - 1000cc! WSB AMA all had a limit in CC until now! they have to let Ducati Have up to 1200 Cc in Motogp. The 1098 didn't just appear for the heck of it.

 

[gtrpimp76]

--grrr--- i'm an idiot ... ares is pi r ^2  ... so -REVISED-

73.4 mm -> 7.34 cm.

use Pi(r^2) for area.
r = bore/2 ->  7.34/2 -> 3.67.

3.14159 x 3.67 x 3.67 ->  42.3137

area x stroke = volume;  stroke = 59 mm -> 5.9 cm.

42.3137 x 5.9 ->  249.6508

249.65 * 4 (four cylinders) ->  998.602

Cool!! now that makes sense!  

 

Quick question. why is 3.67 multiplied twice? is that radius squared? so Pi times radius squared?

 

[BowDown]

I thought it was slang.. Like kitty litter.. to describe bikes less than busa.

So a 600 can't be called a liter bike. Makes sense.

 

[emptys]

yep ... pi * radius squared ... pi * (r ^ 2 )

 

[Commuta_Busa]

I thought it was slang.. Like kitty litter.. to describe bikes less than busa.

So a 600 can't be called a liter bike. Makes sense.  

we call them "quarts"

it's not eact but you get the idea...

 

[SD1300]

After reading the in-depth responses I'm wondering why "about a quart" wouldn't have sufficed. Of course, when China takes over we will need to know this anyway so maybe it's good.

So how big is a cubit? and, what's bigger, a tree?

If it wasn't for al of the numbers & things, I'd be a mathametician.

Good info for those with a need to know though.

 

[Sane_man]

Just like if your Mustang has a 5.0 liter engine then its a 5000cc engine and so a 1000cc is 1 liter . and a busa would be a 1300cc or a 1.3 liter engine

I'm old School, so I like my measurements in Cubic Inches.

The Mustang had a 302 C.I. motor which comes out to 16.3872 X 302 = 4948 cc or 4.9 litre

I always hated that the motor had 4.9 liter stamped on it, but people called it a 5.0

A Busa has a 1300 cc motor which comes out to .061 X 1300 = 79.3 C.I.

 

[kairles]

I'm old School, so I like my measurements in Cubic Inches.  

Im kinda like that to, but I've always used

bore x bore x stroke x .7854 x number of cylinders = CI

but it only works with inches

 

[kennym4]

UUUHHH, I think I'm lost ? I was lookin for Busa stuff, and ran into a math class ?

 

[NightCrawler]

--grrr--- i'm an idiot ... ares is pi r ^2  ... so -REVISED-

73.4 mm -> 7.34 cm.

use Pi(r^2) for area.
r = bore/2 ->  7.34/2 -> 3.67.

3.14159 x 3.67 x 3.67 ->  42.3137

area x stroke = volume;  stroke = 59 mm -> 5.9 cm.

42.3137 x 5.9 ->  249.6508

249.65 * 4 (four cylinders) ->  998.602

You'd NEVER find a post like that on a Kawasaki board!