Recent content by HandSolo

Sorry for the delay, and apologies if someone has already alluded to this, but it occurred to me that the Honda engineers may have applied the same principles applied to microwave doors in attenuating waves - in this case sound waves. The bike was engineered roughly at the same time microwaves...

Sorry not been able to respond as had a bereavement.

Camera is looking down yes. The box is covered by the seat which gaps where it meets the frame. The engine is indeed single cylinder - a Honda TLR 200 trials bike from the early 80's. It sounds incredibly quiet and civilised so guess it isn't for the sound!

So I'm trying to work out why the inlet port of my 200cc four stroke motorbike looks like this. The box itself is approximately 1.5 litres and encloses a cylindrical foam based air filter. That then feeds into a 25mm diameter carb. I've know car inlet systems be tuned for helmholtz resonance...

Hi, I've been meaning to join a physics forum for ages and have finally got around to it! I'm an ex Mechanical Engineer with a fascination with physics. My interest lies in both the practical (as may pertain to my cars or motorbikes) but also the less practical (for example quantum effects) ...