RIDER HOT AIR PUMPING ENGINE
IMPROVED RIDER HOT AIR PUMPING ENGINE NO 19739, BUILT ABOUT 1890 SEEN RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR ABOUT EIGHTY YEARS. ENGINE PUMPS 1600 GALLONS ...
Rider Ericsson Hot Air Engine
A 1/4 scale model of a Rider Ericsson 8" hot air pumping engine.
Rider Ericsson Hot Air Pumping Engine - Stirling Engine
If you like hot air engines, get the DVD for the 3rd Southwest Regional Hot Air Engine Meet! Go to www.rustyiron.com This engine was designed by ...
Yamaha FZ16 Vs. Honda CB Unicorn Dazzler – A Comprehensive Comparo : BikeAdvice
When the ever so beautiful FZ was launched by Yamaha a couple of years back, market was all speculative of the success for such a high price tag for (an ultimately) a 150cc machine. As they say, time speaks for itself when FZ became the mainstay motorcycle for Yamaha becoming the hot favorite for people who wanted a premium 150cc bike.
For so many months together no manufacturer tried to fiddle with the dominance of FZ in this segment, until, arch rivals Honda sneezed in with an upgrade of their super refined Unicorn by placing a bike right at the throat of FZ; they called it Dazzler ! In our roadtest Dazzler emerged as a punchier version of Unicorn and with many new features loaded it seemed to be the right time to put both the FZ and Dazzler to Armageddon!
ENGINE & TRANSMISSION :
FACTS FIRST: Both the bikes come with a single cylinder, 4 stroke, 2 valve, air cooled, SOHC engine with the Dazzler's mill displacing 149.1cc to produce a maximum power output of 14 bhp at 8500 rpm on the tachometer. FZ has a slightly larger displacement of 153cc and produces 14PS (13.8 bhp) of peak power which is lower by 0.2bhp but comes 1k earlier @ 7500 rpm. Dazzler is capable of producing 12.8 Nm of torque at 6500 rpm while FZ produces a humongous peak torque of 14 Nm (which is 1.2 Nm greater) and also comes in 500rpm earlier at 6000rpm.
ON ROAD: As is clearly reflected from the figures, Dazzler is a more...
