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Title: primary balance of 90* v-twin
Post by: smoker on April 03, 2005, 09:56:12 PM

Unrelated to GS...sorry. Been looking at the 650 V-Strom and found that "all 90-degree v-twins have perfect primary balance" and was just curious if anyone knows what exactly that means? :dunno: :dunno:

Title: primary balance of 90* v-twin
Post by: cummuterguy on April 03, 2005, 10:07:11 PM

i'm pretty sure it means that the crank shaft, rods and pistons all naturally stay in balance with each other during the rotation of the motor, thus eliminating the need for a crankshaft counterbalancer.

I'm sure you will get a better explanation than that, but that's my understanding... less moving parts...lol

Title: primary balance of 90* v-twin
Post by: dgyver on April 04, 2005, 07:33:31 AM

Quote from: cummuterguyi'm pretty sure it means that the crank shaft, rods and pistons all naturally stay in balance with each other during the rotation of the motor, thus eliminating the need for a crankshaft counterbalancer.

I'm sure you will get a better explanation than that, but that's my understanding... less moving parts...lol

Correctly stated. :thumb:

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