lost 2hp ..

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:46 am

I've often heard the R11S's listed as 98HP, however BMW list them as 98PS which I think is about 96hp, if this is the case we're down 2 HP

buzzz90 · Post by **buzzz90** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:45 pm

If it can enlighten your day, you haven't really lost 2HP...

... only 1.34 because 98PS = 96.66HP

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:03 pm

buzzz90 wrote:If it can enlighten your day, you haven't really lost 2HP...

... only 1.34 because 98PS = 96.66HP

Job's comforter

McBoxer · Post by **McBoxer** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:15 pm

Paint it yellow, or fit rim tape......
Regain your 'lost' BHP and then some

buzzz90 · Post by **buzzz90** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:37 pm

BTW, in France and Germany it has always been advertised as 98PS. So, here we haven't lost anything.

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Did you know, that it has been limited to 98PS, only by BMW's choice ?

The Teutonic Tangerine · Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:40 pm

buzzz90 wrote:BTW, in France and Germany it has always been advertised as 98PS. So, here we haven't lost anything. .

Did you know, that it has been limited to 98PS, only by BMW's choice ?

I wonder if that was summat to do with that weird French rule about bikes sold in France having a maximum output?

Herb · Post by **Herb** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:07 pm

Of course PS stands for Pferdestärke, or German Horsepower.

German horses are not as strong as British horses, so it requires 98 German horses to do the work of 96.66 British ones.

Tapio · Post by **Tapio** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:27 pm

Wish you brits would let go of the BHP, and confirm to the metric hp, as the rest of the western world has done. After all, the difference in between is so small, so nobody will notice it.

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:52 pm

PS is referred to as "metric" horsepower. If, by metric, they mean "decimal", then it's not even that metric. Bit of a cop out really. Why wasn't 100kg chosen, instead of 75kg?

Why not go truly metric and scrap both HP and PS, CV etc and go kW?

If the smaller figures worry you, use Watts. Even Harley Davidson's would look powerful. Hee Hee.

Or centiwatts.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:00 pm

Tapio wrote:Wish you brits would let go of the BHP, and confirm to the metric hp, as the rest of the western world has done. After all, the difference in between is so small, so nobody will notice it.

Because we invented it as a measurement, so really the rest of the world should conform to us

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:08 pm

Quote: ". With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on January 1, 2010, the use of horsepower in the EU is only permitted as supplementary unit."

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:13 pm

Corvus wrote:Quote: ". With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on January 1, 2010, the use of horsepower in the EU is only permitted as supplementary unit."

They may take our HP .... they'll never take our pint

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:19 pm

slparry wrote:
Corvus wrote:Quote: ". With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on January 1, 2010, the use of horsepower in the EU is only permitted as supplementary unit."
They may take our HP .... they'll never take our pint

Oh I don't know, "500cc of your best ale please, barmaid" sounds cool.

Hee Hee.

They've already taken our HP, although they don't seem to have noticed that we're not listening.

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:20 pm

Corvus wrote:
slparry wrote:
Corvus wrote:Quote: ". With the implementation of the EU Directive 80/181/EEC on January 1, 2010, the use of horsepower in the EU is only permitted as supplementary unit."
They may take our HP .... they'll never take our pint
Oh I don't know, "500cc of your best ale please, barmaid" sounds cool.

Hee Hee.

They've already taken our HP, although they don't seem to have noticed that we're not listening.

It sounds awful, and it's a short measure

As for the listening, isn't that a Brit tradition

Corvus · Post by **Corvus** » Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:23 pm

slparry wrote:
.....As for the listening, isn't that a Brit tradition

More recently expressed as "wot evva"