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lost 2hp ..
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:46 am
by slparry
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
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 1:45 pm
by buzzz90
If it can enlighten your day, you haven't really lost 2HP...
... only 1.34 because 98PS = 96.66HP
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:03 pm
by slparry
buzzz90 wrote:If it can enlighten your day, you haven't really lost 2HP...
... only 1.34 because 98PS = 96.66HP
Job's comforter
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 2:15 pm
by McBoxer
Paint it yellow, or fit rim tape......
Regain your 'lost' BHP and then some
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 3:37 pm
by buzzz90
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 ?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 4:40 pm
by The Teutonic Tangerine
buzzz90 wrote: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 ?
I wonder if that was summat to do with that weird French rule about bikes sold in France having a maximum output?
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:07 pm
by Herb
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 5:27 pm
by Tapio
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:52 pm
by Corvus
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:00 pm
by slparry
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
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:08 pm
by Corvus
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."
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:13 pm
by slparry
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
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:19 pm
by Corvus
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.
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:20 pm
by slparry
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
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2013 8:23 pm
by Corvus
slparry wrote:
.....As for the listening, isn't that a Brit tradition
More recently expressed as "wot evva"