On 9 May 2012 14:51, Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, May 9, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Ian Nichols wrote:
>
> > I presume you're referring to the CX/GL 500 and 650 from the late
> > 70s/early
> > 80s? I suspect the cooling potential of the arrangement is rather
> > irrelevant in those motorcycles as they were liquid cooled, with a big
> > radiator in front of the engine. Did a nice job of warming one's knees
> > in
> > winter though. ;) (I had a CX650 for a couple of years).
>
> And was it Yamaha (Virago?) that rotated the "V" 90 degrees forward?
>
No, that was pretty much upright (front cylinder leaning forward, rear
leaning back). Ducati's V twins have the front cylinder nearly horizontal
and the rear nearly vertical with cooling fins cast appropriately for the
airflow. They're sometimes referred to as "L" twins for that reason.
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