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Originally Posted by alvaro84
an 1200cc bike engine at 4200rpm needs ridiculously light throttle which gives very bad efficiency, even if the engine could theoretically do its best there. (May not be true at 90mph anymore, but most of its energy will be absorbed by the aero drag then, so it'll be inefficient again.)
Having it spin slower can mean a higher load which, eventually, almost surely leads to much better efficiency.
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So keeping light on the throttle gives bad efficiency? How does this work? I know you guys probably know more about motorcycle efficiency than I do, so I'm very curious about this...