Horsepower ??

fossy

09/11/2006 at 11:23

Why is it called horsepower ?? i dont get it and never have.

You take 1 horse...... it has 1 horse power but can pull a tractor along right ?

So why does a 125cc bike have say 15hp but could'nt pull the skin off a rice pudding ?

Why is it called horse power because it clearly dont have anything to do with the power of a horse ????

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maddog

09/11/2006 at 11:26

fossy wrote

Why is it called horsepower ?? i dont get it and never have.

You take 1 horse...... it has 1 horse power but can pull a tractor along right ?

So why does a 125cc bike have say 15hp but could'nt pull the skin off a rice pudding ?

Why is it called horse power because it clearly dont have anything to do with the power of a horse ????

www.web-cars.com/math/horsepower.html

Trixyminx

09/11/2006 at 11:28

tractors tend not to need horses...

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fulltilt

09/11/2006 at 11:30

fossy wrote

You take 1 horse......

Hold on there a minute, you can't just be taking horses, who owns this horse, you?

fossy

09/11/2006 at 11:31

Trixyminx wrote

tractors tend not to need horses...

well spotted

arr but........this peticular tractor who shall remain nameless for security reasons broke down

hyperthetically.......like

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Hanuman

09/11/2006 at 11:33

I tried putting horses in my fuel tank for more power - they wouldnt fit and kicked my bike over, they then led a rebel alliance attack against my local village brandishing flaming torches shouting slogan's like "horse power forever"

blah blah blah etc etc......

Coggy

09/11/2006 at 12:21

Horsepower is defined in terms of the ability to raise a certain weight a certain height in a certain time
This is what a horse could do
Your bike engine can do (insert horsepower) times that

balbas

09/11/2006 at 12:22

CubicIncubi wrote

I tried putting horses in my fuel tank for more power - they wouldnt fit and kicked my bike over, they then led a rebel alliance attack against my local village brandishing flaming torches shouting slogan's like "horse power forever"

Should have put a tiger in your tank.

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balbas

09/11/2006 at 12:23

'S irrelevant anyway, largely.

As the great Carroll Shelby used to say "horsepower sells cars, but torque wins races"...

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supermofo

09/11/2006 at 12:24

balbas wrote

Should have put a tiger in your tank.

I tried that, but the fecker was too fat after all the frosties he'd eaten

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6x6

09/11/2006 at 13:29

Originally, there was something called "nominal horsepower" and it was applied to steam traction engines during the industrial revolution. It applied directly to how many horses the machine could replace and do the work of.

Horsepower was then later given a exact definition in terms of a conversion ito Watts, but the name stuck.

HTH