Re: harley trivia

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In a message dated 96-10-07 09:53:16 EDT, gpowell@acacianet.com (glen)
writes:

<< Actually, the con rods in a Harley V2 share a common journal, just like a
pair of con rods in a V8 share a common journal, not split conn rod journals.
>>

Not quite.  The rods do share a common journal, but _unlike_ a V8, the Harley
rods are not side-by-side on the crank pin.  They use what is called a knife
and fork arrangement.  One rod (the knife) runs within the bifurcated big end
journal of the "fork" rod. Thus the 0 offset of Harley cylinders.

And now we return to our regularly scheduled programing.