Stupid question but please help

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Optik

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I know its stupid but what is a flywheel weight?

 

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My interpretation is...

It's a weight that is attached to the flywheel to assist in keeping the engine from stalling as easily.

 

Okiewan

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and...
causes the engine to build RPM slower... and....

 

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spanky250

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and...helps minimize wheel spin...and...



hey, this could be fun!:)

 

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and---- is a big help for novice riders:eek: and ----

 

Okiewan

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(note: I am not sitting at home on a Friday night posting)

 

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... I am .... Posting .... rebuilding wifes computer .... watching kid.....

 

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Optik

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Hmm thanks, whats a flywheel then?

Or is it something really complex?

 

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the flywheel among other things stores momentum to force your piston upwards on the compression stroke. Your motor only makes power on half of it's strokes, the flywheel ( and other spinning masses such as crankshaft) keep things spinning for the other half. a heavier
flywheel gains and loses speed more slowly, causing your engine to gain or lose rpm more slowly.

 

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spanky250

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The flywheel is a weight on the end of the crankshaft that gives the engine enough inertia to push the piston past top-dead-center. And...

:)

Oops, guess we were posting at the same time...;)

 

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Weighted fly-wheels make MX bikes more tractable off-road, and less prone to stalling, as was stated earlier. The off-road model KTMs, GasGas, Huskies, etc. come equipped this way from the factory, which is why they make such smoothe, controllable power. (In a nut-shell!):D

 

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Originally posted by Okiewan
(note: I am not sitting at home on a Friday night posting)

Click to expand...

Me either, I'm at the movies............ ok I lied:ugg:

 

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Firegod23

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Absolutely no offense intended, Optik, but if you don't know what a flywheel weight is, and you ride a motoX machine (CR, KX, RM or YZ), then you probably will like the benefits of adding one.

I added an 11 oz. weight to my RM, and I love it! It makes the rider (ME) much less aprehensive to grab a handful of throttle, because there is no longer the uncontrolable (my word) burst of power that there used to be. It is very smooth.

Get one, they take about 10 minutes to install.:)

 

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optik,
you should spend some time at howstuffworks.com
they have some really basic explanations about gasoline engines-2stroke/4-stroke and diesels (which can be both, oddly enough).