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From: dridgway@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Douglas Ridgway)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles,comp.theory.dynamic-sys
Subject: Chaos in Harley Engines
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Date: 7 Apr 90 23:33:42 GMT
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I was listening to a talk at a conference here yestereday, and a professor
from Reed mentioned that he had had a student looking for signs of
chaotic fluctuations in an internal combustion engine.
Because the student rode Harleys, the engine used in the experiment was
"a badly tuned Harley-Davidson engine." 

The research didn't get anywhere, however, due to "a lack of hard
work on the part of student."

If I had a Harley, I'd rather ride it too.

doug.
dridgway@jarthur.claremont.edu