Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: AI-Based Coding Taking Over Date: 19 Oct 2025 20:57:51 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <10cg20a$1dscj$1@dont-email.me> <1NucnWh3DZq7NHH1nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <3pc1slx9ti.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10cl3np$2q6c4$3@dont-email.me> <10cl8r6$2q6c4$18@dont-email.me> <10crldd$lkb4$1@dont-email.me> <10ctb13$12oei$2@dont-email.me> <10ctrdc$16st9$1@dont-email.me> <10d24n9$2bb83$2@dont-email.me> <10d2dos$2dnk0$3@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net RjNAAvqXeLiXdScxkgmAAg7ppDEW46Ykj8ybQPWRqML7MlChaO Cancel-Lock: sha1:sqOFiVMQVqTzNn7ftnXuNtwRKH8= sha256:gkBfmMVLYM/hlzTqSilbRSfPx7n73Rv2LgA/dvIes4I= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:76387 On Sun, 19 Oct 2025 11:15:56 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 19/10/2025 08:41, Pancho wrote: >> One thing that has always puzzled me about sporty motorcycles is, why >> do they have two disk brakes on the front wheel. One per wheel is >> enough for my much heavier car. > > Do you spend your entire time braking from high speed every 15 seconds? > > I was doing about 110mph (before speed cameras were everywhere) when I > saw a stopped car ahead. By the time I was at 15mph the brakes had > completely gone. > > There was just enough left to stop... > Twin disks have more capacity to absorb heat in a smaller volume. From an engineering standpoint 2 disks with a smaller diameter may weight less than 1 larger one reducing unsprung weight but I would think the two calipers would offset that. Buell had a innovative design where the disk was bolted to the rim rather than the hub. That gave it a lot more swept area and only one was used. https://www.motorcycleforum.com/threads/crazy-buell-front-brake-discs-yea- or-nay.82626/ Buell apparently has been reborn. He had worked for Harley and the bikes were sold at Harley dealerships but Harley decided they wanted to focus on the traditional Harleys.