Sitting here waiting for lab results, I got on BRP's website and started looking up Spyder things. With a bore of 97 mm and a stroke of 68 mm, you get a figure of 1005.0166 cc. I thought it was 998.
john
why not call it a 1000. why round it down and not up like everybody else does. 998 is way closer to 1000 than it is to 990. 1000 sounds so bad a$$.[ plus it makes for BIGGER stickers]:roflblack:
Bore is 97 mm, but stroke is 67.5 mm, giving a displacement of 997.6 cc.
They do seem a bit casual for nerds. :roflblack:Bit by BRP misinformation, their website needs a new webmaster.:sour: Or maybe a new editor.:doorag:
john
I hope your right. I will head right down to the garage and rip those 990 stickers off and hit ebay for 1000cc decals. I bet my PE Spyder will go for 18k now !!!:roflblack:
why not call it a 1000. why round it down and not up like everybody else does. 998 is way closer to 1000 than it is to 990. 1000 sounds so bad a$$.[ plus it makes for BIGGER stickers]:roflblack:
I don't believe '990' is the displacement, but the engine series, as I understood it when I asked my dealer.
but the question is why round down to 990, and not just stay with 998 on the sticker?
They aren't rounding anything down, they just used it as a handy name for the series. The RT is series 991. Probably not a coincidence, but it follows a pattern that Rotax seems to use.but the question is why round down to 990, and not just stay with 998 on the sticker?