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Holding a High-Tech Piston in Your Hand
March 2010
Imagine you're shopping for a motorcycle and visit two dealerships. At the first dealership, the salesperson tells you all about the impressive engineering that went into the motorcycle he's trying to sell you.
When you visit the second dealership, the salesperson reaches over to his desk and places an aluminum work of art into your hand. He points out how short the piston's skirt is-kind of like a pancake fastened to a connecting rod-and how the closest copy in the auto industry would be on a Formula One car; yet here it is in your hand, and it's part of the motorcycle that you've just decided to buy.
When you visit the second dealership, the salesperson reaches over to his desk and places an aluminum work of art into your hand. He points out how short the piston's skirt is-kind of like a pancake fastened to a connecting rod-and how the closest copy in the auto industry would be on a Formula One car; yet here it is in your hand, and it's part of the motorcycle that you've just decided to buy.
