DeTomaso Mailing List: April 98, Message #266

I motorcross a Suzuki RMX 250 2 Cycle and the piston & ring combo is
supposed to be changed every eight hours of competitive riding.  While I've
seen a couple of broken pistons, none that have exited the cylinder.

-----Original Message-----
From: DtomasoCat <DtomasoCat@aol.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <detomaso@realbig.com>
Date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 6:39 PM
Subject: Exploding Clevelands


>To All,
>
>Just wondering. Been thinking about D-Manns exploding Cleveland trick and
>wondered why we don't hear about Motorcycle engines doing the same thing.
Can
>you imagine what kind of damage a motorcycle piston could do to a persons
butt
>if it decided to remove itself from the motor at 10,000 rpm?
>
>Are they built to take the high rpm and not explode?  What is the deal?
>
>Jim
>