1260 Updated Ducati Link To Support Mph, Miles, And Feet

Why would you want such archaic features on a new machine?
How many florins did it cost?

 

Whooooooo!...............sarcasm

 

Precisely!

It amazes me that this profoundly outdated system has not been sent to the archives, if only on the grounds of being user un-friendly. For example, in the imperial system all the following units can occur:

1. Length: inch, foot, yard, mile, fathom, rod, furlong, league, mil, pole, perch, hand, link, chain
2. Area: square inch, square foot, square yard, acre, square mile, township, square fathom, square rod, square furlong, square league, square mil, square pole, square perch, square hand, square link, square chain
3. Volume: gallon, liquid quart, dry quart, liquid pint, dry pint, fluid ounce, teaspoon, tablespoon, minim, fluid dram, gill, peck, bushel, cubic inch, cubic foot, cubic yard, cubic fathom, cubic rod, cubic furlong, cubic mile, cubic league, cubic mil, cubic pole, cubic perch, cubic hand, cubic link, cubic chain
4. Mass: pound, apoth. pound, ounce, apoth. ounce, dram, apoth. dram, grain, spoth. scruple, pennyweight, short hundredweight, long hundredweight, short ton, long ton
5. Force: pound, ton
6. Pressure: pounds per square inch, pounds per square foot, pounds per square yard, pounds per acre, pounds per square mile, pounds per township, pounds per square fathom, pounds per square rod, pounds per square furlong, pounds per square league, pounds per square mil, pounds per square pole, pounds per square perch, pounds per square hand, pounds per square link, pounds per square chain, tons per square inch, tons per square foot, tons per square yard, tons per acre, tons per square mile, tons per township, tons per square fathom, tons per square rod, tons per square furlong, tons per square league, tons per square mil, tons per square pole, tons per square perch, tons per square hand, tons per square link, tons per square chain
7. Energy: calorie, inch-pound, foot-pound, yard-pound, mile-pound, fathom-pound, rod-pound, furlong-pound, league-pound, mil-pound, pole-pound, perch-pound, hand-pound, link-pound, chain-pound, inch-ton, foot-ton, yard-ton, mile-ton, fathom-ton, rod-ton, furlong-ton, league-ton, mil-ton, pole-ton, perch-ton, hand-ton, link-ton, chain-ton
8. Power: horsepower, inch-pound per second, foot-pound per second, yard-pound per second, mile-pound per second, fathom-pound per second, rod-pound per second, furlong-pound per second, league-pound per second, mil-pound per second, pole-pound per second, perch-pound per second, hand-pound per second, link-pound per second, chain-pound per second, inch-ton per second, foot-ton per second, yard-ton per second, mile-ton per second, fathom-ton per second, rod-ton per second, furlong-ton per second, league-ton per second, mil-ton per second, pole-ton per second, perch-ton per second, hand-ton per second, link-ton per second, chain-ton per second
9. Temperature: degrees Fahrenheit

To measure the same range of the same quantities in the metric system, only the following units can occur:

1. Length: metre
2. Area: square metre (are)
3. Volume: cubic metre (litre)
4. Mass: gram (metric tonne)
5. Force: newton
6. Pressure: pascal
7. Energy: joule
8. Power: watt
9. Temperature: kelvin (degrees Celsius)

I rest my case.

 

What happened to the "slug" and "blob" imperial units of mass? I think most if not all of the other units of mass listed above are technically units of weight rather than mass.

 

The slug is the unit of mass in the US common system of units, where the pound is the unit of force. The pound is therefore the unit of weight since weight is defined as the force of gravity on an object. While the pound force and pound weight are the widely used units for commerce in the United States, their use is strongly discouraged in scientific work. The standard units for most of scientific work are the SI units.



A newton can be seen to be the force required to accelerate 1 kg of mass at 1 m/s2. To accelerate a 1 kg mass at 9.8 m/s2 would require 9.8 newtons, so on Earth the weight of 1 kg is 9.8 newtons. Similarly, a pound can be seen to be the force required to accelerate 1 slug of mass at 1 ft/s2. Since the acceleration of gravity in US common units is 32.2 ft/s2, it follows that the weight of one slug is 32.2 pounds.


The comparison of the slug and the pound makes it clear why the size of the pound is more practical for commerce. But at the precision obtainable in current scientific work, it is undesirable to have the weight of an object as a standard because the value of g does change measurably at different points on the Earth. It is much better to have a standard in terms of mass. The standard kilogram is the mass reference for scientific work.

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Just ride the bike man. Forget about that horrible slug.

 

Made me laugh endlessly on the US Stromtrooper forum (which is a great forum!) when the guys would all convert all the major component bolt sizes to imperial. Even things like fork staunchions would be converted to the corresponding american nonsense instead of the whole number of millimetres that they were made as. Ridiculous stuck in the muddiness!

 

Did you have the 1200 dvt prior to the 1260? Am considering moving up to the 1260... so interested in your opinion.

 

Thanks John, kinda what I was hoping to hear! Just need to convince the spousal unit!

 

Good luck with that

 

Just remember, it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission

 

I recognise that - that’s the conversation that starts with other half saying, “Daarling, someone seems to have parked a Porsche in the courtyard...?”