Everything you ever wanted to know about Desmo engines

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Dob8604
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Desmo engines

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This is a really great site by Henk Cloosterman, a man who has devoted most of his life as a "Desmodromologist".
http://members.chello.nl/~wgj.jansen/
Have a look at the animations of all the different ways to use the desmo concept in everything from automobiles to steam engines.
Ducati may be famous for it but they weren't the first.

A really nice way to show how it works on Ducati engines:
http://www.ducatidesmo.com/valves.htm
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