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  Headstok

Cannotto di sterzo
Tube at the front end of the chassis, housing the fork yoke and handlebars pivoting shaft.    >>>  
 
 
  Handlebar counterweight

Contrappeso manubrio
Motorcycle handlebars are vital elements supporting a number of devices, such as the gas throttle...   >>>  
 
 
  Heron

Heron
The Heron combustion chambers (named after the engineer Sam Heron, the first to introduce them) are located inside the piston crown: the internal part of the head is flat.   >>>  
 
 
  Hertz

Hertz
It is the unit of measurement of frequency.   >>>  
 
 
  Head stock rake

Inclinazione del canotto
Angle formed between the headstock and the vertical.   >>>  
 
 
  Hydrocarbons

Idrocarburi
Hydrocarbons are compounds exclusively consisting of Carbon and Nitrogen atom aggregates.   >>>  
 
 
  Halogen lamps

Lampade alogene
Halogen lamps are special lights where the filament, made from tungsten like in standard bulbs, is immersed in a gaseous medium that consists of gases belonging to the halogen family (which also includes refrigerant gases such as iodine and bromine gases).   >>>  
 
 
  Handlebar

Manubrio
Handlebars are among the most important parts of all two-wheeled vehicles: they are used to transmit the rider's controls to the front wheel and consequently steer it.   >>>  
 
 
  Hub

Mozzo
A hub is the centre part of a wheel (or another revolving part), in which the bearings and/or fixing elements are normally contained.   >>>  
 
 
  Heat value

Potere calorifico
The heat value is the amount of heat developed by the complete combustion of a fixed quantity of a combustible substance. In practice, it indicates the amount of energy potentially "contained" in that combustible substance.   >>>  
 


 






 
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