Posted in misc on Oct 26th, 2011
This has been a crazy year in MotoGP. But even so no one was prepared for what happened on Sunday, when Marco Simoncelli was involved in a freak accident on the second lap of the Malaysian GP. This wasn’t a normal crash. Normally a crash takes the rider sliding to the outside of the corner [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle on Sep 14th, 2011
No not twins… Twin cylinder engines (like you find in Ducatis and Harleys, also popular sportbikes like the RC51, SV650), and also single cylinder engines for that matter (like you find in dirt bikes and scooters) have a quality that higher powered four cylinder engines don’t have. We call it “tractability” or manageability; there’s [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle on Jul 28th, 2011
The computer in your phone can crunch a spreadsheet full of numbers faster than you, remember more dates and facts, and that’s nothing compared to what your desktop or server can do… But that’s just comparing surface brainpower. It turns out that there’s no computer (today or in the immediate future) that can do the [...]
Posted in misc on Nov 9th, 2010
A study by Carnegie Mellon University found that pedestrians are three times more likely to be hit by motorists the week following daylight savings time changes. And although I think motorcyclists are more aware of their surroundings than those in cars, pedestrians can show up at the most unreasonable moments.
No pedestrians were harmed in [...]
Posted in misc on May 15th, 2010
Ever try to teach your (let’s not say “elderly”, but older) mom how to use a new electronic device or computer? Me: “What did you just do?” Mom: “I didn’t do anything” Me: “You just pressed something, what did you press?” Mom: “I don’t know what you’re talking about I didn’t do anything!” The problem [...]
Posted in misc on May 14th, 2010
[Marissa Miller - before, like Harley, was mainly about posing... But now she's all about riding, and so is Harley]
Harley is hot these days. They figured out what they do best and have started to put their best stuff into it… Of course there were some casualties: Buell, for one… But in return we got [...]
Posted in misc, motorcycle on Apr 20th, 2010
This blog isn’t really about announcing new bike models and products…but we’ll make an exception for the newest Ducati, the Monster 796… Most of you know that the Monster is the original city bike… A sporty bike specifically designed for real world riding and commuting around cities…the look of the original Monsters helped [...]
Posted in misc on Apr 6th, 2010
Those are neat tricks! But in all seriousness, it can be a hassle riding to work everyday. You need to think about your riding gear, transporting things like your laptop, briefcase, meeting clothes, also you have to consider your parking situation… And these things really are big hurdles to get over. [...]
Posted in misc on Mar 30th, 2010
One fact of the post 9-11 police state is that “normal” conduct for officers is much more aggressive than it used to be. If you were pulled over in Russia for speeding, you could get out of the car and talk to the police officers. In many places in the U.S., try that and you’ll [...]
Posted in misc on Feb 2nd, 2010
The cool thing about motorcycles is that you actually don’t need a good sense of balance to ride them. Twist the throttle, and the magic of gyroscopic forces does its work keeping you on a vertical plane. But when the wheels start to slide (and also for tight low speed maneuvers) your sense of balance [...]
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