Posted in time waster on Oct 13th, 2011
It’s the end of the track season around here.. But if you like to ride fast, and your bike is sportier than a cruiser – then you owe it to yourself to get to a track this coming spring! Here’s a nice trackday guide from over the pond… Why is it that a cold [...]
Posted in time waster on Oct 7th, 2011
Well…probably a little longer than this. This video goes to prove that motorcycle racing is a TEAM sport, and the guys in the garage really are part of the action in making a rider successful. But even though your mechanic (which may be you) may be slower than this guy – one of the things [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 29th, 2011
[Saw the link on MCN]
Hand signals are great because you can mostly figure out what they are even if you haven’t seen them before: like slow down, speed up, or blinkers… A couple require previous knowledge: like the tap on the head warning of cop cars or speed traps. And the rest are made up [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 26th, 2011
This is just an advertisement for the new(er) R1 for 2012, but I love the idea of Ben Spies loading up his van and heading off to a track day, sitting through the track briefing, and lapping everyone on the track. And as cool as that thought is – it must happen from time to [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 24th, 2011
I’m a fan of the hastily written Stieg Larsson Trilogy, and of the movies… And I didn’t like the idea of an American remake, but I confess it might be good, and Daniel Craig looks like he’ll make a good Blomkvist… And it must be a little bit of a joke that instead of [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 24th, 2011
If all the action in MotoGP has kept you from keeping up with other series… here’s a little recap from World Superbike. With lap times just 1-2 seconds from MotoGP. The people behind the BMW sportbike think these race prepped superbikes would be just as fast as 800cc MotoGP bikes (which might be why [...]
Posted in TGIF, time waster on Sep 23rd, 2011
If you ask me, Triumph had the right idea… The Japanese bikes have the lock on screaming high revving four-cylinder engines. The Italians know how to do v-twins (or L-twins) with their mellow traction-anywhere engines… So what’s a free thinking Brit to do? Why not split the difference and try to get the best of [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 22nd, 2011
I think we can file this under: Saw it on GizMag, “looks really uncomfortable”, and “woulda thought it was cool when I was 13.” The problem is the scale is off. Looking at the movie still, the bike in the movie is a slightly smaller scale, so the rider isn’t so stretched out as much [...]
Posted in time waster on Sep 21st, 2011
The problem with enclosed motorcycles is you can’t put your feet down at stop lights…so designs have usually used some sort of “landing gear” at low speeds. And I’ve been saying for years – “someone should stick gyroscopes on the thing so that it’s self-balancing.” Well someone else thought just that… Here’s a self-balancing enclosed [...]
Posted in moto-shopping, time waster on Sep 16th, 2011
One small downside to riding all year round is: there’s no way to make the most of your Costco membership. And perhaps I’m getting old. Or I’m just feeling stiff after a 140 mile commute in the rain last night with a backpack full of stuff I would have likes to put in the luggage [...]
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