Read an interesting article in Bike magazine about MotoGP on its way to becoming boring because it’s too technical, from a machinery point of view. With ever increasing computer control of everything on the bike, we won’t see the riders wrestling the machines to do their bidding but instead we’ll see slick machines, carving around [...]
June 2005
Have you ever watched someone bend up a new exhaust pipe with an automatic pipe bender? Feed in the right numbers with a length of straight pipe and presto, exhaust pipe, exactly like the factory piece. Think about that. As long as you have the right numbers for the machine, you can make any pipe [...]
The Monterey Classic Bike Auction, coming up in conjunction with the Laguna Seca MotoGP, has a growing list of interesting bikes in their lineup. I just noticed they’ve added a Yamaha WR-450F 2 wheel drive super moto. There’s also a Triton 650 racer and lots more. The auction would make a nice addition to your [...]
As I was searching for more documentation on the Thunder Star torque, horsepower and rpm figures, Andy, who is conveniently located over in the UK, was kind enough to forward an article that appeared in the March 2005 issue of the UK magazine “Streetfighters.” Their writeup had a few more details on construction but some [...]
