Motorcycle Technology

Why Do You Ride?

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 8/10/2010

in Down Time, Motorcycle Technology, Motorcycle Travel

Why do you ride? “If I have to explain it, you wouldn’t understand.” That’s the all too often non response given by some riders in an effort to sound profound or philosophical, but it doesn’t answer the question, does it? Maybe it’s a question best left unanswered because it’s really an emotion without any reason [...]

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Unless you’re directly involved with engine design, it’s hard to keep up with all of the creative methods engineers have used to integrate variable valve actuation into a standard internal combustion engine. In this day of computer controls, you would think mechanical methods would be losing ground, but I received a note from Danny Williams [...]

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Get Your Physics up to Speed – Learn Online

by Paul Crowe - "The Kneeslider" on 7/2/2010

in Motorcycle Technology

Remember MIT Open Courseware? It’s the program to put all of the MIT curriculum online so you can learn mechanical engineering or whatever you want for free. Well, there’s something else you should be aware of, because some of you might find the MIT offerings a bit too much to start with. If that’s the [...]

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Motoczysz has developed an electric drive system, the MotoCzysz Electric D1g1tal Dr1ve, and will be offering it for sale to teams that want to take part in the upcoming electric racing series. The ability of small teams to develop class leading drive systems is getting out of reach so in an effort to fill the [...]

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