Motorcycle Wisom
I don’t know who wrote this, I saw it posted on a Bulletin Board and like it.
B24 Liberator Engine Start
A bunch of people including my dear old Dad are restoring the only remaining B24 Liberator in Australia. Here is a short video of them trying to get No2 engine to fire up.
Visit their site at : http://www.b24australia.org.au/
Disc Brake Pads - Construction, Selection and Break-In
From: The Ducati Garage Tech articles.
Most of you will have to replace your bike’s brake pads at least once during your lifetime — unless your idea of riding is pushing your bike back-and-forth in your living room, Flintstone-style.
As you wander into your local dealer or thumb through the pages of your favorite catalog, you’ll find many different brake pad manufacturers, such as Ferodo, DP, Galfer, and EBC. The problem is selecting which pad best suits your riding style and conditions. Other than the a few lines of marketing blurb on the back of their packaging, there’s not a lot of information available on how to differentiate pads from one another.
Why would I try and save water?
I hate paying my water bill. I’ve just paid my tri-annual ‘Services Account’. Although I don’t mind paying for the water. There is no financial incentive for me to bother to try and save water.
The cost of installing and plumbing up a rainwater tank vs. what is available in the form of rebates is a joke. The out of pocket charges are huge. The ‘Services Charges’ remain the same, and the drop in town supplied water charges is negligible.
The government offered a $2000 cash back grant for fitting an LGP system to a car. With some installations only costing $2500 it was only a $500 out of pocket expense. The price of LPG is a lot cheaper than petrol so there are some substantial on going savings to be made too.
Yet try and save water a ‘precious resource’ and there is no financial benefit to be gained, only extra expense.
The Pace
The Pace
Separating street from track, riding from racing
writer: Nick Ienatsch
“The Pace”, first appearing in the November 1991 issue of Motorcyclist magazine.
Racing involves speed, concentration and commitment; the results of a mistake are usually catastrophic because there’s little room for error riding at 100 percent. Performance street riding is less intense and further from the absolute limit, but because circumstances are less controlled, mistakes and over aggressiveness can be equally catastrophic. Plenty of roadracers have sworn off street riding. “Too dangerous, too many variables and too easy to get carried away with too much speed,” track specialists claim. Adrenaline-addled racers find themselves treating the street like the track, and not surprisingly, they get burned by the police, the laws of physics and the cold, harsh realities of an environment not groomed for ten-tenths riding. But as many of us know, a swift ride down a favorite road may be the finest way to spend a few free hours with a bike we love. And these few hours are best enjoyed riding at The Pace.
A year after I joined Motorcyclist staff in 1984, Mitch Boehm was hired. Six months later, The Pace came into being, and we perfected it during the next few months of road testing and weekend fun rides. Now The Pace is part of my life - and a part of the Sunday morning riding group I frequent. The Pace is a street riding technique that not only keeps street riders alive, but thoroughly entertained as well.
WSBK 2009 Provisional Calendar
Next years World Superbike Series should become one of the best seasons yet. With BMW joining the party with their superbike debut, Aprilia returning to the mix with its new RSV4, and Yamaha’s launching their new “cross plane” close firing R1. WSBK has never been short of action packed racing (that is when factories other than Ducati show up), and 2009 is proving to be no different. The season is already shaping up to be a good one, and the races haven’t even started yet.
The 2009 provisional calendar of the FIM Superbike and Supersport World Championships and Superstock 1000cc FIM Cup is posted after the jump.
MotoGP 2009 Calendar
The 2009 MotoGP Calendar has been released, 18 races in all. The night opener at Qatar returns again for another season, and it looks like fun in the sun for all the other races (except Assen, where the sun rarely shines in the land of Mayo). Joining the line up is a new race in Hungary that was purpose built for GP and Formula 1 racing. Get the full schedule after the jump.
Almost famous
While checking the stats for my webspace, I noticed some traffic coming in from a couple of sites and I decided to check them out. Someone spotted my DIY dyno pages and blogged about it. Thanks guys.
Clicky… The Kneeslider And Hack a day Also here Daily DIY Network and MAKE
Homebuilt Motorcycle Dynamometer
May 12th, 2008 by Paul Crowe - “The Kneeslider”
Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9, details
GSXR1000 K9
We give you these details of the new Suzuki GSX-R 1000 (coming up the video), along with a lovely photo gallery. With all these new motorcycle models for 2009, it’s really hard to know where to put your saving efforts.
Great Ocean Road Sept 08
Signs on the GOR
New rubber on the bike, nice day, took half of it off to go for a ride to the coast. Apologies to the local guys, it was a spur of the moment thing. 430km, 1st ride of the new season I guess.
More signs, no pubs unlike this blog > http://wotid.com/blog/?p=13
Lot’s of pictures follow › Continue reading
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