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Spam, Spam, Spam

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 Rants No Comments

They must find victims, otherwise they wouldn’t send them out I guess. The gullible and greedy get done I suppose.

The following is the first paragraph or two or sometimes the entire message from a bunch of scam spam email. Some of these email’s I’ve received a bunch of times. They’ll either try and get some money out of you or get you to give enough information to for identity theft.

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General Tyre / Tire Information

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010 Tech Articles No Comments

General Tyre / Tire Information

More information can be found on these wikipedia pages wiki/Motorcycle_tyres and  wiki/Tire_code

Tyre / Tire size

Metric Sizing

I will only list the metric sizing as it is most applicable to sport bike wheels

190/50 17 means the tire is 190mm wide on a 17-inch rim with an aspect ratio of 50. This method is called “metric,” even though the rim size is in inches. The aspect ratio is the height of the side wall and it is a percentage of the width. i.e. 190/50 is 190mm wide and has a height of 95mm (190mm X 50%). A 190/55 tyre is 190mm wide with a height of 104.5mm (190mm X 55%).

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Chain dimensions

Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Tech Articles No Comments
Chain Sizing

Ever wondered what the difference is between a 530 and a 520 or 525 chain is?

The numbers used in chain sizing are all in 5/8ths on an inch. The first number is the pitch (the spacing between the pin centres) and the other two are for the width of the chain.

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