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General Motorcycle
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
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By Will England
There's been a certain amount of discussion about the concepts of horsepower and torque, how they relate to each other, and how they apply in terms of automobile performance. Although nearly everyone participating has a passion for automobiles, there is a huge variance in knowledge. It's clear that a bunch of folks have strong opinions (about this topic, and other things), but that has generally led to more heat than light, if you get my drift :-)
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 20 December 2005 )
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Safety and Insurance
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Wednesday, 19 October 2005 |
Why should you wear a full-face helmet?
by Jeff DeanAsk 1.2-million-mile BMW rider Dave Swisher, of Bowling Green, Virginia. That's his helmet after he suffered a crash in West Virginia. Dave came out of it just fine—thanks to his full-face helmet. No facial reconstruction was needed. In fact, because Dave was wearing full gear, he was able to ride home! What would have happened had he been wearing a three-quarter helmet or, worse yet, a “beanie?” The diagrams above show the impact areas on crash-involved motorcycle helmets. (Source: Dietmar Otte, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Verkehrsunfallforschung, Germany.) Note that 35% of all crashes showed major impact on the chin-bar area. This means that if you ride with an open-face helmet, you are accepting only 65% of the protection that could be available to your head.
If you ride with a beanie or half helmet, you are accepting only 39% of the protection you could obtain. You are literally throwing away 61% of the protection you would have had had you chosen a full-face helmet.
And, of course, if you ride wearing a “novelty” helmet or no helmet at all then you have none of the protection you could have chosen. The choice is yours. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 October 2005 )
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Bike Servicing and Maintenance
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Tuesday, 18 October 2005 |
Surprising New Evidence on the Viscosity-Retention Question
As featured in Motorcycle Consumer News
Walk into any motorcycle dealership parts department and you are virtually guaranteed to see prominent displays of oils produced specifically for use in motorcycle engines. Since dealers are not about to waste valuable floor or counter space on a product unless it produces a decent profit, it is obvious that motorcycle-specific oils have become one of the premier parts department cash cows of the 1990s.
Of course advances in lubrication technology have resulted in some fairly expensive premium, synthetic and synthetic-blend products for automobiles also. But as you can see from our pricing research at a half-dozen auto parts and cycle parts stores, the average purchase price for the motorcycle-specific lubricants runs about 120 percent higher for petroleum products and 185 percent higher for synthetic products than do their automotive counterparts. (See Figure 1) ....
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 19 October 2005 )
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Non Motorcycle
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Tuesday, 11 October 2005 |
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Advocates say filling your tires with the gas instead of air will help keep correct pressure and better gas mileage.
By TOM ZUCCO, Times Staff Writer
Published September 28, 2005
Gassing up your car is about to take on a new meaning.
Fill your tires with pure nitrogen and you'll get better gas mileage, advocates of the practice say. Your tires will be safer, and they'll last longer.
A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that makes up about 78 percent of the Earth's atmosphere, nitrogen could cost you as much as $10 a tire. But what you save on gas, tire replacement and peace of mind will make up the difference, according to the pitch.
Already, retailers like Costco and Olin Mott stores offer nitrogen, and Pep Boys has test-marketed it....
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 October 2005 )
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Bike Servicing and Maintenance
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Sunday, 09 October 2005 |
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Winter Storage
Outside a single white snowflake falls... Disbelief falls on your face as another snowflake falls... Then you realize, another riding year over and it's time to put the bike away for the winter. This is the time to get in that last few riding days and put our bikes properly away for the winter so they are ready for the next riding season to start again.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 11 October 2005 )
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