Wire
Throttle by wire has a long history in aviation and first appeared on some autos in the 1980s. Its advantage is that it permits computer throttle modulation, necessary in the operation of cruise-, traction- or stability-control and other such systems, without having to physically overcome a mechanical throttle linkage and the driver or rider operating it. Instead, the operator indicates with the throttle control the power level desired, and the computer system modifies this command according to...
Kevin Cameron
How strangely technology changes. It would be comforting to think that it follows the guidance of reason, but often enough it seems more like fashion. Why does technological change sometimes take so long Replaceable three-layer plain bearings were developed for heavy service in the large piston aircraft engines of WWII, and at war's end this was a mature technology, ready for adoption by the civilian world. Its use made sense, as it provided reliability, long life and easy resize-and-rebuild...
Bmw S1000rr
Speaking of throttle-return springs, the one on the BMW is the stiffest, as well it should be you don't want to be whacking this one open willy-nilly, as its 176.3 horses a few ticks behind last month's reading are 21 more than the next closest bike Honda . With the Beemer's traction control set to Slick mode least obtrusive , our slowest rider was disappointed he couldn't muster enough speed to even get the system to activate at all far as he could tell anyway , while lenatsch says a liter...
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rldMags.net amp www.Journal-Plaza.net Top privateer Taylor Knapp is also using Yoshimura's engine-lease program this season. Scheduled maintenance for these is identical to that of factory Fours. Bad-smelling high-energy gasolines used to be the norm. With the several-percent power advantage they gave, every serious racer had to use them. Now, a single fuel, Sunoco, is required for all competitors. National Superbike roadracing has shifted focus in a big way over the past two years. Technical R...
Peter Egan
of a butterfly wing in the Amazon changes the weather in Des Moines, but nothing has more consequential echoes than the changing of a single part on a motorcycle. Swap your handlebars as I did for a more traditional Sixties' bend on my Triumph Scrambler last week and the ramifications proliferate. The bar-end weights on the stock bike have their anchors either pressed or glued in I can't get them out, at any rate , so now I need a new set of weights or else new grips to cover the unsightly...
Slipstream
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