Monday, March 21, 2016

Stuck In The Middle With You ...

"You can’t sell tickets to a race weekend for one 35-minute race, no matter how exciting it might be. The golden eras of motorcycle racing were filled with on-track action for the fans in attendance, and TV audiences won't matter if no promoter will put on a race ..."

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Deep Thinking And Cartridge Forks, Explained ...

The latest episode of Deep Thinking, as well as a couple of spectacular articles on cartridge forks, can be found on Ed's Lindemann Engineering blog:

http://www.le-suspension.com/le-blog/

Go there or be square. What's wrong with squares? They multiply by themselves!

Monday, March 14, 2016

The Line ...

"Blocking says, this is my line, and you have to go around me. Interfering says, the entire track is my line, and I will actively prevent you from using any of it ..."

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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

What I Have To Race With ...

"Every machine will have strengths and weaknesses compared to the other bikes on the grid. Sometimes, the question becomes, when do I deploy those strengths, and to what extent do I deploy them?"

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

The Strange Case Of Phillip Island

"What do you learn from testing at Phillip Island? How to go fast at Phillip Island. What do you learn about going fast elsewhere from testing at Phillip Island? Not very much ..."

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Sunday, February 14, 2016

The Black Art Of Racing Vehicle Design, Part 4 (Conclusion)

"The truly maddening thing to the race vehicle designer is that even if the machine is perfect on the CAD/CAM screen, one rider will love it and another can't get along with it. Switch something, and suddenly the riders switch positions ... "

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