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Open Forum / Like to write? Looking for Guest Editors/Contributors
« on: May 16, 2012, 06:44:51 AM »
This looks interesting. 
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General Two Stroke Talk / who rides what?
« on: May 15, 2012, 12:57:38 AM »I ride an 03 yz250, my dad rides an 96 kdx200, and my brothers ride an fl250. I personally want a ktm380/300/200
Yeah, I can't remember who bought what bikes at our house.
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General Two Stroke Talk / How much power does carbon rob?
« on: May 15, 2012, 12:56:17 AM »
This doesn't have anything to do with that old 'if a woodchuck could chuck wood...' song, does it?
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General Two Stroke Talk / transworld cracks me up
« on: May 15, 2012, 12:54:30 AM »
If you want to see something hilarious, hit up some of the Power TV clone sites (StangTV, for example). Their version of a 'budget build' with cars begins somewhere around $25K....and up.
Most magazines are only out there as four-color paid advertisements....with an interesting bone or two thrown in as 'news'. Popular Hot Rodding is a hilarious example, in that they've only just now figured out that the peasants are becoming annoyed with their version of 'budget': The last, most glorious example of a 'budget build' was a big block Mustang that they got into the 9-second bracket...once again, for $25,000. They also regularly tout 'home-built cars', however, come to find out, these 'home shops' are fully-outfitted fabrication facilities in which tens, if not hundreds of thousands were spent to set up: Basically, it's a guy who either can't find a wife to save his life, or he's already doing race-car fabricating, and and built his 'backyard project' only as an advertising tool for his work.
If you're a shop attempting to get in more work, then be honest about it. If you're attempting to hide what you're doing so you don't have to pay a message board or magazine for advertising space...just like every other business has to do....sorry, but take it somewhere else.
There are a few scant offerings that dare to attempt to break out the mold, such as Motocross Action, and Grassroots Motorsports, but even then, it's almost impossible to get a 'budget' idea of how to do something done with a bike or a car, unless you happen to stumble across some options on a message board (like this one) somewhere.
Most magazines are only out there as four-color paid advertisements....with an interesting bone or two thrown in as 'news'. Popular Hot Rodding is a hilarious example, in that they've only just now figured out that the peasants are becoming annoyed with their version of 'budget': The last, most glorious example of a 'budget build' was a big block Mustang that they got into the 9-second bracket...once again, for $25,000. They also regularly tout 'home-built cars', however, come to find out, these 'home shops' are fully-outfitted fabrication facilities in which tens, if not hundreds of thousands were spent to set up: Basically, it's a guy who either can't find a wife to save his life, or he's already doing race-car fabricating, and and built his 'backyard project' only as an advertising tool for his work.
If you're a shop attempting to get in more work, then be honest about it. If you're attempting to hide what you're doing so you don't have to pay a message board or magazine for advertising space...just like every other business has to do....sorry, but take it somewhere else.
There are a few scant offerings that dare to attempt to break out the mold, such as Motocross Action, and Grassroots Motorsports, but even then, it's almost impossible to get a 'budget' idea of how to do something done with a bike or a car, unless you happen to stumble across some options on a message board (like this one) somewhere.
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Open Forum / R.I.P Adam Yauch
« on: May 14, 2012, 05:12:57 AM »
On a lighter note, Beastie Boys album sales are shooting through the roof...
http://www.nme.com/news/beastie-boys--2/63717
And in related news, there are some times in one's life where you are simply unable to get out of the way of bad timing.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/beastie-boys-face-new-suit-over-sampling/
http://www.nme.com/news/beastie-boys--2/63717
And in related news, there are some times in one's life where you are simply unable to get out of the way of bad timing.
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/beastie-boys-face-new-suit-over-sampling/
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Open Forum / aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!!
« on: May 14, 2012, 05:02:56 AM »
My father was killed one time by a website undergoing changes. He eventually recovered, and complained about it online for the next several years.
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Open Forum / Re: Group Participation Project.
« on: June 30, 2011, 02:58:06 PM »Is this still in the works? No posts for a month. That said it really sounds like a mammoth undertaking. Your scope is huge between the years, brands, models, etc. You will need literally thousands of folks to contribute to have a comprehensive data set. For post '80, I only have one bike that I can address, always got the job done, as close to zero maint as anything I have ever owned, never broke, fun to ride, easy to ride. '92 WR500 Yamaha.
No, I apologize, but I won't be working on this project for the foreseeable future, if at all, and I'm doubtful if anything else of mine will see the main editorial page, as I'm growing a bit weary of the absolutely spotty communication with the site owner. I've lost count of the amount of times I've tried to talk to him on Facebook, as I've got of ideas to help 'grow' this site, only to be ignored. If he's busy with whatever he's doing, that's great, I understand entirely, and if he decides to take this site a bit more seriously, I'm still here.
Otherwise, I need to move onto other projects, namely my Granny Gear side project.
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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Pro-Clean Give-Away!
« on: June 06, 2011, 11:37:20 PM »1: 2001
2: Eric Gorr
3: Jeremy Wendelken #72
Andrew Cameron #721
Harley Elliott #594
Cheater.
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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Four strokes are bad, seriously...
« on: June 06, 2011, 11:36:17 PM »I saw more than one new fi 250f's just sputter and die, only to restart after a few minutes at the Amatuer day after the National this last weekend at Freestone. Looked like a fuel problem possibly. ?
Not having seen the fuel delivery system, I'm curious if the fuel is pulling away from the pickup during extreme slosh situations, like you'd encounter during a jump....
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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: HOPE FOR 2 STROKES!
« on: June 03, 2011, 01:30:39 PM »
There's a small problem with every argument in this thread:
You aren't thinking 'big picture'.
Motorcycles are a pimple on an elephant's rear, according to the general public, anyway. I love bikes, you people love bikes, we know what they do for us. The non-riding public? Not so much.
I lack R&D resources. I lack engineering ability. I do not lack for ideas, however.
The problem here is getting rid of 4-stroke engines in automobiles.
To that end, my son (factoryX) and I are kind of screwing around with alternative engine designs for cars. One proposal is to use four head/jugs from Banshee engines, and create a V8 using as many Banshee parts as possible, but join them together in a common, V8 case. Plan 1A is to use 8 CR500 jugs, and using the stock CR500 stroke, that gets you around a 4.6L displacement. Given that a pissed-off CR500 can push well north of 60hp....multiply that times 8, and when you have multiple cylinders assisting in rotating the crank....my fuzzy math gets me somewhere between 400-800 hp.
Plan 2? Utilize ANY 4-stroke engine as a foundation; use both the intake and exhaust valves as an intake source, and by using engineering calculations that I have no idea how to use, position an exhaust port similar to where you'd normally find one in a regular two-stroke engine. Basically, it's the reverse of a GMC 2-stroke diesel, but you convert existing 4-stroke gas (or diesel, imagine what firing twice as much during 4000 rpm will do for a Cummins 5.9 diesel would do) engines over to a two-stroke, and you'd eliminate having to run intake air through the crankcase, like you would on a normal 2-stroke. Use a reverse centrifigal supercharger, or belt-driven turbo to extract exhaust out of the engine....any engine, using both the intake and exhaust ports for intake air, and if you couple this with a variable-plane intake, which runs intake charge through the exhaust port during low rpm for max torque, switches to the intake valve for midrange, and then opens up both intake ports at full throttle....add to this variable cam timing....my God, think of the power possibilities, if you could make this all work. Yes, you're using everything from the 4-stroke engine (the intake and exhaust valves open at the same time), but you're doubling the amount of times the plug fires.
Basically, you get the idea. It's sort of a cheap hybrid of the two types of engines. I normally thought about doing this myself, but I'm an 'idea' guy, and don't have the resources or ability to make it happen.
You aren't thinking 'big picture'.
Motorcycles are a pimple on an elephant's rear, according to the general public, anyway. I love bikes, you people love bikes, we know what they do for us. The non-riding public? Not so much.
I lack R&D resources. I lack engineering ability. I do not lack for ideas, however.
The problem here is getting rid of 4-stroke engines in automobiles.
To that end, my son (factoryX) and I are kind of screwing around with alternative engine designs for cars. One proposal is to use four head/jugs from Banshee engines, and create a V8 using as many Banshee parts as possible, but join them together in a common, V8 case. Plan 1A is to use 8 CR500 jugs, and using the stock CR500 stroke, that gets you around a 4.6L displacement. Given that a pissed-off CR500 can push well north of 60hp....multiply that times 8, and when you have multiple cylinders assisting in rotating the crank....my fuzzy math gets me somewhere between 400-800 hp.
Plan 2? Utilize ANY 4-stroke engine as a foundation; use both the intake and exhaust valves as an intake source, and by using engineering calculations that I have no idea how to use, position an exhaust port similar to where you'd normally find one in a regular two-stroke engine. Basically, it's the reverse of a GMC 2-stroke diesel, but you convert existing 4-stroke gas (or diesel, imagine what firing twice as much during 4000 rpm will do for a Cummins 5.9 diesel would do) engines over to a two-stroke, and you'd eliminate having to run intake air through the crankcase, like you would on a normal 2-stroke. Use a reverse centrifigal supercharger, or belt-driven turbo to extract exhaust out of the engine....any engine, using both the intake and exhaust ports for intake air, and if you couple this with a variable-plane intake, which runs intake charge through the exhaust port during low rpm for max torque, switches to the intake valve for midrange, and then opens up both intake ports at full throttle....add to this variable cam timing....my God, think of the power possibilities, if you could make this all work. Yes, you're using everything from the 4-stroke engine (the intake and exhaust valves open at the same time), but you're doubling the amount of times the plug fires.
Basically, you get the idea. It's sort of a cheap hybrid of the two types of engines. I normally thought about doing this myself, but I'm an 'idea' guy, and don't have the resources or ability to make it happen.
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Open Forum / Re: Group Participation Project.
« on: May 29, 2011, 03:45:08 PM »When are we getting Part IV of The Lost Decade, Evil ?
I am hanging out to read it.
I sent part 4 to Charles on Friday night. We're waiting on him.
Why not push the cutoff back ten years?Motorcycle sales exploded in the 70's and it was an era of great technological change.Some of the nicest trail bikes ever made were built in the 70's,one example being the Ossa Super Pioneer.A lot of the bikes built in the 80's were very confused such as the 82 YZ's,the 86 RM's to name a few.
I agree.
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Open Forum / Re: Group Participation Project.
« on: May 26, 2011, 03:23:45 PM »I didn't reply as I really haven't had the opportunity to ride alot of bikes. But I could comment on what I have ridden how they were set up and what I thought of them.
That's exactly what I'm needing. Sort of a 'buyer's comment' project.
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Open Forum / Re: Transgressions and yet more transgressions.
« on: May 26, 2011, 02:24:23 PM »
It was a political marriage. End of story.
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Open Forum / Re: Group Participation Project.
« on: May 26, 2011, 02:23:34 PM »
Wow, a response!
Lol.
I'm thinking probably dividing up into two eras:
1. Modern
2. Not-so-modern.
Seriously, I was thinking of doing a cutoff point around 1980 or so, as the technology with most of these bikes didn't start improving until, well, around 1980, with everything before 1980 falling into 'Classics', and everything after 1980 being labeled 'Post-Modern, Pre-Victorian, Mid-Jurassic Era', or just 'Modern' for short. However, whatever happens with this project depends entirely upon Charles.
Lol.
I'm thinking probably dividing up into two eras:
1. Modern
2. Not-so-modern.
Seriously, I was thinking of doing a cutoff point around 1980 or so, as the technology with most of these bikes didn't start improving until, well, around 1980, with everything before 1980 falling into 'Classics', and everything after 1980 being labeled 'Post-Modern, Pre-Victorian, Mid-Jurassic Era', or just 'Modern' for short. However, whatever happens with this project depends entirely upon Charles.
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Open Forum / Group Participation Project.
« on: May 07, 2011, 01:59:46 PM »
Hello, gang.
A project I'm working on for the main page is a comprehensive, interactive two-stroke buyer's guide of sorts. Or, it will all blow up in my face, won't work, and I'll be laughed at for the next eleven years.
The plan: To go by age brackets, types of bikes, stupidity levels (how fast do you wanna go?), and even continents, as what's available in the USA, Australia, Europe, etc. More as the project unfolds.
What I need from you people: your top ten-to-twenty two-stroke bikes, and your least favorites. Standouts, whatever....PM me with a list. Comments if you have any, they may be included....the thought here is to have something of a rating system for bikes that are listed.
The idea behind all of this? We spend a lot of time (properly) bashing 4-strokes....but we need to suggest alternatives, if possible....
More later.
A project I'm working on for the main page is a comprehensive, interactive two-stroke buyer's guide of sorts. Or, it will all blow up in my face, won't work, and I'll be laughed at for the next eleven years.
The plan: To go by age brackets, types of bikes, stupidity levels (how fast do you wanna go?), and even continents, as what's available in the USA, Australia, Europe, etc. More as the project unfolds.
What I need from you people: your top ten-to-twenty two-stroke bikes, and your least favorites. Standouts, whatever....PM me with a list. Comments if you have any, they may be included....the thought here is to have something of a rating system for bikes that are listed.
The idea behind all of this? We spend a lot of time (properly) bashing 4-strokes....but we need to suggest alternatives, if possible....
More later.