Dec. 16 Ride Report

We had a great ride on 12/16. Finally, some photos have been put on the
web. Not many... But here you go:

http://yunx.com/12-16-06Ride/Dec16Ride2006.htm

or...

http://tinyurl.com/tmxe3

Also, below is some free but good info I received from a list I'm a part of.
We talked about this a bit on the ride, so I thought it would be fitting.
Someone forwarded this to a list I'm on today so I figure it's destiny that
I send it to you.

Note that I did indeed edit it a bit to protect his identity... Just in
case one of you is a a serial, hearing loss oriented killer or something...

*** start ***

Just thought I'd post a little information about riding and hearing
loss. A lot of people have the idea that hearing loss from riding is
due to loud pipes. While loud pipes can certainly be a contributing
factor, you could have a virtually silent bike and still suffer major,
permanent hearing loss or be stricken with tinnitus from riding a
motorcycle due to wind noise.

On 12/20/06 5:51 AM, "Inlaw Biker" wrote:

Stupid kills.

If someone's not smart enough to be concerned about his oxygen supply while
running a gasoline generator INSIDE HIS HOUSE I think he's bound to meet his
demise sooner rather than later. May as well just remove himself from the
gene pool now.

It's sad people died, but personally I'm glad being that dumb is still
life-threatening. Imagine the world we'd live in if it weren't. Awful.

James Clark wrote:

For the same weight of of the same alloy with the same forging or
hardening processes applied, occupying approximately the same operating
space, that is probably true.

Hopefully, not much flexing is going on with a more modern design. The
airhead was originally designed as an aircraft engine in the 'teens of
the last century, and has since seen yeoman automobile and motorcycle
service.

If the crankshaft breaks or if the rod breaks?

There are older technologies which don't adapt well to more modern
technologies. A fan of wooden ships once told me about a failed attempt
to replace an oaken mast with an aluminum extrusion. He said that 17th
century ship technology worked just fine if you stuck with 17th cntury
materials.

In rec.motorcycles.tech Timberwoof infernosoft.com> wrote:

The rods are moving and they have mass...

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In article <1166626885.139363.244960@t46g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Things that make you go hmmmmm..." yahoo.com> wrote:

Timberwoof wrote:

If the problem was static loading, I could design an I-beam rod myself
and order an extrusion from a catalog.

The horizontally-disposed, simply-suported center-loaded beam that you
describe has been illustrated hundreds of times in strength of
materials texts.

If you work in a high rise building, your weight is probably being
supported by a horizontally-disposed I-beam attached to
vertically-disposed I-beams that resist the wind.

However, the connecting rod's supports are definitely NOT simple, both
ends are moving constantly, so the I-beam or H-beam is exposed to
cyclical bending loads as the piston thrusts against the cylinder
walls, then tension and compression loads as the crankshaft starts and
stops motion at the ends of the stroke.

It TOOK long enough. Here I was riding the motorcycle to work last week,
purchasing new ones, driving all over the country. Yesterdays 4" of snow has
suddenly turned into 3 feet and a blizzard, schools and work are all closed,
I70 entering the state is closed in both directions, the dog tried to take a
dump out back and got blown off her feet by the wind, FINALLY we've got some
winter weather.

Took long enough. And just in time for Christmas. Usually this time of year
I'd be looking for track availability. Haven't had a decent storm since the
spring of '03.

Happy holidays everyone, if I lose power here I won't be posting much.

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Discuss...

on 12/19/06 6:12 PM, Andrew wrote:

Cheaper in the long run, yes. More expensive up front.