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Marco Simoncelli Crash – RIP 1987-2011
24 October 2011 1:00 PM | 1 Comment -
Mototaxi Junket organisation fail
19 October 2011 5:00 PM | No Comments -
Why ride?
02 June 2011 10:00 PM | No Comments -
Afternoon trip to the Ace Cafe
10 April 2011 7:52 PM | 1 Comment -
Frontal Lobotomy – Gas Turbine Jet Bike
10 April 2011 5:55 PM | 1 Comment -
Bikearama defaced but only for a few minutes…
08 April 2011 7:42 PM | 3 Comments -
Another Jet Motorcycle
07 April 2011 6:49 PM | 2 Comments -
MotoGP to have hearing over Rossi-Stoner crash
05 April 2011 8:38 PM | No Comments
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Marco Simoncelli Crash – RIP 1987-2011
Tragic news, gifted 24 year old Italian rider Marco Simoncelli died after a freak crash at the MotoGP in Sepang, Malaysia on 23rd October 2011. From the footage it looked…
Motorcycle Blog
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Marco Simoncelli Crash – RIP 1987-2011
Tragic news, gifted 24 year old Italian rider Marco Simoncelli died after a freak crash at the MotoGP in Sepang, Malaysia on 23rd October 2011. From the footage it looked…
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Mototaxi Junket organisation fail
Looks like an epic fail when an adventure company called “The Adventurists” can’t get their shit together to organise an adventure…. Unable to organise a piss up in a free…
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Why ride?
There is without a doubt something about motorcycles that really gets people. It is associated with such a wide range of images and ideas and it is something that a…
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Afternoon trip to the Ace Cafe
After an afternoon of bike work, we took a quick trip down to the Ace Cafe for a well derserved cup of tea. Trouble is by the time I’d…
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Frontal Lobotomy – Gas Turbine Jet Bike
I can’t stop finding images of crazy jet bikes, I don’t seek them out, they just find me – it’s like they are calling me to build a jet bike…
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Bikearama defaced but only for a few minutes…
Seems that nothing more than a script kiddy ran a script against the bikearama site in the last hour or so to replace the home page (which not that many…
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Another Jet Motorcycle
Crikey, I think I’ve started something here with finding all these jet powered motorcycles. This one looks like it’s a real runner too! On the front of the bike, you…
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MotoGP to have hearing over Rossi-Stoner crash
So MotoGP has announced that they want to hold a hearing to discuss the Rossi-Stoner collision during lap eight of the Jerez crashfest on the weekend. While Valentino Rossi caused…
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Rat Fink Custom Motorcycle
Just seen this one and it’s awesome. Awesome with a capital Awesome. If you’ve never seen Rat Fink before, leave this site and go look up ‘Big Daddy’ Ed Roth….
Motorcycle how to...
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Changing a Motorcycle Tire
Posted on April 5, 2011 | 1 CommentChanging a motorcycle tire isn’t too hard.. well at least in theory. Most of us don’t have access to machines that do this, so here’s how to do it with... -
Troubleshooting Low Oil Pressure
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsSo you’ve got the oil warning light on, there’s some strange noises from the engine and you’ve done the oil pressure check on your bike to confirm that there is... -
How to check your Motorcycle Oil Pressure
Posted on March 30, 2011 | 2 CommentsAs part of a service you should look at the oil pressure to check that there are no problems, it’s relatively easy to perform and the motorcycle oil pressure gauges... -
How to remove stuck or frozen bolts
Posted on March 13, 2011 | 1 CommentBefore you damage that bolt any further and need to look at drilling the bolt out, bolt extraction kits, helicoils and so on, here’s a couple of really quick tips... -
How to do an engine compression test
Posted on March 5, 2011 | 10 CommentsWhat is engine compression testing When you notice that your bike engine is running rough or there is a noticeable lack of power or performance and after you can’t find...
Theory: How motorbike stuff works
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Multiplate Clutches
Posted on February 13, 2011 | 5 CommentsMotorcycle Multiplate Clutches The most common motorcycle clutch works by utilising a series of steel and friction plates/ discs stacked in an alternate arrangement that sits inside a clutch basket/... -
What is the stoichiometric ratio and lambda
Posted on February 4, 2011 | No CommentsIn a nutshell the carburetor or fuel injectors work by mixing air and fuel in a ratio to provide optimum combustion/ energy to turn the wheels. Back to the basics... -
How to calculate compression ratio
Posted on January 29, 2011 | No CommentsThe compression ratio is the volume above a piston at bottom dead centre (BDC) divided by the volume of the combustion chamber – the space above the piston at top... -
Valve lead, lag, bounce, float and overlap explained
Posted on January 25, 2011 | 1 CommentTiming of the valves in an engine is controlled by a number of methods, in a four stroke engine it is done by the following: Chain and sprocket from the... -
Motorcycle rake, trail and offset explained
Posted on January 24, 2011 | 7 CommentsOften mentioned in the main stats when looking at a new motorbike, but what do motorcycle rake and trail actually mean and why would you need to know this? Firstly,...
