Guy named for a little car has a Blog…
MG is back at it:
http://motorbikeroadracing.blogspot.com/p/words-vol-2.html
Beyond Good And Evil #52
In Episode 52 of Deep Thinking, the motorcycle road racing podcast that takes itself too seriously, racers Ed Sorbo and Michael Gougis pat themselves on the backs for a year of Interweb entertainment and Hickory Farms snacks. A discussion ensues about bad Honda road racing machines, and why it’s good for engineers to get it wrong every now and then.
There was a NR with the frame MG talks about but the photo of the tube frame is better, we are both correct.
#3 Tommy Heller on his GSXR750, leads #11 Ed Sorbo and #12 Emory Wood into The Sweeper at Hawaii Raceway Park back in the day.
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Schrodinger’s Tiki
While making lunch just now I started thinking about how to get Thanksgiving leftovers for Tiki and how much he will like them. I looked out the window and there he was, staring at my door. Did I bring him to me or did he make me look out the window? Was he even there before I looked? Either way, he got more Hickory Farms cheese and I bet he knows all about Thanksgiving. “The neighborhood dog“, something to be thankful for.
“I Was Out Of Ideas” #51
In episode 51 of Deep Thinking, Ed Sorbo and his side kick (MG was not here to write this) banter about a question sent by Cody Burton, 500 GP bikes verses Moto GP bikes. This leads to more banter about: racing gear, Tiki treats, Moto GP wings, jumping out of a C-17, carburetors and lower cost race bikes. While MG’s attempt to snack and talk simultaneously does not go well.
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Phrase of the Day
“Unexpected grandeur.” Is the phrase of the day, use it people.
Restored Tire
I found this tire in the trash pile at a race weekend. A club racer gave it up for dead. The vendor let me have it for a test. When a tire is this bad, it’s difficult to adjust the suspension, rider and/or psi to solve the problem. I wondered if putting a destroyed tire onto a properly set up bike with correct psi could clean the tire up. Here it is, mounted on my 600 riding at 90% at CVR after 10 laps:
After 3 rides:
It’s not the tires fault, it’s your suspension.
Suspension Top 10
A suspension top 10 list at Motorcycle.com written with my input:
http://www.motorcycle.com/top10/top-10-misconceptions-about-motorcycle-suspension.html
Never Enough Tiki Dog!
Tiki is a dog of taste and high standards but still manly a dog so he has no problem snacking on burnt pizza even if it has vegetables on it. Note: it’s not easy to get a cell phone photo of a dog dinning on a slice of pizza in your other hand.
We’re Not Gonna Talk About It … #50
In Episode 50 of Deep Thinking, voted the best motorcycle road racing podcast in seven parallel universes, racers Ed Sorbo and Michael Gougis try very, very hard to not discuss the meltdown of one of the great road racers of all time. A discussion ensues about peer compliments, and Gougis takes full credit for Jorge Lorenzo turning his season around.
Correction: RRW has the 11.5 correct. 11.5 Nm. Most of us use kg/mm when talking about fork spring rates. In this case they were talking about Ohlins suspension using Nm. 11.5 Nm equals 1.17 kg/mm.
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Bad Things #49
In Episode 49 of Deep Thinking, the only motorcycle road racing podcast put together by people who have actually raced (or so it seems sometimes), racers Ed Sorbo and Michael Gougis rocket through reader questions. A discussion ensues about Nicky Hayden, Max Biaggi, mid-season tire testing and the rear fender on the KTM RC 390, with Sorbo and Gougis concurring that whoever designed that thing really, really hates humanity.
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