The song my motor sings
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From: S'mee on 25 May 2010 00:21 On May 24, 2:19 pm, sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote: Good points...that's why the best advice has ALWAYS been "ride whatever makes you giggle like a little kid" 8^) > However the days of motorcycles, as least as we know them, > may be numbered. I call bullshit on that. For new motorcycles maybe...but only maybe. Nothing says you can't keep riding old motorcycles. Mr.Ropers motorcycle while a museum piece is for theoretical puposes STILL a viable motorcycle and thanks to grandfather clauses doesn't have to have lights added to it. If one had to one could even distill your own fuel for all you IC engines AND EC engined motorcycles. Lubricants will end up being synthetics only I fear. Except for those of us who still ride 2smokes that will be able to use either castor oil or synthetic oils. So...BS bubba. There isn't a motorcycle that is running today that wont be rideable (allowing for proper storage and parts fabrication) 100 years from now. But that's just me. I still say the current batteries and their manufacture are as or more toxic than any viable battery technology in production at the moment. > Referencehttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Song_my_Paddle_Sings Nice, verra nice.
From: tylernt on 25 May 2010 16:24 > the song my motor sings will be stilled thereafter, to be > replaced by the quiet hum of electrics or some kind of ion > plasma induction drive and future generations will never hear > a motorcycle motor the way it was meant to be heard Oh, I don't know about that. I frequently hear digital cameras emit a little "clack-whirr" like a mechanical shutter and electric motor film winder when they take a picture. So your piston engine's sound will still be there on your ion-plasma drive bike, it'll just be a 24-bit 44100Hz digital sample played back on speaker. Maybe you'll have a paint-shaker mounted to simulate that genuine piston engine feel, too. As for your S40, I have a hard time warming up to the idea of owning a thumper, though admittedly I might like one better if I had a chance to test-ride one. I do agree with the sentiment that less is more -- I've always been of the opinion that 180° parallel twin, V-twin (shared pin or offset), boxer twin, and inline-3 are the configurations most appropriate for motorcycles. Anything more just seems like overkill (admittedly, overkill can be a desired attribute).
From: sean_q_ on 26 May 2010 20:21 Joyce wrote: > I was thinking of buying a used Savage because they are common and > inexpensive. Would you say they vibrate excessively, particularly at > the handlebars? No, I'd say they vibrate just the right amount. SQ
From: Bob Myers on 27 May 2010 11:15 On 5/26/2010 6:21 PM, sean_q_ wrote: > Joyce wrote: > >> I was thinking of buying a used Savage because they are common and >> inexpensive. Would you say they vibrate excessively, particularly at >> the handlebars? > > No, I'd say they vibrate just the right amount. And that's "not at all," right? Vibration and noise are both, after all, just wasted energy. Bob M.
From: sean_q_ on 27 May 2010 11:24
Bob Myers wrote: >> No, I'd say they vibrate just the right amount. > > And that's "not at all," right? > > Vibration and noise are both, after all, just wasted energy. Different strokes for different folks. -- Sly and the Family Stone, 1968 SQ |