Maggie’s SH Motorcycle Thread

[gigamortis]

Not necessarily reliable difference, just maintenance differences and shorter intervals because of the Ducati Desmo valve system. They cling on to it as they have lots of history, it was invented because metallurgy years ago hadn’t caught up to the demands conventional valve springs required racing on the razor’s edge. The Desmo valve system actuates both the opening and closing of the valve to maintain higher RPMs racing demand without valve float.

Along with the benefit of having no valve float, a lot less horsepower is needed to run a Desmodronic valve train vs a conventional valve spring arrangement.

 

[ironpony52]

Note the elaborate tie down system, LOL. They started in Brooklyn NY and went to Lansing Michigan. If you don't know Jack Pine was an 800 mile 3 day event thru the woods, rivers and sand. Think about taking a 650cc machine with basically no suspension off road and thru rivers for 3 days. Jack Pine has a good website if you want to see more. Dad finished second one year and I have his Jack Pine cowbell here somewhere.
That bike was a 1950 Thunderbird and he also rode it from NY to California and back in the early 50's.
I literally have thousands of photos from this time period of bikes and racing if you guys are interested. I also have Dads notes on bike set up and letters from Triumph of England to him for set up suggestions. Also paperwork for meets showing results, he raced several times a month.

 

[Rthur]

Helmet comm and audio are a gamechanger for all rides. I started with a Nolan N-Com system in my older Nolan N104 which was really nice, but 1 speaker went out and there's no replacement available unless I wanna spend $$ on their stuff that's not exactly available in the US.

I'm looking at a Cardo PackTalk Pro and a newer helmet (still deciding on helmet.) Yeah it's pricey, but it has JBL speakers and apparently really good noise canceling tech for the microphone. Connectivity seems to be a non-issue as it connects via Bluetooth or mesh networks with other riders.

I don't ride in packs, so I'm just more interested in listening to music, audiobooks, and making phone calls LOL. We'll see. I'm 97.3% sure I'm gonna upgrade my 2013 BMW ReichBike to something more up to date with the current computer doo-dads touring motorcycles have. Stay tuned for that

Ordered said, will update on after some miles.

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