Pay attention to details

January 16, 2012 by · 1 Comment
 

 

 

I had my Optimate 3+ for over 2 years now, it got a lot of beating and water splashing i actually ran over a couple of times while parking the bike…it still function very well. I have been using it to maintain the bike batteries and the battery of an old car i have in the garage, although it takes a couple of days to fully charge the car battery but it does the job.

I usually park one of my bikes at the office and the rest at home, and after a couple let downs by the bike parked at the office i decided to get another battery maintainer and keep it at the office parking. I looked around locally for something small yet tough, one that is water resistant and can charge car batteries as well but i did not find any. So i decided to order one over the net, did some googling and finally ended up getting the Genius G3500. The G3500 is an 8 Step fully automatic charger, it charges 6V & 12V Wet, Gel, MF & AGM batteries. It’s almost the size of a Pepsi can, light, tough water resistant and very nicely packed. I also ordered extra connecters for all the bikes. Read more

How smart is your motorcycle ?

December 6, 2011 by · 2 Comments
 

Traction control, ABS, quick-shifter, tiptronic semi-automatic transmission, tire pressure sensors, daptive headlights, and electronic suspension are some of the technology fitted on BMW motorcycles…and just when we think there is nothing more to be added, BMW surprises us with another innovation.
Dynamic Damping Control DDC, or in other words Active Suspension….the system has been around for some time and has been used on a lot of cars, but never on a motorcycle. Because the way motorcycle suspension works is a lot more complicated than a car suspension, so the innovation is not in inventing the system but is in adapting it to motorcycles.
The smart suspension will react automatically -on-the-fly- to braking, accelerating, and cornering while taking into account road surfaces and your riding style to make sure you’ve got the perfect suspension setting at all times.

The system takes its data from the bike’s ECU, ABS sensors, spring travel sensors at the forks and shock and from tilt and roll sensors. Read more

No dealers needed !

December 6, 2011 by · 5 Comments
 

Harley-Davidson owners were required to visit the Harley dealer whenever they do any engine upgrades, but now with the new updated Screamin’ Eagle Street Performance Tuner they can upload and install the latest factory ECM calibrations to match specific hardware upgrades. They can install factory-calibrated ECM software that will deliver the best all-around performance for a specific model and its state of tune after any EPA-compliant performance modifications are made to an EFI-equipped Harley.
The revised Street Performance Tuner also gives the owner the ability to view and clear ECM trouble codes, and to collect real-time vehicle data, which can then be displayed on a computer screen. The kit also includes the Vehicle Communications Interface (VCI) module that records up to 15 minutes of run-time data on up to 27 variables that can be downloaded to a PC. Using the included software, the motorcycle owner or a technician can evaluate engine operating parameters such as the air/fuel ratio, O2 sensor readings, engine speed and temperature, RPM and vehicle speed, throttle position, spark advance, and many more performance characteristics of the motorcycle. The VCI will also record and display service codes for troubleshooting and diagnostics.The Screamin’ Eagle Street Performance kit costs $249.95 and may be installed on 2007-later Sportser and XR, Dyna, Softail and Touring models (except Trike).

Make my day

November 12, 2011 by · 2 Comments
 

Dacar Motor Sport unveiled a very exciting gadget for the BMW 1200 GS, a Twin Turbo kit that transforms the BMW Boxer engine to a completely new engine with 170HP…yes you read that right 170HP.

So if you feel that your GS is under powered, this is the best performance kit you could ever treat your boxer to, and am sure it could be easily modified to fit any BMW equipped with a boxer engine.

The kit is easy to install and comes with an intercooler, custom made exhaust ducts and an ECU. Read more

The Superquadro

October 10, 2011 by · 2 Comments
 

http://youtu.be/H7SKvsW_0qo

Meet Superquadro, the most powerful twin-cylinder production engine on the planet !

Ducati has yet again set a new absolute production twin-cylinder milestone of 195hp @ 10,750rpm and 98.1 lb-ft (13.5kgm) @ 9,000rpm, the power delivery is customizable with several Riding Modes that deliver the power appropriate to your riding style .

The engine might have the same looks of the 1098 and the Desmo driven valves, but it houses a completely different technology…so S1000RR here comes البنغالي .

I’ll leave you with Ducati technical words on the Superquadro :

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Anti-slosh foam

February 7, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
 

As we ride our bikes the fuel level decreases and the remaining fuel starts moving inside the tank with the movement of the bike, each bump, jump, corner, acceleration and deceleration, causes the fuel to move and that movement produces some forces and these forces are then transferred to the wall of the tank and transferred throughout the bike upsetting the center of gravity which negatively affects the bike handling.
The anti-slosh foam is a special sponge-like material that goes inside the fuel tank and only reduces the tanks volume by 2-3 percent, but helps suppress explosion, absorb impact energy and control fuel sloshing.

Asymmetric Tires

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Hyperpro suspension upgrade kit

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I never liked the suspension on my Ducati Sport Classic and always thought its just too stiff… am not saying its not good, its just not good enough. It doesn’t give enough feel of the road, and since upgrading to Öhlins was way too expensive i decided to only replace forks internals, and the rear spring with Hyperpro combo kit.

Hyperpro is a Dutch company and one of the leading producers of motorcycle progressive suspension products, they are mostly famous for steering dampers, but they also produce complete shocks, front fork springs and height adjustment kits for alot of bikes. Progressive springs reduces the braking distance by 15 to 20 percent in comparison to a bike with linear springs, small bumps and irregularities in the road surface get absorbed immediately while large bumps or holes are intercepted by the more rigide part of the spring, this results in a bike that is faster on the circuit and safer on the highway.

It took almost 2 month for the kit to reach my Aramex box, and when it finally did Aramex refused shipping it because it had a bottle of suspension oil they also refused to trash the oil and ship only the springs, the only solution was to send the kit back to the supplier and ask him to ship it back without the oil.

Anyway the kit in now mounted on the bike, and it was worth the wait.. the bike feels like a totally different bike, the feedback from the suspension is so damn good.

I have always believed that one doesn’t need Öhlins suspension on the bike unless one is doing track days, but after this upgrade i guess i was wrong.

How they used to built them

March 22, 2010 by · 3 Comments
 

The 1993 Suzuki GSX-R 750, i wonder how they do it now.

Master your wheelies

July 24, 2009 by · 1 Comment
 

ATS

This is nice gadget and a good investment to protect your investment, the ATS or Anti Turnover System by Romanelli Technologies will prevent the wheelie from going beyond control, it only kicks in when the motorcycle’s front wheel rises beyond the safe limit, it interrupts the ignition bringing the wheel back down.

So if you ever wanted to wheelie your babe and afraid of crashing it then this is for you.

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