Forum: Racing
02-14-2013, 11:16 AM
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Replies: 2,530
Views: 172,682
The price
The big selling point for 'reality' programming is the production costs. To make a program about three people guessing how fast a 1967 Chevelle 4-cylinder automatic will cover a quarter mile is about...
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Forum: Racing
02-12-2013, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 2,530
Views: 172,682
Who's on top?
I think one of the most critical elements this season will be how MM behaves/acts/responds when the flag drops on the first couple of races. Most of the front runners show their maturity by allowing...
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Forum: Racing
01-18-2013, 08:55 AM
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Replies: 2,530
Views: 172,682
turnips
"...And I'm still a believer that good looking bikes tend to be the winners...."
I believe we have a winner. If they would get a good looking paint job (i.e. more than one color - maybe some black...
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Forum: Racing
01-04-2013, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 504
Looking up
"If that babe in the short skirt would stand just a little closer to the fence..."
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Forum: Racing
01-04-2013, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 2,530
Views: 172,682
Speeez
"...I think he's sticking with Ducati for now since that's his only option..."
As he said in the interview: Ducati left him no other choice (based on the amount of money they threw at him). Gresini...
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Forum: The Garage
11-30-2012, 12:24 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,869
erl
"I beleive that anything into the 40's weight will be fine. Conventional or syn"
True. The stuff-that-is-to-be-feared is NOT used in 40 wt and higher.
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Forum: Face plant
11-30-2012, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,084
grassssssss!
I love your partner's ability to describe the situation in an understated manner:
"...slippery, eh?"
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Forum: Racing
11-30-2012, 11:52 AM
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Replies: 2,530
Views: 172,682
go fast
"Countersteering my ass "
Exactly. Back when I used to go faster than doG, I would have my bike leaned over at the very edge of traction, and if I needed to make miniscule changes to my line, I...
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Forum: Racing
08-29-2012, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 47
Views: 3,537
Whammo
"...I do have to give Max the blame for this one though.."
One other consideration: This is a new track. The riders don't have any experience with what lines have traction and which ones don't.
If...
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Forum: Racing
05-29-2012, 07:27 PM
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Replies: 84
Views: 5,924
Germans and Italians
The one thing that Ralph and Scott didn't mention about the BMWs is that the bike got more manageable once they dropped the BMW-developed electronics and put the Italian Moto Maranelli (or however it...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-27-2012, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,119
seal
If nothing else, try sliding a thin piece of plastic (like the security cover from a box of screws or fuses or whatever) down around the seal. Sometimes the leak is just a piece of crud trapped...
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Forum: The Garage
02-21-2012, 05:39 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,847
toolz
Also regarding the trouble light:
No matter where you hang it, it will be pointing the wrong way when you get around to actually needing its illumination.
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-20-2012, 12:06 PM
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Replies: 65
Views: 9,644
Why?
"...When should I adjust the timing?..."
Unless you have an 1100,and the HES dies, and you take the HES plate off without marking its position, you will probably never have to do anything with the...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-20-2012, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,038
Used
"...Not true. I have a 2002 R1150RT with ABS-Servo-Linked..."
2002RT is different from 2002 GS . GS not linked, and not servo. And you can turn the ABS off on the GS.
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-20-2012, 11:49 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,625
pivot pins
I got a heat gun from Home Depot - less than $30, and it works fine to soften the loktite. You need a torque wrench (or maybe two, depending on how picky you are - the torque is 'very little' and...
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Forum: GS Boxers
02-20-2012, 11:39 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,974
service
My advice: join www.bmwrt.com (http://www.bmwrt.com), and ask if there are any riders in Atlanta that can help you (there are several in that neck of the woods). Then you have choices:
1. Before you...
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Forum: GS Boxers
01-13-2012, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,560
Dead
"...The actual sensors are a $25 part (two of them, worth replacing both while you have it apart)..."
The sensors themselves are rarely the problem. Using internet statistic logic, I would say...
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Forum: Equipment
11-29-2011, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,820
sealemup
I carry the Safety Seal with its 'reamer'. Their reamer is really just a tapered flute that you push in, then twist a little, so it doesn't actually 'ream; the tire. More like 'loosens' the hole up a...
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Forum: GS Boxers
11-21-2011, 08:20 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,103
Wazzit?
"...What's the "thing" on the intake of the cylinder heads against which I keep on banging my shin when transitioning from sitting to standing..."
When I saw this, I thought about the trouble I had...
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Forum: Equipment
10-27-2011, 08:33 AM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,003
ouch
"...half face neck gators that both go down into my jacket, and velcro on the back of my head..."
I assume you are either bald, or really sick. I hope you used the sticky-backed type rather than the...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-27-2011, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 7,232
No ticket
First, I don't think radar cares what you are riding. If you are out in the open, and they pull the trigger, you are toast. HOWEVER - there is a logical explanation for certain vehicles getting away...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-04-2011, 12:04 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,020
lok or not
Why would you use loktite at all? They don't USUALLY come loose. After all, if one comes loose it will only cost a couple of hundred dollars to replace the pins and bearings since you probably won't...
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Forum: GS Boxers
10-04-2011, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 755
grime
FD pinon seal leaks usually show the grime on the bottom of the FD next to the boot since that is what gravity is all about. Is there any evidence of leakage anywhere on the top of the FD (around a...
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Forum: GS Boxers
09-19-2011, 06:16 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 991
mud
The muddy color is caused by the grease in the throw out bearing mixing with the hydraulic clutch fluid.
No gear or engine oil is needed to get the color .
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Forum: Racing
09-16-2011, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 147
Views: 13,880
evo
"Ducati delivers the new all-electric replacement motor for Nicky Hayden to test during FP2."
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Forum: Racing
09-15-2011, 06:39 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 770
Redhead
The first couple of times I met him, I thought he was a prick (and so was his endurance riding partner).
Then I ran into him sitting at Road Atlanta after an endurance round, and for some reason he...
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Forum: Racing
08-31-2011, 07:57 AM
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Replies: 5,692
Views: 553,950
Observations and complaints
First the complaint, which won't make a damn bit of difference to anyone who has any control over the situation. Every race we see the same scenario: guys going fast, guys challenging for position,...
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Forum: Racing
08-17-2011, 04:45 AM
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Replies: 159
Views: 13,627
Sponsor
Simo needs coaching from the Nascar boys. He has two Monster logos (helmet and the bottle), and you can't see either of them. Even the newest rookie in Nascar would have known better. Plus, he is the...
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Forum: Racing
07-27-2011, 08:53 AM
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Replies: 480
Views: 33,105
BBOz
"...It would have been a better show to just circulate at a safe pace like Elias has been doing. ..."
Here's the problem with that: Elias has had half the season to get used to the tires and the...
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Forum: GS Boxers
07-19-2011, 07:23 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 547
wobbly
The metal lug just sits in two grooves in the wheel behind that grease seal. It will wobble all around when the wheel is off because nothing holds the drive lug inside the wheel when the speedo hub...
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Forum: Racing
07-13-2011, 05:14 AM
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Replies: 312
Views: 21,961
Torpedo los!
Dani (almost) always gets a good start, so he will probably lead going into turn 1, followed by Stoner (but it could be the other way around, depending on qualifying).
Jorge will be 3rd into turn 1,...
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Forum: Face plant
06-24-2011, 07:33 AM
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Replies: 56
Views: 12,631
texter
"If you start making up symptoms of a non-existent injury "
The OP has already stated that back pain is present, so your comment is specious.
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Forum: Racing
06-13-2011, 08:36 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,552
Ichi ban
I loved Nitro's comment after the race - something to the effect that he passed Badovini because he didn't need another 4th place finish.
Sure wish we could have seen the last couple of turns...
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Forum: GS Boxers
06-09-2011, 11:15 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 2,067
breather
My '98 RS (built 10/87) also has the pipe in case anyone cares...
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Forum: GS Boxers
06-01-2011, 07:41 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,507
clutch
Like JVB said - sounds like a bad slave cylinder. The squeal would be the failed throw out bearing therein.
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Forum: Racing
05-17-2011, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 440
Views: 24,595
Dani
"...It is a shame about Dani's injury, but he also had the option to not fight for the corner..."
Dani was in front, right at the braking point. Simo tries to pass on the outside, and cuts down...
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Forum: GS Boxers
04-21-2011, 10:15 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 308
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Forum: Racing
04-20-2011, 08:34 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 4,879
Brands
"...but WTF is up with these guys shilling for BMW..."
The new kid on the block. Everyone who is involved in promoting racing wants to make sure the sponsors feel that they are getting their moneys...
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Forum: Racing
04-20-2011, 08:24 AM
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Replies: 5,692
Views: 553,950
Weighty issue
Everyone is missing the obvious:
Minimum weight limit for rider (without equipment). They should also include a spec jockstrap, sized to fit the rider with the biggest (or most number of) balls.
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Forum: Racing
04-06-2011, 06:10 AM
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Replies: 5,692
Views: 553,950
Irrelevant
"...Stoner's points after 2 rounds on the Ducati 2010: 11
Rossi's points after 2 rounds on the Ducati 2011: 20
The comparison might be misleading..."
The next person to post this statistic...
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