What's up with SYNTHETIC fuels, ETHANOL and MOTORCYCLES?! (ENERGY STORAGE)
Gasoline has a lotta BANG per pound, making it pretty ideal fuel for the motorcycles we love. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer discuss the future of petroleum fuels, synth...
18 Sep 20241h 4min
THE FIRST ADVENTURE BIKE: Where'd the Legendary BMW GS come from and where's it going?
Can you imagine a motorcycle universe without the Adventure Bike? But before the 1980 BMW R 80 G/S (Gelände/Strasse) there really wasn't such a thing. Now ADVs have spawned an entire culture of two-wh...
11 Sep 20241h 5min
JUST HOT ENOUGH! Combustion heat to tire heat to radiators, oil cooling and more: Heat Management!
So much of great-working motorcycle comes down to precise heat management of the engine, tires, gears, brakes, and more. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron takes a deep dive with Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoye...
4 Sep 20241h 13min
The DIRT TRACKER that WOULDN'T DIE: Harley-Davidson XR-750 introduced 50 years ago (Still Can Win)
Get pre approved on a motorcycle here - https://octane.co/flex/1?a=171 Almost as old as dirt, the Harley-Davidson XR-750 flat-track race bike was introduced in 1970 and the design has endured to this...
29 Aug 20241h 13min
What is V-SQUARED damping and how YOUR SUSPENSION really WORKS!
Get Pre Approved on a Motorcycle Here: https://octane.co/flex/1?a=171 The joke goes, "The only way to get suspension to work in the 1970s was to not let it!" We've come a long way, and that was the ...
21 Aug 202459min
The WEIRDNESS of METALS is what makes them so GREAT—MELTY, MALLEABLE, M-AWESOME
Metals are absolutely key to our good times on two wheels. Steel, Aluminum, Chromium, Nickel, Copper, Brass, Magnesium ("electrified dirt") and all the alloys make up our most loved form of transporta...
14 Aug 20241h 7min
VALVE FLOAT! Mysteries of cam profiles! The intricacy of CONTROLLING VALVES in engines!
What are opening and closing ramps on a camshaft profile and why are they so important? Why do we use nested or beehive valve springs? When is it best to use pushrod valve actuation or DOHC shim-under...
9 Aug 20241h 13min
KTM's massive TRANSFORMATION from QUIRKY dirt bike maker to GLOBAL MOBILITY company
A long-time US KTM employee described in the early days when the head of the company mortgaged his house to buy some box vans. Contrast this to KTM's American HQ opened in 2023 that cost $53 million a...
31 Jul 202457min
