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 Juli 202457min
Why the TELESCOPIC FORK keeps WINNING—Alternative front suspension FAILS!
Moving the problems! Alternative front suspension has some advantages over the telescopic fork that's on nearly every motorcycle made today—front swingarms, Hossack, RADD, Troll Engineering, girder—bu...
25 Juli 202450min
"50-mile Engines": TOURING Bikes Turned Into RACE WINNERS!—BMW's Impossible 1970s AMA Superbikes.
The amazing journey by Butler & Smith BMW to build championship-winning superbikes out of BMW flat-twin touring bikes in the 1970s. First 750cc, then 900cc, we look at how BMW won the 1976 AMA Superbi...
17 Juli 202455min
The History of Ducati: A State of Permanent Revolution
Ducati is more than just a motorcycle brand to many, bordering on religion—or as its detractors might say: a cult. The CULT OF DESMO! Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer star...
11 Juli 20241h 8min
The Legendary Kawasaki Z1—FIRST inline-four SUPERBIKE?
Motorcycle minds were blown when the 1973 Kawasaki Z1 debuted with its 903cc engine, double overhead cams and burly styling—and Team Green's four-cylinder superbike was born—in rootbeer brown! Did 40-...
3 Juli 20241h 2min
