What really happens while you are running-in your engine?

What I’m learning this time:I’ve heard over and over about hard throttle for short periods produces the best run-in engines. The way lubricants and metals work together is why this works.
When an engine is new, all the metal bits inside it are new. A number of them are designed to touch each other during operation. [...]

Helmets: Some nifty MCN vids

I was going to say something about this simple, short but pretty informative videos I found at Motorcycle News Videos|YouTube, but hey, the post title’s pretty succinct…
1. What happens in a motorcycle accident
2. What happens to a helmet during a crash?
3. How to fit a helmet properly
4. How to reduce helmet noise
5. Can I put [...]

MC Tech: The four-stroke internal combustion engine

What I’m learning this time:
There is a considerable difference in the actual application of the four-stroke cycle, from the simplified one we were taught in school.
You should already know that the Internal Combustion engine, specifically, the four-stroke one, operates on what the Americans like to call the Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow format of operation. The [...]

MC Tech: The four-stroke internal combustion engine

What I’m learning this time:There is a considerable difference in the actual application of the four-stroke cycle, from the simplified one we were taught in school.
You should already know that the Internal Combustion engine, specifically, the four-stroke one, operates on what the Americans like to call the Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow format of operation. The [...]

Forewarning: complicated posts in the offing

Over the next few days (or months, or years…) you will see a series of extremely technical (but hopefully easy to understand) posts on detailed aspects of motorcycles. Stuff that goes on inside the engines, inside the telescopic shocks and so forth. I will create a new category for these posts, called MC Technical or [...]

Forewarning: complicated posts in the offing

Over the next few days (or months, or years…) you will see a series of extremely technical (but hopefully easy to understand) posts on detailed aspects of motorcycles. Stuff that goes on inside the engines, inside the telescopic shocks and so forth. I will create a new category for these posts, called MC Technical or [...]