Thursday, November 19, 2009
The Atomic Theory of Motorcycles, the whole lock stock and barrel of it all, came to me in a revelation as I leaned against a wooden pier staring at a BMW K1300GT. I was pitched backward, completely trusting my weight to the solid backing of the pier on Newport, Oregon’s waterfront.
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Post Tags: Atomic Theory Motorcycles, Third Policeman, Sergeant Pluck
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Mr. Hatterly would be proud. More than a decade ago my high school chemistry teacher dutifully attempted to teach me how to convert grams per liter to… I don’t know, feet per second. I don’t remember any of it except that switching a combination of units of stuff, to another combination of units of stuff ain’t easy for me. Yet, somehow (crash the big gong in your brain), I think I may have just successfully transmuted km/l to mpg with a pen and paper.
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Post Tags: kml to mpg, km/l to mpg
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Ben Spies has had a banner year, claiming the 2009 World Superbike crown for Yamaha in his rookie season.
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Post Tags: Ben Spies, Spies SBK