November 16, 2010
Saying goodbye to the “Guggenheim CB750”
It was time. The motorcycle had been part of my life for 17 good years; now, thanks to the reach of eBay, it rested rather forlornly in a wooden box awaiting a UPS truck and the 2000-mile trip to its new owner. For a moment, I wanted to call the whole deal off, to renege on the sale...but, no, it was time. The last few woodscrews cinched the crate shut, paperwork was signed, the forklift was fired...
16 November 2010
Photos: a BMW S1000RR in a wind tunnel
Troy Corser and Leon Haslam spent yesterday afternoon in a full racing tuck with a 150mph headwind. The two SBK racers were individually tweaking their riding positions to find maximum aerodynamic gain and experimenting with new windshield shapes. “The positions of the head and the upper body, of elbows, knees and feet can have an enormous influence on the drag, and subsequently on lap times,
16 November 2010