Tim’s Motorcycle Diaries – Mechanical Sympathy

A Living Motorcycle

December 17, 2018 By Timothy King

Recent advances in battery technology have focused on bio-technology, specifically looking at how to draw electricity out of the energy rich nature of natural sugars. How much energy is stored in glucose? A recent experiment drew about 10 times the electricity of a lithium ion battery out of a glucose…

Then vs. Now

December 16, 2018 By Timothy King

I've been wondering why motorbikes don't seem to have moved on in the way that cars have. To that end I'm trying to find comparisons between 1960s (pre-oil crisis) vehicles and current vehicles. In trying to keep apples with apples and find stats for similar vehicles. The problem is a 1960s Cooper Mini…

Snow Honda

December 15, 2018 By Timothy King

Driving in to work I pass by this old CB750 (?) Honda every day. As the snow has piled up and the temperature dropped I've watched it get buried.It looks in pretty well cared for, other than the sitting in the snow in -30° winter.My first urge is to leave…

Yamaha’s FZ-09: the universal bike?

December 15, 2018 By Timothy King

Since having the dream of a stable of bikes mangled thanks to the cruel calculus of insurance companies, I've been thinking about putting my eggs all in one basket. In looking over this year's offerings one really stands out for me as a bike I could develop a long term…

Sonny Barger’s Let’s Ride

December 14, 2018 By Timothy King

I just started Sonny Barger's Let's Ride. I have to admit, I'd never heard of him prior to picking up the book. He's evidently quite famous for uncovering the Hell's Angels in the 1970s in the U.S.. I'm only a couple of chapters in, but he is a straight talker…

Sonny Barger’s Let’s Ride

December 14, 2018 By Timothy King

I just started Sonny Barger's Let's Ride. I have to admit, I'd never heard of him prior to picking up the book. He's evidently quite famous for uncovering the Hell's Angels in the 1970s in the U.S..I'm only a couple of chapters in, but he is a straight talker who…

More Moto-logo ideas

December 13, 2018 By Timothy King

I did a round of name/moto themed logos, now I'm exploring some others.I found some good fonts for this one. Time to get a watch is a mechanical font that verges on art, very nicely done. The other font was one included in Windows, but a nice contrast. The mechanical…

Variations on a Theme

December 12, 2018 By Timothy King

I've been playing with the idea of branding the garage. Cafe Racer TV plays this card all the time, so why not? I could totally pull off KingMoto, or Timoto, or I could name it after my son and go with MaxMoto!In launching a school motorcycle club I put together…

North American International Motorcycle Show

December 11, 2018 By Timothy King

Hey NAIMS, you coulda had my wife there... a master's degree,great job, but you're not appealing to her demographic...My son and I went down on Friday morning in -25°C temperatures for our first ever motorcycle show at the International Centre in Mississauga. My wife didn't come because the advertising on the…

North American International Motorcycle Show

December 10, 2018 By Timothy King

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