Why are my fingers numb? Part 5
NUMBNESS IN THE fingers is often due to nerve compression. This final segment on numbness discusses cervical spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis in the neck has the potential to compress both the spinal...
Why are my fingers numb? Part 4
NUMBNESS IN THE fingers is often due to nerve compression. This final segment on numbness discusses cervical spinal stenosis. Spinal stenosis in the neck has the potential to compress both the spinal...
Bike Shows–Where To Go
BIG MARKETING IS commonly branded as a “motorcycle show,” but the industry uses that term very loosely. The International Motorcycle Show (IMS) began in 1982 and is currently hosted annually in seven major U.S....
California Lane Splitting
Is it legal?
"I got a ticket while splitting lanes on Interstate 405. I passed a truck in the HOV lane, on the right, between lanes. I thought...
Piston Ring Science
THE EXPANDING FLAME and pressure of combustion needs to be captured in the engine’s cylinders with an absolute minimum of leakage to create the most power. This makes the job of the...
Why are my fingers numb? Part 2
NUMBNESS AND WEAKNESS in the hands of motorcycle riders is common, and usually due to nerves being compressed somewhere between the neck and fi ngers. There are three major nerves that supply...
Readers’ Technical Questions
A friend advised I pick up a power pack jump starter this past summer, before I left on a cross-country ride of about 6000 miles. I selected a well-reviewed and not inexpensive unit on...
Design Opportunity Missed
It has been a while since I deliberately kicked a hornets’ nest. For some time now, I have tried, and to an extent succeeded, to behave myself and not make waves. As someone whose...