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The world has lost an excellent and exciting rider in Marco Simoncelli
The world has lost an excellent and exciting rider in Marco Simoncelli. He was a true character. RIP #58. You can leave a tribute on the MotoGP website. Read more ⇒
Whilst the wedding is a great event for the participants, I am n…
Whilst the wedding is a great event for the participants, I am not interested in the slightest. However William was seen last night out on his motorbike in less than adequate gear (squidding) and confirming his continued love for Ducati - some would say at the cost of Hinckley. Triumph being the only mass produced British rival to the big Duke. Read more ⇒
FullOctane: Bike and Car Blog I have setup a site to post all my automotive related discoveries. Currently I have two posts up there about fuel degradation and storage. Putting motorcycles into storage or “winterizing” can be an involved procedure so I have decide to cover it in a series of posts beginning with the fuel system in the post entitled ‘Winter Motorcycle Storage: Fuel System’. Continuing the fuel theme the reasoning behind previous post is backed up by a technical article that addresses the question; ‘Why does fuel go stale? Read more ⇒
sharonov: 1970 Adenauer Forst crashes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xwc54G2Ur8 Read more ⇒
Pirelli Diablo Rosso Corsa Taking wank factor to a whole new level you can customise your new Diablo Rosso Corsa tyres with special stickers bought through the Pirelli website. Read more ⇒
My review of the HealTech GIpro w/ATRE motorcycle gear position …
My review of the HealTech GIpro w/ATRE motorcycle gear position indicator on webBikeWorld I recently wrote a review of the GIpro and it has now been published by webBikeWorld. Follow the link and check it out! Read more ⇒
Suzuki Bandit Carburettor Clean
Suzuki Bandit in the snow When I went away on holiday the other year I left my Bandit standing for about 3 weeks and it must of had a bad batch of fuel in the tank. The bad fuel turned into jelly in the carburettors and of course the bike started running like a dog. In the back of my mind I had thought I should drain the float bowls before leaving, but it got forgotten in all the excitement of the trip. Read more ⇒
SQL Server 2005 Dump to SQL statements
Say you have a development environment setup using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and your customer has a SQL Server 2000 database accessible only via ODBC and you can only run a DB import via a script. How would you do it? Easy you might think just run msdbdump.exe on the command line, well this isn’t MySQL so you are not so fortunate. Backing up your DB is easy with SQL Server using the following commands: Read more ⇒
Say you have a development environment setup using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition and your customer has a SQL Server 2000 database accessible only via ODBC and you can only run a DB import via a script. How would you do it? Easy you might think just run msdbdump.exe on the command line, well this isn’t MySQL so you are not so fortunate. Backing up your DB is easy with SQL Server using the following commands: Read more ⇒
If you haven’t been riding through winter like me then take care getting back out there and wear good gear. Check all the essentials: Oil Water (if applicable) Tyre pressures and wear Chain tension and wear Check all electrics (kill switch and all lights being the main ones) Also have a glance at your sprockets If the bike has been sitting for more than a month then you will probably want to drain the fuel tank as well as the petrol may have gone off. Read more ⇒