Comments on: My (irradiated) balls are always bouncing http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:10:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Mr. Peepers http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4536 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:53:02 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4536 The thing is, that one of your feet sits next to the motorcycle's magneto, which is just inside the side of the engine case, and has a big-freaking-cylinder of a ferrite magnet that spins on the crank. It's only a centimeter or so from your foot. Since the magnet sits in the oil bath, it really makes "magnetic drain plugs" somewhat pointless, but that's a whole other scam altogether. The thing is, that one of your feet sits next to the motorcycle's magneto, which is just inside the side of the engine case, and has a big-freaking-cylinder of a ferrite magnet that spins on the crank. It's only a centimeter or so from your foot.

Since the magnet sits in the oil bath, it really makes "magnetic drain plugs" somewhat pointless, but that's a whole other scam altogether.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4529 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 11:22:14 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4529 I wrote about the Pulstar plugs <a href="http://www.dansdata.com/danletters200.htm#2">here</a>. I wrote about the Pulstar plugs here.

]]> by: Changes http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4526 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:32:15 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4526 Diesel bikes make a lot of sense for anyone who uses a bike for practical purposes rather than just for breaking every speed limit imaginable on weekends, but try advancing the idea around here and you get ridiculed to hell and back (guess how I know). I'm sad the diesel Kawasaki KLE isn't sold around here, or I'd probably have one (though my ER-6F/Ninja 650R *is* a lot more fun). And no, you can't just get some old bike with a busted engine and replace it with the engine from a diesel pump, or something, because there is a massive (like, mount Everest massive) amount of bureaucracy in your way. *sigh* Dan: since we're talking about scams and spark plugs, you might be interested in the <a href="http://www.pulstar.com/" rel="nofollow">Pulstar</a>, an overengineered spark plug that promises very noticeable gains in fuel economy by "burning fuel sooner and more effectively". Apparently the people who make the Pulstar think the engine's existing coils aren't fast enough, so the Pulstar has a capacitor that collects the coil's energy and discharges it at the appropriate moment in an "amazingly quick (two nanoseconds) pulse". How the spark plug manages to figure out the correct moment, we're not told. Diesel bikes make a lot of sense for anyone who uses a bike for practical purposes rather than just for breaking every speed limit imaginable on weekends, but try advancing the idea around here and you get ridiculed to hell and back (guess how I know). I'm sad the diesel Kawasaki KLE isn't sold around here, or I'd probably have one (though my ER-6F/Ninja 650R *is* a lot more fun). And no, you can't just get some old bike with a busted engine and replace it with the engine from a diesel pump, or something, because there is a massive (like, mount Everest massive) amount of bureaucracy in your way. *sigh*

Dan: since we're talking about scams and spark plugs, you might be interested in the Pulstar, an overengineered spark plug that promises very noticeable gains in fuel economy by "burning fuel sooner and more effectively". Apparently the people who make the Pulstar think the engine's existing coils aren't fast enough, so the Pulstar has a capacitor that collects the coil's energy and discharges it at the appropriate moment in an "amazingly quick (two nanoseconds) pulse". How the spark plug manages to figure out the correct moment, we're not told.

]]> by: RichVR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4525 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:29:19 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4525 Indeed when I rode I was silly and ignorant about the dangers of radiation. Way back in the day I cared more about protecting my skin with leather and my head with a silly bucket. But then the radiation made me go off the high side on a wet road and break my leg. Haven't been on a bike since. Must be the radiation damage to my brain. Damn you, EMF, damn you! Indeed when I rode I was silly and ignorant about the dangers of radiation. Way back in the day I cared more about protecting my skin with leather and my head with a silly bucket. But then the radiation made me go off the high side on a wet road and break my leg.

Haven't been on a bike since. Must be the radiation damage to my brain.

Damn you, EMF, damn you!

]]> by: carpe_diem http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4521 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:54:44 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4521 "Are they seriously, for instance, contending that cruiser and commuter bikes are, on the average, driven less far than racing bikes? " Here in the good ole US of A, I would bet at least 25% of the guys riding "cruisers" (Harley Davidson and the like) are at most putting a thousand miles per year on their bikes. You should see the crowds of cruiser guys riding to the local biker bar that is no more than 10 minutes from their house. My guess is that youth, experience (lack of), alcohol and lack of motorcycle helmet laws in many states account for the large part of motorcycle deaths in the US. My comments are reserved for the US... I know licensing and safety are taken much more seriously in Europe (and maybe Asia and Australia). "Are they seriously, for instance, contending that cruiser and commuter bikes are, on the average, driven less far than racing bikes? "

Here in the good ole US of A, I would bet at least 25% of the guys riding "cruisers" (Harley Davidson and the like) are at most putting a thousand miles per year on their bikes.

You should see the crowds of cruiser guys riding to the local biker bar that is no more than 10 minutes from their house.

My guess is that youth, experience (lack of), alcohol and lack of motorcycle helmet laws in many states account for the large part of motorcycle deaths in the US.

My comments are reserved for the US... I know licensing and safety are taken much more seriously in Europe (and maybe Asia and Australia).

]]> by: Major Malfunction http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4517 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:44:22 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4517 I'm sorry, Dan. I promise I'll get it right next time! OK? And thanks. :) mlipphardt, have you ever landed balls-first on a crossbar? The defense rests. I'm sorry, Dan. I promise I'll get it right next time! OK? And thanks. :)

mlipphardt, have you ever landed balls-first on a crossbar?

The defense rests.

]]> by: mlipphardt http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4515 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:10:56 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4515 @major, boys bikes have crossbars and girls don't for a very good, if antiquated reason. The crossbar will make your dress ride up. Yes, it used to be that women and girls always wore dresses. If you wore a dress and rode a boys bike, your ankles and (gasp) calves might show, leading to Lewd and Lascivious Thoughts. Can't have that. At all. @major, boys bikes have crossbars and girls don't for a very good, if antiquated reason. The crossbar will make your dress ride up.

Yes, it used to be that women and girls always wore dresses. If you wore a dress and rode a boys bike, your ankles and (gasp) calves might show, leading to Lewd and Lascivious Thoughts. Can't have that. At all.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4514 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:02:14 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4514 I have heard tell, from distant lands, of a thing called a "preview button". We don't hold with that sort of nonsense here, of course. I must do something about the lame comment interface; just haven't gotten around to it. In the meantime, since this site has pretty low comment traffic, I can just manually fix comments like yours where a small HTML glitch has borked the whole thing. If you get your link formatting right in the first place then it'll work just fine (though it will also add a "nofollow" to all links, and entirely remove stuff like images, embeds and so on), but it should still be better than it is. I have heard tell, from distant lands, of a thing called a "preview button". We don't hold with that sort of nonsense here, of course.

I must do something about the lame comment interface; just haven't gotten around to it. In the meantime, since this site has pretty low comment traffic, I can just manually fix comments like yours where a small HTML glitch has borked the whole thing.

If you get your link formatting right in the first place then it'll work just fine (though it will also add a "nofollow" to all links, and entirely remove stuff like images, embeds and so on), but it should still be better than it is.

]]> by: Major Malfunction http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4511 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:27:53 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4511 Gah! I've done it again! Forgot to close my brackets. Dan, can you post a quick tutorial for us less html-enabled? Gah! I've done it again! Forgot to close my brackets. Dan, can you post a quick tutorial for us less html-enabled?

]]> by: Major Malfunction http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4510 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:22:58 +0000 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2009/03/11/my-irradiated-balls-are-always-bouncing/#comment-4510 If there really is a higher incidence of bollockular cancer in motorcyclists (I didn't bother looking at the site for actual scientific research, because well, frankly, my time is worth more than that), then it's probably related to a similar cause found in a recent study on bicyclists - Sitting on 'em! Bicycles don't generate T3H EMR! but share a similarly uncomfortable saddle and riding position as sports motorcycles, and an increased risk of bollockular cancer (oh, not to mention infertility, erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer)... Connection? The study even went so far as to recommend that gentlemen bicyclists should adopt the more comfortable lady saddle. (I also wonder why men's bicycles have crossbars, while the lady's have 'S' bars. Surely, men have the most to lose and we have the ergonomics arse-backwards?) And also, if you cared to look, you might even find similar results in horsemen. The saddle is the common denominator. May I suggest, as a solution, an improvement in <a href="http://www.chairblog.eu/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/stool_for_men.jpg">masculine seating arrangements</a>? If there really is a higher incidence of bollockular cancer in motorcyclists (I didn't bother looking at the site for actual scientific research, because well, frankly, my time is worth more than that), then it's probably related to a similar cause found in a recent study on bicyclists - Sitting on 'em!

Bicycles don't generate T3H EMR! but share a similarly uncomfortable saddle and riding position as sports motorcycles, and an increased risk of bollockular cancer (oh, not to mention infertility, erectile dysfunction and prostate cancer)... Connection?

The study even went so far as to recommend that gentlemen bicyclists should adopt the more comfortable lady saddle. (I also wonder why men's bicycles have crossbars, while the lady's have 'S' bars. Surely, men have the most to lose and we have the ergonomics arse-backwards?)

And also, if you cared to look, you might even find similar results in horsemen.

The saddle is the common denominator.

May I suggest, as a solution, an improvement in masculine seating arrangements?

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