Pneu Products, Sluff and Things
Air la: th e mixture of invisible, odorless, tasteless
gases (as nitrogen and oxygen) that surrounds the
earth b: light breeze c : ar chaic:bre ath 2a : empty
space b : nowh ere c : slang: a sudden seve rance o f
rel ations.
Breathe deeply now, one-two, in -out, Ever th ink
about wh at's go ing in and o u t? Webster's Seventh
New Collegiate definition 2a seems to be the more
co m m o n usage. Sure, you just breathe all day long,
same racket. Maybe yo u 're occasionally aware o f
your lu n gs moving o r maybe you get out of breath
wh en yo u run. But isn't that the way that pe ople
co n figu re things? " o u t o f brea th " . Not out of air , or
Iow a n air, o r Iowan o xy gen more co rr ec tl y . One can
'easily m iss out on a large part of his existence and
subrogate, if n o t re tard, h is reality . Move on now to
an u n de rs tanding of th a t amorp hous subs tance al l
aroun d yo u .
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measure in ch es of mercu ry (m e rc ury cl im b s in the
tube as p re ssure d ecr eases) . T he pressu re in the intake
manifold is a very acc u ra te m eth od for synchronizing
ca rb u retors, as it w orks irrel ative o f individual
differences in cy lin de rs. S o, yo u r carb ure to r is getting
air and if there are more th an one yo u can even make
them ge t th e same am ount. What els e d oes air do for
y o u and y o u r m otorcycle ?
MORE POUNDS AND INCHES
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Now , you wouldn't want a ll th e air in yo ur tir e to ge t
out [ob vio us m isn om er!). How a bo u t, you would n 't
want the press ure in y our tir e t o d e crease to relati ve
zero or absol u te 14 . 7 p si. Sh ou ldn 't wan t the spoke s
to p u nch a hole in the tube , wo uld yo u? Wan t to get
' em j ust th e righ t a m o u n t of tight ? Try a 'I'or ki t
Spo ke To rq ue Wren ch . Fal con En t . • Inc. , 3 9 6 0 S .
Margin al Rd .• Clevelan d, O hio 441 14.
OXYGEN, THE GREAT MIXER
It's really a gas.
NICE SOFT. SPRI NGY AI R
O f co u rse , the c a rb u re to r o n you r m otorcy cl e m ix es
ai r wi th gasol ine t o c a use com b ustion . T he air
h o o gey in g on down the ca rb ureto r th r o at is abou t
67 % nitro gen and about 23% o xyge n. Th e spark plu g
and the gasolin e are m o st inter est ed (in th is case) in
the oxy gen fo un d in th e air. Since th e need ed
produc t is o n ly a sma ll perce n tage o f the wh o le, it
w ould b e to yo ur advantage t o get as much of it in as
p o ssible . Th e Fuj i F4 8 0 ' is an exceed ing ly p opular
powerplan t fo r small bik es a nd m ini cyc1es. GF.l\1
Pr oducts In c ., 49 6 E. S t. Ch arles Rd.. Carol S t ream,
Illin o is 6 08 17, Dept. CN , is sell ing Filtro n filter ki ts
for th at e ngine. Two p lus 1\\"0 e q ua ls fo u r.
VAC UOUS T HINKI NG
T ec hn ically . vacuum is " em p tiness o f space." The
word is c o m mo n ly us ed in referen ce to a depres sio n
in at mosph er ic pressu re. A .favo rite mi snome r ' is
calli ng a gau ge . which measu res d ep ression o f
a tmosph eri c p ressu re in in ch es of mercury a vac uum
gauge. , O ne suc h , se tu p is th e one bui lt for
m u lti-cy lin d e red m otorc ycles b y E xpe rt Cy cle , 18 554
Parthenia St., Northridge , California 9 1324. T he
tubes p lug or sc rew in to the int ake manifold and
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I t fi lls your tir es an d ac ts as an ad di tional cus hio n.
Ai r ma kes an e xc ellen t sp ring! If you p u m p a wh o le
b unch in, it will be very hard a nd with only a little
a ir , it will h e so fter. M ore or le ss air, in this c as e , c an
effectively he m easured in poun ds pe r square inc h.
(T his is p ounds/ sq . in . above sta nda rd atm o sp he ric
pres su re which ' 14 . 7 PSI. I t is hence known as rela tive
pressure .) G ran d Pri x Cycles, 245 0 £1 Camino R eal,
Santa Clara . C aliforn ia 95 05 1, is sell in g a tire ga uge
wh ich m e asure 1· 15 p si for d irt ride rs wh o wor k in
low pressures. T h a ti s relative pressure remember.
So , air m a kes it go , h olds it up, wh a t else ? On 99% of
th e m oto rcy cl es around it cools the engine to o . H I U S
are trans fe r red fr o m th e m e ta l surface m ol ecu le s to
ai r m ol ec u les. Neat . h u h ? In orde r to get more
co o lin g y ou c an m ove -m ore air by [i .e , rid e i t faster)
o r you can in cre ase th e su rface ar e a su bj e ct to h eat
tran sf er. Every time I go faster I tend to tra ns fe r m ore
sk in t o th e g ro u nd o r p avement , hen c e why. n o t
inc rease th e surfa ce area. Like this sun burst h ead an d
cv linde r from Eric Jensen's Super Cycle in Eag le
Rock, Californ ia for Ho d a ka 100 B. Ab o ut 130
d oll ar s.
Lastly hut ce rta in ly n o t least ly , rem ember th at riding
you r sco oter d oe s less to the a ir yo u breathe th an
those fo ur wh eel ed d eath machines. Sell yo u r car!
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