Questions you're too embarrassed to ask

[Insanity_rules]

Why is there no cheese in cheesecake?

Real cheese cake should have cream cheese in the middle, then I get it in my middle and turn into a fat bastard!

[Soul.Trader]

Cheers Monster.

[Radar]

OK, yet another newbie question from me - I came accross an issue tonight. I pulled up to an intersection with red traffic lights. I waited for the light to turn green, which was taking an unusually long amount of time. I was the only one at the intersection. I soon realised that me and my bike weren't heavy enough to activate the pressure switch, and the lights weren't going to change until another vehicle approached. Eventually I had to run a red light - are there any other options in this situation?

This solution was posted on a "50 Survival Tips" page featured on another KB thread: put your kickstand right on the wire. This seems like it will work but it could be a problem maneuvering a (big) bike on the exact spot - if in fact you can see where the wire's location, and the nuisance of having your engine stop when the kickstand is put down - if your bike has this safe guard feature.

Monsterbishi's magnet idea is a good one - if you can get a suitable magnet and attach it so it stays on.

[McDuck]

This solution was posted on a "50 Survival Tips" page featured on another KB thread: put your kickstand right on the wire. This seems like it will work but it could be a problem maneuvering a (big) bike on the exact spot - if in fact you can see where the wire's location, and the nuisance of having your engine stop when the kickstand is put down - if your bike has this safe guard feature.

Monsterbishi's magnet idea is a good one - if you can get a suitable magnet and attach it so it stays on.

just look on trade me for an old speeker for 2 bucks, and some wire....

[TOTO]

Here is a Dumb Question coming from my stupid brain....

Why are Motocross helmets seperate from goggles - i.e - they do not have visor. can anyone from the KB Dirt Devision answer that mistery for me ?

[headlesschicken]

*dredge*
how do the mx boys get their bikes up on those stands. I've seen a rolling stoppie but that looks awful hard

[McDuck]

*dredge*
how do the mx boys get their bikes up on those stands. I've seen a rolling stoppie but that looks awful hard

upside down forks.

[alanzs]

Real cheese cake should have cream cheese in the middle, then I get it in my middle and turn into a fat bastard!

Real New York cheesecake is made from cream cheese... Yummy and will make you fatter than Homer Simpson at a donut shop! DOH!

[Insanity_rules]

Like from Eileens special cheesecakes in Cleveland Pl Manhattan. Man that place is off the hook! Any visitor to New York who doesn't go there and is a desert fan is stupid!

[Insanity_rules]

Real New York cheesecake is made from cream cheese... Yummy and will make you fatter than Homer Simpson at a donut shop! DOH!

You bet man!

[Sellout]

Ok, back to embarassing questions....

I just test rode a Rebel (the blue & cream CMX250 at Casbolts in Chch) and it got me wondering... Where should your revs be when you're tootling along at 50 or 100kph?? Is lower better? Or should they be floating fairly high??

Should I be in the highest gear possible? I know that different bikes have different rev ranges, does this also make a difference? Like the Rebel, being a cruiser, should be lower revs when cruising while a sprotbike with its 15000 redline should sit at 5k?

I am guessing lower revs equals better fuel economy... but what is best for the engine??

To anyone who can be bothered with my conundrum..... Cheers!!

[xwhatsit]

Typically, especially on a 250 (I would guess) with their lack of torque, you want to choose a gear so the revs are about where you make most of your horsepower. Not redlining it of course, but you want to have a good slab of power available should a nasty situation crop up. It's hard to change direction suddenly and safely when if you wind on the throttle, all you get is chain slap and jerking vibration from the poor lugged engine.

Running an engine at really low rpm for a long time is bad too, especially if you are putting load on it. At low rpm, the oil pump isn't whirling around that fast, so there's lower oil pressure.

So there's no rule with respect to redline; it's all appropriate to your particular engine's torque curve. On a Harley, or a whopping great single, it makes lots of torque from very little rpm. So sitting just above idle would be quite fine. On my single cylinder 250, I usually want to be at least halfway towards redline.

At 100kph, your average 250 will be in top gear anyway, so that's moot.

[Horse]

On my 250 cruiser I'll be in either 3rd or 4th at 50km/h - the GV250 redlines at about 11krpm, it's doing about 6k in 3rd at 50km/h and about 4.5-5k in 4th (I could be about 1k out, just going from memory).

At 100km/h I'll be in 5th at 7.5k rpm, changing down to 4th for hills or overtaking or a headwind stronger than a mouse fart.

[swbarnett]

I tend to keep the revs a bit higher than is strictly necessary (even in the car) to give myself a better chance of accelerating away if I need to (something that doesn't happen too easily on the GN no matter what I do - time to upgrade...).

[tate35]

Hey, good question. It never crossed my mind but has now