Lucky Phil

The video I posted docc has some good insights to vise design and explains some of the technical features and limitations of various types.

Of course the disadvantage of this vise is the threaded shaft is exposed to damage from whatever you are holding in the vise. Phil

I think thats the image docc. Looks like the dynamic jaw square slider poking out the back of the base. Phil

I suspect it would have accurate clamping jaws but not be heavy duty. This guy built his own vise for manufacture and sale. Phil

I've not seen a rear jaw moveable vice before docc. Id imagine if the rear jaw was located on a dovetail arrangement it would be more accurate clamping than a common vice. If you want to see a truly amazing vice here it is. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4904044 Phil [docc added image.]

Quali is a joke these days with towing and the general danger of slowing riders and also yellow flags ruining fast laps. When a rider gets a tow to improve his grid position it just means a genuinely faster riders race is compromised due to an inferior starting position which these days is a big deal. I've been saying for years that MotoGp should go to the old WSBK quali format of the 1 lap shoot out. I warm up lap and one flying lap alone on the track. Then you see who's genuinely faster without a tow and yellow flag issues. Marquez says it's boring for the fans but I disagree. It was exciting in WSBK and it's exciting at the Bathurst Supercars for the top 10 shootout. Would be way better than the joke qualifying has become with riders that don't have the actual speed promoting themselves up the grid due to getting a tow then getting in the way of riders that are genuinely faster in the first 3rd of the race. Phil

Very true. 90% of these fancy billet aftermarket stuff like engine mounts and suspension components etc sold these days by aftermarket companies for the automotive world which I also inhabit are untested glitz or at the most they get installed on the shop car for a few months before the sales start. 6 months later on forums they are more often than not failing. Billet this and carbon that with almost zero testing. I have several close family members that spent collectively 75 years working for a major manufacturer here in automotive R&D and testing everything automotive and also crash testing. The aftermarket testing is a joke compared to what the manufacturers do and even then they also don't get it 100% right. Phil

Everyone I knew that road a Bevel took the kickstart lever off. He'd pull it back on comp and bump it side saddle swing the leg over position the balls of the feet resplendent in his Lewis leathers back zip black road race boots and roar away in true style. Unlike todays handbag carriers.

Probably more trickle down from WSBK to road bikes these days docc. Ducati have lost me now in all honesty. I love the actual product from an engineering perspective, sans stupid wings of course but they are now as much a posers accessary item as anything else. There's no appreciation for the old Ducati faithful that kept the company afloat for years through outright passion for the bikes and an ability to put up with the ropey QC and questionable design choices. Nope we are long forgotten and now they are built for the people that can also stump up for a $3000 Gucci handbag or $7500 set of riding gear without batting an eyelid and zero idea of any aspect of how to maintain or work on their bike. Different world. Our nearest Ducati dealer doubles as a Porsche dealer for gods sake. You can imagine what the showroom staff are like. Phil

Go into a Ducati show room and take a look at a Ducati Streetfighter. Truly a magnificent piece of motorcycle engineering turned into a bit of a joke with 2 wings on each side sticking out about 8 inches each. I mean seriously,4 wings on a sit up high handlebar street bike! Makes the rider look like some pathetic wannabe living in a parallel universe in my opinion. Phil

The suspension squatting device they all use on the rear for accelerating out of corners. They also use a suspension compressing device on the front for launching at the start and after that it's passive. I'd allow that for safety reasons. Phil

My advice to Motogp. No aero, no ride height devices, tyre pressures checked "in the legal range" at the start of the race and after that whatever it is it is. That will do for starters to stop it turning into Formular 1 for a while. Phil

Thread drift, an indication of how boring the original topic is getting. Ciao

It was more the packing than the shipping docc. A minor concern was what engine size and configuration the Daytona heads and crank were for. Would have been nice to own some genuine Guzzi royalty history though. You can never be accused of" having no vices" thats for sure. I often look at my tools and reflect on how I've owned and used them since I was 16 and how they have followed me all through my life and career. Same with my grandfathers inherited tools. My kids will probably just take it to the scrap merchant when I'm gone. They have no interest in tools and such Phil

There was some engine stuff I'd have bought but the packing and shipping got in the way unfortunately. Phil

Who was the old Nascar tuner that used to run the legal maximum fuel tank capacity but then ran 2 inch fuel pipe to the engine. There was no actual rule for fuel pipe diameter. Was he a cheater that should have been banned for life or a smart tuner/builder following the letter of the rules not the intent? Not always a simple as it seems.

Slight issue with that when they don't make them OEM anymore. Then you source them from a "parts store" who source them from China and triple the price for the same item you cab buy direct. The V11 Sport is an obsolete motorcycle and all new OEM parts are pretty much gone. Phil

Where the hell have you been over the years, on the moon Phil

I don't know the fine details of what you are alleging so I'm not in a position to comment in detail either but often the devil is actually in the detail. Why would his team mate not have an issue with a rule like that? Well because different riders require different characteristics from an engine. Some like a heavy crank and some a light crank, hence Ducatis MotoGP bike having and external flywheel so rider preference can be accommodated. Ben Spies might like a heavy crank so it's never going to be an issue for him. Without knowing the fine details of why the crank was deemed illegal I can't comment but it's pretty obvious you've lost some perspective in this due to personal feelings about an individual. Gigi Dall'igna is a classic for pushing the rule book to the limit and operating in grey areas but no one is calling him a "cheat" Add to that the parochial state of competition administration in the US at times and well, who knows where the truth lies. Phil

Seen a bit of his work in the past backing Mark Knopfler. Phil

Don't know the image was sent to me from Joe Caruso because we discuss engineering things/designs etc. I have several sets in my workshop with bad drive face wear on the teeth which I don't really trust for the reason shown in the image. Every material has it's place and aluminium for cam gears isn't one of them for mine unless it's some sort of sprint engine and longevity isn't an issue. Phil

Not only the aluminium oil pump gears that fail on the high cam engines. Total rubbish.