why do football players do power cleans?

Dnia 2006-12-05 canyonrun.TakeThisOut@direcway.com napisa³(a):
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> Andrzej Rosa wrote:
>
>> > TWO Urals?? Okay, now I'm really jealous.
>>
>> Well, typical. If you want to ride one, you need the other as a spare
>> parts magazine.
>
> I was wondering how well they held up. I remember an old timer in Maine
> had an old one, rode it on the frozen lakes to go ice fishing. Put
> spikes in the bike tires. I was always impressed with that.

This they can do fine. What they can't do much is riding fast. You
start pushing them, and they fall apart. Also, I bought new parts
which were broken.

> Saw several new ones at the Int. Motorcycle Show a few weeks ago and
> was smitten with camo 'Adventure' model. I can see riding and using it
> on the trails and canyon roads

Well, it might work for a while.

> One of our forum members is traveling the country right now with his
> BMW1200GS with BMW sidecar (with dog). Really cool setup, but his rig
> has broken down often. Wondering if that's a function of the sidecar
> addition or just the bikes themselves.

I don't know. I didn't use sidecar much, but others did and Urals
stand it OK. Maybe there was something wrong with BMW.

>> > But it took HD how long to add FI?
>>
>> I don't care for FI. Actually I'm quite conservative when it comes to
>> bikes. I like to work on them myself, so I prefer low tech solutions.
>> I wouldn't change my Mikunis for FI. I doesn't make much sense, beyond
>> memories and other stuff which makes you attached to a machine.
>
> Personally, having had both, I much prefer the FI to carbs. I
> understand your reasoning but I'm willing to trade shop time for the
> increased power and fuel economy.

Power increase is rather negligible. Fuel economy might be an issue,
but you do not pay over a dollar for a liter of gas, or do you?
Anyway, it's not like a night and day too. What I don't like about FI
is bad fuel atomisation at part throttle and low revs. Good ones work
OK, but still not better than well set-up carbies. I also like the
tunability of carburetors. Good solution, which would still be in use
if not environmental protection laws.

> I don't think I'll ever go back to
> carbs for my primary road bike, but I am looking for a KL250-G6 Super
> Sherpa for more off-road fun.

KL suggests Kawasaki, Sherpa suggests Bultaco. Did Kawa make some
recreation of an old legend?

> I expect I'll learn how to work on carbs
> with that. But for the Wee-strom, I let the expert racing mechanic I go
> to fine tune that. I trust his expertise

That's where we differ, I think.

> and concede that part of the
> engine to him. I just do the basic stuff and electrics.
> And I'm very attached to my machine

That's how it happens if a machine gives you what you need.

>> True. But around here riding cruisers or choppers takes quite a lot of
>> sacrifice. They do not have much suspension and we are in EU only for
>> several years, so we didn't manage to fix all our roads using Pete's
>> money just yet. Dual sports are great, of course.
>
> Ah, didn't now you were in the EU.
> Cruisers are rare there compared to the sport and enduro bikes.
> It's interesting to see the mix of bikes on the roads here varying with
> demographics. Texas is a gold mine because the riding season is nearly
> year-round. For some, a bike is their sole transportation.

I never had a car.

> Which I can see having two or three bikes: the Wee, a Ural and the
> Sherpa

Urals may be fine for occasional use, without stressing the
construction much and as a cheap sidecar option. Japs always work.
I'd build a sidecar around some old jap, if I wanted to use it
regularly.

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Andrzej Rosa 1127R