Featured In the May 2020 Issue of Roadracing World: 

     “Our beloved, and soon to be obsolete, four-stroke gasoline engines require a spark delivered at just the right time to ignite the fuel/air mixture which increases pressure in the combustion chamber as the chemical energy in the fuel is converted to heat and expanding gases, forcing the piston back down and turning the crankshaft, etc.

      “For those of you not steeped in the theory, an engine’s connecting rods are kinda like the long bits on a bicycle crank. The pedals where you clip your feet are the pistons. Your legs, in this metaphor, are the burning fuel …”

—The Vincent Black Shadow, Tuning For Speed, Part 2, by Sam Q. Fleming

Sam Fleming’s musings on the proper mindset with which to approach the prospect of getting the timing right on his beloved Vincent Black Shadow and how to reconcile the original Lucas magneto’s existence with the simultaneous presence of a benevolent creator entity are philosophy in (potential) motion. Read his ruminations in the May issue of Roadracing World! Available at Cycle Gear and other motorcycle retailers.

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