Now that all the major details in engine design are finished, it is time to verify the center distances of all the shafts.  Once they are individually tested, I can start generating [...]

I received a nice shipment from Curto containing 3 full sets of usable castings!  It is usually pretty cool when parts for a client’s project come in but when the project is your own [...]

I am really starting to gain some momentum on the engine part of the project.  Now that all the vendors for the various outsourcing needs have been contacted, parts and specifications [...]

Came in today to receive a nice email from the crankshaft vendor of choice, David at Marine Crankshaft, Inc.  He had reviewed my drawings and requests and agreed to take on the process of [...]

There seems to be plenty of empty time these days so there is plenty of time to obsess over some bike design details!  I’m sort of going a little stir crazy and am finding it hard to [...]

So what to do during social isolation while the economy comes screeching to a halt like a Ducati GP bike with warm carbon rotors?  Besides clean and organize the shop, that is?   [...]

When starting with a clean sheet engine design it can be easy to get lost in the permutations of the various main parameters.  Since I am not going fully clean sheet and instead using a [...]