Got a young child in your family? Well then maybe you should think about buying a tri scooter. Tri scooters are wonderful for the overall development of kids assisting them to get to grips with balance and get them ready for their future endeavours with a bicycle when they are become more skillful.
Tri scooter manufacturers take utmost care to make the rides appeal to the youngsters while still ensuring that safety is a high priority. And what is a better attraction to kids than their favourite cartoon characters?
Barbie tri scooter - A girls favourite pink colour and a large logo of Barbie on the handle make this triscooter any small girl’s best toy. Watch your kid develop coordination and road sense under the able steering of Barbie.
Disney Princess tri scooter - They are all here- Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan. These 8 princesses from varied Disney stories make this trike very special. Developed as a vehicle fit for a princess, the scooter comes in visually enticing blue and pink colour scheme. A must have for any princess.
Dora the Explorer tri scooter - This feisty explorer has stories to share from her experiences with different situations and faces. Let your children learn how to explore the world with Dora as they travel on their voyage of the unknown.
In The Night Garden Iggle Piggle tri scooter - Iggle Piggle travels to the garden in a boat every day to hook up with his assorted crew of pals. Constructed employing the same style as in the hypothetical cartoon world, the scooter will be a great friend for Iggle Piggle fans.
In The Night Garden Upsy Daisy tri scooter - Iggle Piggle’s pal from the night garden, Upsy Daisy, is here now. The rag doll with bright clothes and the megaphone appears as the logo on the handle of this very well designed scooter.
Mookie Peppa Pig tri scooter - Peppa Pig and her mates teach the kids about day to day life like nursery, visiting grandad and grandma and visiting to the playground. If you have recently introduced your child to the Pig, it is a good idea to let your kid begin on wheels under the watchful eyes of Peppa. A fantastic design ensures your kid stays fixed to this trike.
Though themed differently, all of the tri scooters come high on safety and comfort. The body has been kept lightweight and the scooter is extraordinarily cartable. The reviews of the scooters have been extremely positive with users liking their capability to engross the children attention while still helping them learn some awfully important lessons.
One of the best tools available when doing a performance upgrade is a Dyno run. It is usually best to do a run before a modification. This will allow you to actually gauge the effect on your machine when the modification is done. When you get a run done you will be given a sheet that shows 3 items:
Torque curve
Horse power curve
Air fuel ratio.
Most people look at only 2 things when the get a dyno sheet. The numbers at the top of the readout tell the peak HP, and the peak torque. Unfortunately that is only a little piece of the story. I will be using a sheet from my bike that shows 2 runs, and also exhibits a couple of minor problems.
First the most often ignored, yet most important indicator of how you bike is performing is the Air fuel ratio. In a perfect world the A|F line would be dead straight, and right at 14.7/1. Unfortunately that is rarely the case. Anything above 14.7 is considered to be lean, and below is rich. On a Vic however if you can keep that line straight between 13.5,and 14.5 you are doing pretty good.
Lets take a look at my two runs.
The Dyno runs can be viewed at: http://www.kingpincruisers.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/pmrt%20dyno%20run-1.jpg
First the red line
Notice that at first it is about perfect, but as the RPMs go up the bike gets leaner. In fact it is dangerously lean as it crosses 4K. At about 4.5K it starts to go rich. That falling to rich is reflected in the power curves. If you look you can see that both curves mirror the A/F ratio. I believe that I was running out of air because of the stock air box at that point. The red line was done with a stage1 one right out of the box. I had set it a tad lean in the hopes of increasing my MPG. Had I set it up normally my numbers would have been slightly higher.
Now the blue line[what a mess]
Again I start out OK, but from there things go horribly rich. I used a stage 1 map, and just loaded in a bunch of fuel using the TPS. I am sure that if I had not been so heavy handed that it would have been better. At about 3K you will note that it crosses to rich. This set up a cycle that continues throughout the run. Since it stars getting to rich for proper combustion. Extra fuel is left in the cylinder. This keeps on happening getting worse as the run progresses. Until finally I reach a low of 12/1. Again if you look at the power curves you will see that it is mirrored in them. First the HP curve dips below the original until about 4700,and the torque quits going up at about the same time as it goes rich. This run would have looked MUCH better if I had not forgotten the basic rule of little changes, and no wholesale adjustment
This is the link to my dyno sheet readout: http://www.kingpincruisers.net/coppermine/albums/userpics/pmrt%20dyno%20run-1.jpg
Now that we have seen the link between AF ratio, and power curves lets look at the curves them selves.
First torque
A good torque curve ramps up almost immediately. The more that is available right from the start the better the launch from a stoplight. After that the best result is one that solely reaches a peak, and holds a straightest line. One thing to note here is that the number 5252 is part of the mathematical formula. Your Torque, and HP curves should intersect here. If not there is something wrong with the dyno set up. If you look at the two curves on my dyno sheet. You will see that the blue line continues in an almost straight line to the red line. This means that I pull all the way to the limiter. When I get my mixtures cleaned up. It will have more torque, but the line should look about the same.
Now HP
Unlike torque Hp builds across the revs generally peaking, and then falling off fairly rapidly. This is a generality. RPMs=HP. If you look at a diesel you will see that though it produces massive torque the slow spinning nature means that you will see numbers like 175HP600FtLb. on the other end of the spectrum is the sport bike. Its rev happy nature, and light reciprocating mass give you numbers like 160HP65FtLb. This is why the V twin is the engine of choice for cruisers. The HP, and torque are fairly balanced. When looking at HP it should describe a reasonably smooth arc. Jagged sections can mean detonation, and sudden jumps, or drops could mean wheel spin. I believe that pretty much covers it.
Contributing author to Cycle Solutions
http://www.cyclesolutions.net
Research performed on the Victory Kingpin technical site:
http://www.kingpincruisers.net
With the depreciation on motorcycles being so enormous after they are driven off the showroom floor, the potential for a buyer owing more on their motorcycle loan than the bike is worth it quite high. Owing more on your bike than it is worth is often referred to as the world of “up side down”.
Many people finding themselves in this situation discover that financial lessons are sometimes the hardest and most expensive to learn. Motorcycle loans of more than 48 months (especially without a down payment) put you in the position of owing more than the value of the bike.
Let’s take a look at this phenomenon.
First, the interest calculation your lender uses can make a big difference in your situation, especially in the first 18 months. There are two primary interest calculations, pre-computed (combined with rule of 78) and simple interest.
Pre-computed interest combined with Rule of 78, is typically the worst situation for a buyer because most of the interest is paid in the first 24 months. Therefore, in the first 24 months little of the monthly payment has gone towards paying down principal. If a buyer wishes to sell or trade in the motorcycle within this timeframe they will likely find themselves owing more than the bike is worth. Statistics show that the average owner trades in every 18-24 months.
Simple interest on the other hand, is much more favorable for buyers since interest accrues on the balance of the loan. However, buyers that extend their loans for greater than 48 months can still find themselves up side down with simple interest. This is especially true if a down payment is not made. The reason this occurs is that the motorcycle depreciates faster than the principal is paid; leaving the balance owed to the lender to be more than the bike can be sold for.
A common view that many people have is that they will just surrender their motorcycle to the lender if they are caught in an “up side down” position. If you are considering this option don’t! Your worries do not just end after your bike is surrendered or repossessed; in fact they are just beginning. The lender will sell your bike at an auction for much less than it is worth. You will still owe the difference between the amount you owed on your loan and the amount the motorcycle sold for at auction. So if you owe $5000 and the bike sells for $1500, you still are responsible for owing the lender $3500. To make it worse lenders may tack on hefty auction fees which you will owe as well. So the net result is that you are now responsible for making monthly payments on a bike you can no longer ride.
So what steps can you take to prevent from being caught “up side down”?
1. Find a lender that uses simple interest. Avoid lenders that use pre-computed / Rule of 78 interest calculations.
2. Always try to put money down on your purchase.
3. Try to avoid motorcycle loans that extend past 36 months.
Jay Fran is a author and publisher for a website that specializes in Motorcycle Loans: High Risk OK. A comprehensive resource on simple interest motorcycle financing, poor credit, new, used and bad credit motorcycle loans.
Most of us got one when we were kids. Five years old seems about the age when kids are ready for their first ride. Getting your first bike is really a time of excitement. Most kids probably had training wheels on their first bike, these were used to keep the bike from falling down, while the kid was still on it. That was the trick with the bicycle, before you could learn to ride, you had to learn how to not fall off the seat. Once you learned how to ride, having your bike became a very liberating experience. It was probably your first taste of independence; you could just get on your bike and ride without needing help.
The bicycle has to be listed as one of the greatest inventions ever. No single person has been given credit for that, but some of the earliest forms of bikes date back to the early 1800s. Karl Drais invented something called the dandy-horse in 1817. His creation didn’t have any pedals, so you had to push it with your feet. In the 1860s, Frenchmen Michaux and Lallement created the pedal. This new version of the bike with pedals was called the boneshaker. James Starley improved on the boneshaker and in 1885, he released his version of the bicycle, it was called the rover. The rover was considered the first modern type bicycle.
Bicycles have gradually evolved into a great form of transportation. They were very popular, but times change. The car became more affordable and people were choosing a car ride over a bike ride. Bicycle sales started to go down. By the 1940s, the bicycle, which started out as an adult form of transportation, was now being viewed as a toy for kids. The bicycle fell on hard times until the 1960s when people had a renewed interest in their health and in the environment. Bicycle sales in the US really went up after the oil crisis in 1973. In the years to follow, we began to see more innovations with the bike; these included higher performing bikes and gears that went from 3 up to 18 speeds.
The bicycle has not only survived, but it has done as great job of adapting through time. It started out as being primarily for adult use and then it was reduced to a toy for kids and today the bike has the best of all worlds. Kids still love getting their first bikes. Bicycles are still used as a mode of transportation, especially on college campuses. And adults realize that riding a bike is a good way to stay in shape. Plus, sport has created a whole new use for bicycles. There is something called extreme sports where some of the competition requires using a bicycle to do airborne tricks. This sport alone, has created massive exposure and added sales for the bicycle industry.
The bicycle has created its own niche in the world and has been able to fit into so many different cultures. Unlike a lot of past inventions, the bicycle is just as vital today as it was when it was created.
Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Bicycles
The origin of recumbent bicycle is back to ancient history, but it is known recently, say in the twentieth century. Its design has a little strange appearance and different shape from the famous bicycle. This difference can only be seen in steering, the under seat steering (USS), and the over seat steering (
In the case of recumbent bicycle, it is important to mention that the rider position will be supine or seated. This type of bicycles is used in races and sometimes the exerciser can adjust it to be used indoor training as well. Using this type of bicycles such as other categories has some certain tips. The rider has to keep practicing daily, begins with few minutes and graduates to more ones. Beginning with slow, then increasing the speed will realize better targets. Wearing suitable clothes while training and stopping as soon as feeling tired or heart exceeded beats are recommended. Daily maintenance of the equipment after finishing training will exceed its life length. Consulting the professional for the best programs followed for this type of equipments will be better as well.
Are these equipment efficient and do they work perfect as the one compared to the gym? How much do I have to spend in order for me to have good exercise equipment? Is There guaranteed that I would no longer have to visit the gym if I have purchased the equipment? These are some of the questions that may come into your mind. Actually these equipments are similar to the ones at the public gym and they really work perfectly. The only factor that has influenced in one not acquiring these equipments is that of money. They are sold at a very high price and they are not available to the lower class earning people. Although these equipments are very essential and they provide home exercises with ease they surely are very expensive to maintain and purchase.
Some manufacturers are producing these equipments and they are providing monthly installments for all people to purchase these products and doctors encourage patients who suffer from severe back, chest and stomach pains to acquire these equipments and exercise daily at their home. These have been found worthwhile in keeping one body slim and fit. Some companies have attracted clients by advertising these products showing sexy slim women or well built muscle-men working on these equipments.
