Compression

Compression

From Radio TRO by The Riding Obsession

April 26, 2026

About this episode

The episode discusses motorcycle maintenance tips, riding culture, and features insights from various guests on their experiences and advice.

Radio TRO is brought to you in part by: Twisted Road - Motorcycle Rental in the USA Visit Twisted.TRO.bike to get a FREE riding day! Robin keeps it loose with playlist shoutouts, Insta gadget jabs and side eye. He gives patient compression tips: a dash of oil in the plug, steady hand on the gauge. He handles the "harsh howdy" rider, coins the vertical Irish goodbye, steering back love to plot a next trip. Brian plays practical grease monkey, dropping a clear, hands on primer on compression tests. He preaches solid gear, pull the intake as needed, check battery, oil tells and sort fork seals. He says two hour decomp spins helped him care for aging parents and closes with upbeat tips for happy group miles. Jordan rides with Joey Dunlop's early arc, making us want to polish a TZ350 like a shrine. From van life and fixing flimsy rides, to Armoy Armada scraps and sweeter sponsors, then John Ray's TZ350 goes from toy gun to machine gun. He even cues The Road Racers V4, with Dunlop turning saddle time into legend. Speaker Entry: Robin Dean - 00:02:00 Brian Wringer - 00:02:12 Jordan Liebman - 00:28:16 Episode Page: https://tro.bike/?p=36635 Music by Rabid Neon and Otis McDonald

People in this episode

Host: Robin Dean

Guests: Brian Wringer, Jordan Liebman

Topics covered

  • motorcycle maintenance
  • compression tips
  • riding culture
  • group rides
  • motorcycle history

Keywords

  • compression tests
  • motorcycle rental
  • riding tips
  • gear maintenance
  • motorcycle history

Sponsors

Twisted Road

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Road Racers V4

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