Electronicus Mysticalis
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The episode discusses motorcycle maintenance, technology, and racing history with a focus on various manufacturers and their quirks.
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! Brian drags a squishy-braked 2015 Yamaha FJ09 into the black-box confessional, where a factory ABS bleed apparently wants Yamaha diagnostic tool 9890-03231. His refrigerator, somehow the more transparent machine, becomes the comparison point: cheap heater, cheap timer, visible failure, fixable problem. The real gripe is not ABS, fuel injection or modern displays (it's useful technology locked behind tools owners can't buy). Robin brings news from the practical side of the machine pile in the form of battery-swapping electric motorcycles and Rider Nav screens. He also sharpens the valve-clearance math for shim-under-bucket engines, aiming exhaust and intake clearances toward the upper half of spec instead of worshiping "in spec" as a finish line. Then the manufacturer rant arrives in full: Triumph gremlins, BMW TPMS and heated-grip wallet surgery, Suzuki wrench icons and the simple owner request to let the person who bought the motorcycle maintain the motorcycle. Jordan closes the shop door and opens the next Joey Dunlop chapter, with 1977 turning…
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