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04/022014

Choosing Your Formation

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

(Photo credit United States Marine Corps) Military pilots use formations in a calculated way to achieve an objective. That objective might simply be to move more than one aircraft through congested airspace, or it may be to provide mutual support and maneuver space to allow the flight to react to, or engage the enemy. Although […]

04/022014

KLR Rear Suspension and Chain Control

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

As I sit here in my favorite Subway restaurant (#40249) at the corner of Avocado Ave. and Hwy 94, my mind harkens back to early 1990 when I purchased my first KLR650 ; a very clean and slightly used 1989 A model. Even before I took my new acquisition off-road I knew I had some […]

More on Final Gearing

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Air Filtration

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KLR650 Chain Adjustment Revisited

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02/272014

Stay “SPOT” On, All the Time

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I’ve pretty much avoided the electronic age I have only two modern instruments of communication; a simple cell phone that won’t tweet, twitter or “doo doo” in my pocket and a thing called a “SPOT”. The cell phone is for emergencies only between Pauline and me, but the SPOT and I are inseparable. I won’t go […]

Roll-On With Rod

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Riding Twisty Roads

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Two–Stroking Around the World

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07/012013

Modern Technique of the Pistol

By: Todd In: Elden's Firing Line No Comment

This photograph first appeared in the Tenth Anniversary edition of American Handgunner magazine; to be specific, the September/October 1986 edition. It’s the only photo ever taken of the five original combat masters who are credited with reinventing practical pistol shooting. Facing the photo they are from left to right, Ray Chapman, Elden Carl, Thell Reed, […]