You should read his column in the new edition with the Ducati on the front. Then read his article on Team Obsolete. He "gets it".
You should read his column in the new edition with the Ducati on the front. Then read his article on Team Obsolete. He "gets it".
I've been reading his columns since 1975, back when he was writing for Cycle. He's a great writer who can explain complicated things in a way anyone can understand.
First thing I do each month when my magazine arrives is read his column, then Peter Egan, then look at the back page to see what Ted has done. :)
any online articles that I can educate myself on?
http://blog.cycleworld.com/author/kcameron/
http://home.comcast.net/~twday60/geezer/k_cameron_interview.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~twday60/geezer/k_cameron_article.htm
stuart in mn wrote: First thing I do each month when my magazine arrives is read his column, then Peter Egan, then look at the back page to see what Ted has done. :)
I usually check on Ted first, just 'cause it's easy. Whether Egan or Cameron is the first "real" item comes down to mood...
I check Ted walking from the mailbox! It's also the only thing Mrs. 914 reads in CW.
Those three nuts are the only reason to buy CW. Kevin and Peter have forgotten more then I'll ever know and Ted is just down right funny.
Didn't Kevin do a column once where he traced every minute step of a molecule of gasoline from tank to exhaust? ...or am I thinking of Dennis Simanaitis in R&T?
Might have been Kevin. I recall one with a radio-active dye in two stoke oil to see how lean on the mixture one could get and still oil the parts. and how the mixture flowed in side the cases etc.
I just read the issue were he talks about tuning by ear. I was on the bike the other day and I recalled how I could tell when the head finally warmed all the way up by the sound, or the change in revs as it went lean and died, cause I forgot to flip the petcock on reserve. The editorial made me smile.
Kevin Cameron is brilliant.
One thing that always makes me smile is that his column has almost no introduction. By the fourth word, you've often learned something.
I remember a column where he talked about 2 strokes, and how seizing a piston always made people think they should add more oil to the mix, but it was actually seizing because it was lean, so adding more oil removed fuel, which made it leaner, which seizes it again...
Always the tricky question- "Now, why did it break?"
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