14,200 RPM, and more…

I came across this on Facebook…it’s the new S1000RR BMW engine (a cutaway, of course) spinning at a cool 14,200 rpm!

And speaking of rpm, I spent a good chunk of today working on 5000 Miles at 8000 RPM.   It’s fun writing it, and I’m including chapters up front about how CSC came to be, my joining the company, the story behind the original Mustang motorcycle, and how all that led us to Zongshen.   All good stuff, and the book is progressing quickly.   It’s been about three years since I wrote a book, and I had forgotten how much fun it is to burn into a project like this.

It’s hot out here today.   I rode the RX3 yesterday when I went to lunch with the geezers over at the BMW place, and I looked at BMW’s S1000RR motorcycle (the bike with the engine in the YouTube above).   The bike is beautiful and it has nearly 200 hp, but it costs $20,000.    That’s six RX3s.

Anyway, I was going to ride today, but it was just too hot.  I went to the range instead and punched holes in paper a hundred yards downrange with the .30 06 and .300 H&H rifles.  Good times.

There’s a ton of interest in the Good Buddy program, folks.   You can read about it a blog post or two down.   Don’t wait.  It won’t go on too much longer.