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102 nAugust 2016n www.thunderpress.net THUNDER PRESS July Winner Sam Burns Congratulations to Sam Burns from Texas, who got a perfect score on the July issue's Name That Time Machine Trivia Quiz. Sam has migrated south from his central Texas hometown of Abilene to beautiful San Marcos, where he's enjoying his retirement from his career as an air- frame and powerplant mechanic. Sam's appetite for riding took root when he fi rst hopped on a bike in 1962, and he eventually fed that hun- ger with his fi rst bike, a Honda S90. He's been riding nonstop ever since. Though he usually rides alone, his favorite local shop is Gruene Harley-Davidson in New Braunfels, Texas. He's instilled his love of riding throughout the family and sent us this picture of his son Chad, his 97-year-old mother, and himself. If you see the Burns pack out riding, give 'em a holler and give Sam a pat on the back for his rare perfect score. 4 Visit our Facebook page to answer the trivia quiz. While you're there, "Like" our Facebook page and enter the drawing to win great prizes. The highest-scoring quiz wins a short bio in a future issue of THUNDER PRESS, and as always… in case of a tie, a random drawing of eligible contestants will determine the winner. 1. A wire-spoked wheel hangs the hub from the spokes. a) True b) False 2. A cast wheel supports the hub on the "spokes" underneath. a) True b) False 3. Spokes are angled so that half of them brace the wheel under accelera- tion while the ones angled the opposite way support it during braking. a) True b) False 4. Cracks in the rim usually radiate outward from the spoke nipple seats. a) True b) False 5. Modern materials, design technol- ogy, and assembly methods can now pre-load the spokes with equal tension while maintaining run-out specifi ca- tions and rigidity. a) True b) False 6. Lacing and truing a spoked wheel requires expensive special tools, such as a truing stand, dial indicator and spoke wrench. a) True b) False 7. Traditional spokes are made of: a) Stainless steel b) Chromed carbon steel c) Cadmium coated carbon steel d) Titanium e) All the above f) a, b, c 8. Welded steel wheels: a) Have never been used on motorcy- cles b) Flex too much for motorcycle appli- cations c) Are too heavy for motorcycle appli- cations d) All of the above e) b, c f) a, c 9. Spoke wheels are: a) Always lighter than cast wheels b) Never lighter than cast wheels c) About the same weight as cast wheels d) Dependent on the application, and could go either way 10. Cast wheels are: a) Always stronger than spoked wheels b) Never as resilient as spoked wheels c) Harder to repair than spoked wheels d) Have fewer applications than spoked wheels e) All the above f) None of the above g) c, d h) a, c 11. Answer "Fact" or "Crap" to the following statements: a) Spoked wheels are functionally obsolete. Fact Crap b) No spoked wheel can be run with tubeless tires. Fact Crap c) All motorcycle wheels need maintenance. Fact Crap d) Never mix bias-ply and radial tires. Fact Crap e) Tires run hotter with inner tubes. Fact Crap f) Inner tubes always "blow out" when punctured. Fact Crap g) Heavier-gauge spokes are stronger but break easier. Fact Crap h) Cast wheels "work harden" and get fragile. Fact Crap i) *Metric bikes favor 36 spoked wheels, European bikes and Harleys favor 40 spokes. Fact Crap (* This is a tie-breaker question. Does anyone know why?) Answers for July's Game 1. When did Harley-Davidson start manufacturing sidecars? b) 1914 2. When did Harley-Davidson cease manufacturing sidecars? d) 2011 3. In the 1953 fi lm The Wild One, who rode the Harley-Davidson? c) Lee Marvin 4. Who rode the Triumph that jumped the fence in the 1963 fi lm The Great Escape? d) Bud Ekins 5. Who was not in the 1969 fi lm Easy Rider? c) Robert DeNiro 6. The motorcycle was invented in Germany in 1885, and they called it __________? d) Reitwagen 7. What famous writer rode with the Hell's Angels for a year in order to write a tell-all book? a) Hunter S. Thompson 8. The fi rst Twin Cam Big Twin in 1928 had a top speed of…? c) 90-100 mph 9. In what year did Harley-Davidson introduce rubber-mounted engines to reduce vibration? c) 1980 10. In what year did Harley-Davidson introduce counter-balanced engines to reduce vibration? b) 2000 11. British "Smiths" tachometers were originally offered as a factory option on Harley-Davidsons. a) True