Day: September 20, 2018

One hardcore dude: Bill Murar

Wow, we mentioned good buddy Bill Murar’s endurance racing exploits just a few blogs down on a 150cc motorcycle circling Lake Erie, and while we were posting a blog, Bill was wrapping up a 400-mile bicycle ride.  Good Lord!

Bill Murar, on the shores of Lake Erie.

Here’s Bill’s post describing the ride…

Today I finished riding the Ohio To Erie Trail, a 326+ mile bike route from Cincinnati (Ohio river) to Cleveland (Lake Erie). It took me 6 days to complete with a couple all time bests for me. Best speed 39.11 mph, most miles in a day 88+. It was a long, grueling affair that was both terrible and wonderful. Some needed recovery time is in order before contemplating anything like this again. But it’s over and done with and another goal’s been achieved. I couldn’t have done it without my loving wife and companion, Joyce. She followed me and procured all the campgrounds we needed, where we needed them. She fed me, encouraged me, stopped and bought stuff, etc., etc., etc. I’m exhausted, beat and very satisfied.

Bill, that’s most impressive, and thanks very much for allowing us to share it with our readers!

Janus Motorcycles

The ExhaustNotes post today has two videos, and both are from Janus Motorcycles.

Janus checks all of the boxes for us:  Small displacement, custom crafted, ultra-high quality, hand-built-in-America motorcycles.   What I found especially intriguing is that one of the Janus founders, Richard Worsham, rode his 250cc motorcycle across the United States.   That, my friends, is extremely cool (it’s downright inspirational, in my opinion).  It grabbed my attention because long trips on small-displacement motorcycles to demonstrate reliability is one of the things we did when I was at CSC Motorcycles.  It’s a brilliant strategy.

We’ll be telling you more about the Janus line in the future, but one of the things I’ll mention up front is that Janus uses an overhead valve CG-clone engine, which is probably the most-frequently-used engine on the planet.  My experience with these engines has been that they are bulletproof, and I say that because I’ve put tons of miles on them.   They’re easy to maintain, as they should be.  That’s what Honda had in mind when they designed the CG engine.

So, enough yakking.  Let’s get to the videos.  First, the ride across the United States…

And here’s another one about the Janus culture, and the inspiration for their motorcycles…

If you’d like more information on Janus, just give a click here.