"I don't want everything to be motorized or computerized. I think it's because what we want to see is the melding of person and machine becoming one," Jim Clashing says. "On a motorcycle, it's your sense of sight, the sense of sound, the vibration,. The sense of smell", he adds. 'The motorcycle has everything you need and nothing more'
In case you missed this episode on the Playing with Science channel… We kick it into top gear as hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore the physics of motorcycle racing, riding, and assembly alongside adventure journalist Jim Clash and physics professor and motorcycle aficionado Charles Falco.
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