Michel Garneau

Oct 17, 2024 | magazinemoto.com | Michel Garneau

Table des matièresToggleLa puissance des moteurs constitue l’une des principales préoccupations des amateurs de sports motorisés depuis belle lurette. En effet, les discussions entre passionnés de motos, d’autos ou d’autres bolides portent souvent, sans grande surprise, sur la puissance. Mais comment peut-on mesurer la puissance ? Le postérieur ? Pas tout à fait… car même si c’est, en fin de compte, là que nous en ressentons les effets, il s’agit d’un instrument plutôt imprécis.

Sep 10, 2024 | magazinemoto.com | Michel Garneau

Table des matièresTogglePuissance ou puissant ? Chevaux ou « ch » ? Couple ou « coupleux » ? Tous ces mots font partie du langage courant des moteurs, plus particulièrement des moteurs de moto. Certains tenteront d’éluder la question en affirmant haut et fort ne pas se préoccuper de cet aspect de la moto. Ceux-ci choisissent plutôt de s’engager longuement dans des discussions sur le paysage ou la liberté, entre autres.

May 1, 2024 | cyclecanadaweb.com | Michel Garneau

*This article was published in Vol. 52 No. 1 of Cycle Canada digital magazine. The unveiling of Kawasaki’s H2 and H2R models a few short years ago effectively renewed the marriage between pressurised engines and production bikes. Some will recall that this is not the industry’s first foray into the world of non-atmospheric engines, the last dalliance being in the early 1980s with the “turbo” bikes produced by the big 4 Japanese manufacturers. So why a return to non-atmospheric mills now?

Apr 1, 2024 | cyclecanadaweb.com | Michel Garneau

*This article was published in Vol. 51 No. 8 of Cycle Canada digital magazine. In our last column, we gave an overview of the essential functions of suspensions. In this issue, we’ll be taking a closer look at this critical and essential system on modern motorcycles, including a closer look at the need for and function of damping. Why damping? For the purposes of this discussion, the word damping refers to the control or slowing of the action of a suspension.

Jan 18, 2023 | cyclecanadaweb.com | Michel Garneau

The road no longer less travelledA mature Spyder: refined and comfortableIt’s been over 14 years since that fateful call inviting me to a special event organized by BRP in San Diego. I was then technical editor for Motoneige Québec magazine (a position I still hold) and the information I was given was, shall we say, vague.