"synonyms: passionate, fan, fana
aren't you a motorsport fan then? "
Yes. And I especially like the Dantesque side
I was 16 when my father bought an old 125 xr honda.
At 17 the permit 125 paid from my pocket.
I bought the technical review that I learned by heart.
To the point disassemble and reassemble the engine in the dark in one hour.
Then buy an 80RG which I forgot the water drain screw, so tight the engine and repaired and lost in the drain the only key (I found it well after).
Big cube license from my pocket. Purchase of an old 400 gsxf 4 cylinder 16 valves which I quickly twisted the crankshaft. So buy a broken box wreck to reassemble mine. Technical review of the 400 twin-cylinder.
The army: purchase for 2 months of balance of an old 750xs 3cylindres with dial and torque damper. Go from 1st to 3rd, not 2nd. Technical review by heart to color the electrical wiring so I had galleys.
When I opened the box, engine upside down, I had a head, the diagram seen from above of the manual. So upside down the gables. Re-opening. Death by lack of oil on the central cylinder after 110000kms and survived meeting a 104. Then 600 Ténéré a bite of bread returned from flight, an engine seized in a more recent carton and some of the missing parts without key, technical review by heart. Resold 300 €.
The first 750vfr at least 100000kms bought € 500 because I had been stolen and then found the Ténéré. But not too scratched above except the purges.
VFR that I gave after buying the Triumph 1050 speed triple of which I only have the maintenance book. With the internet now no longer too much paperwork. But before if, and it is a bedside book a technical notice.
So yes by force of things I understand a little mechanics and I know where a key of 10 goes.
And I know the torque curve, the power curve and the consumption curve