Motorcycle Repair & Sport Bike Maintenance
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Motorcycle Repair & Maintenance

Sport Rider’s Tech Tips section showcases articles about motorcycle repair and maintenance, sportbike tuning and service procedures including sport bike tire change, ride height settings, fairing and bodywork, chain and sprocket adjustments, engine, forks, wiring, brakes and brake pads, and more.
Art & Science: Shift Points Spreadsheet Art & Science: Shift Points Spreadsheet
Right-click and download the spreadsheet here: shift.xls (Now updated to rev. 2 with the ...
 
Metzeler Introduces Roadtec Z6 Sport-Touring Radial Metzeler Introduces Roadtec Z6 Sport-Touring Radial
Successor To Fabled MEZ4.
 
Ask the Geek: Set Your Static Sag Ask the Geek: Set Your Static Sag
Tech Tip - How To Set Motorcycle Suspension Static Sag
 
Ask the Geek: Change Your Own Tires Ask the Geek: Change Your Own Tires
You can change your own tires with some basic tools and ingenuity...
 
The Five-Percent Difference The Five-Percent Difference
In our previous DOT-race tire test we used 180-sized tires exclusively on the 6.0-inch rea...
 
Setting Static Sag Setting Static Sag
One of the most important suspension settings is static sag-the amount your bike's suspens...
 
Going Wide: Widening Your Stock Rims Going Wide: Widening Your Stock Rims
In a perfect world, we'd walk to our climate controlled garage every year-sometime after t...
 
The Rubber Plant - Dunlop Factory Tour The Rubber Plant - Dunlop Factory Tour
While some sport riders only consider the state of their tires when a frayed cord peeks ou...
 
RAM AIR: What's It Worth? RAM AIR: What's It Worth?
Why are Kawasakis so damn fast? Anyone who's experienced the giggling hard-core buzz of a ...
 
Ask the Geek: Clutch Fluid Replacement Ask the Geek: Clutch Fluid Replacement
Dear Geek:
 
Body Steering vs. Counter Steering: Part One Body Steering vs. Counter Steering: Part One
Hear that? It's a great big can of worms being opened, with the worms all asking, "how doe...
 
Art & Science-Body Steering vs. Counter Steering: Part Two Art & Science-Body Steering vs. Counter Steering: Part Two
As Part Two of our continuing investigative series into counter steering and body steering...
 
Michelin Macadam 100X Motorcycle Tires Michelin Macadam 100X Motorcycle Tires
From Michelin's press material:Michelin Macadam 100XSUCCESSOR TO THE POPULAR MACADAM 90X w...
 
Street vs. Race Street vs. Race
We know what you're thinking: Those namby-pamby street tires are for weenies, and the DOT ...
 
Motorcycle Tire Guide Motorcycle Tire Guide
A compilation of tire-related articles from past issues, and press information for each ti...
Ford Ranger Research
Ford Ranger Explore the new Ranger and examine the various features it has to offer. The L4 standard engine in the Ranger gives you 143 horsepower with an estimated 24 mpg. It comes with a standard Manual transmission, and 2WD drivetrain. The Mitsubishi Lancer and the Audi TT are other vehicles that might interest you.