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Motorcycle Tech Tips

Sport Rider’s Tech section showcases articles about motorcycle suspension tuning and geometry, motor oil, traction control, gearing, cam timing, ram air tests, motorcycle tire guide, dyno, carburetion and more.
2004 Honda CBR1000RR on the Dyno 2004 Honda CBR1000RR on the Dyno
2004 Honda CBR1000RR on the DynoMore than a match for the GSX-R1000...
 
Technicalities: Rebound Damping Technicalities: Rebound Damping
Onward and inward. The February '96 Technicalities article ["Suspension Overview: Back to...
 
Technicalities: Suspension Overview: Back to Basics Technicalities: Suspension Overview: Back to Basics
Rocket Science, voodoo, black art...suspension in general, and damping specifically, have...
 
Technicalities: Suspension Hardware Terms Technicalities: Suspension Hardware Terms
People often ask about the definitions of terms regarding suspension. We decided to compil...
 
Motorcycle Tie Down Comparison Test Motorcycle Tie Down Comparison Test
A Comprehensive Tie-Down Comparison, Plus Tips On Properly Securing Your Bike For Transpor...
 
Motorcycle Suspension Guide Motorcycle Suspension Guide
Recommended motorcycle suspension settings from the Sport Rider staff
 
Technicalities: Cartridge Forks Technicalities: Cartridge Forks
I am often asked the question, "Why cartridge forks? What's so great about them?" Riders k...
 
Technicalities: Spring Rate and Preload Technicalities: Spring Rate and Preload
Commonly asked questions like, "What's the difference between spring rate and preload?" an...
 
Technicalities: Damping rod forks and the Race Tech Gold Valve Emulator Technicalities: Damping rod forks and the Race Tech Gold Valve Emulator
In the August '94 "Technicalities" we discussed the question, "Why cartridge forks?" We an...
 
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...
 
2004 Aprilia Mille R Factory on the Dyno 2004 Aprilia Mille R Factory on the Dyno
Our next issue has a test of Aprilia's new Mille R Factory. This dyno chart from our Super...
 
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
 
Ducati Multistrada on the Dyno Ducati Multistrada on the Dyno
Along with our air-cooled twins comparison in the next issue of Sport Rider we sampled the...
 
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...
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