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MOTORCYCLE TECH TIPS

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.
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...
 
Air-Cooled Twins on the Dyno Air-Cooled Twins on the Dyno
Our next issue has a comparison test of Buell's XB12R Firebolt and Ducati's SS1000 DS. We'...
 
Setting Static Sag Setting Static Sag
One of the most important suspension settings is static sag-the amount your bike's suspens...
 
Widened Stock Wheels | Going Wide Widened Stock Wheels | Going Wide
In a perfect world, we'd walk to our climate controlled garage every year-sometime after t...
 
Triumph Daytona 600 on the Dyno Triumph Daytona 600 on the Dyno
We're busy testing the new Triumph Daytona 600 as part of our next issue, and recently str...
 
2003 Sport Twins on the Dyno 2003 Sport Twins on the Dyno
We've been furiously testing this year's sporting twins, which includes strapping them to...
 
2003 Naked Bikes on the Dyno 2003 Naked Bikes on the Dyno
We've been testing a smattering of this year's naked and semi-naked bikes, including the A...
 
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...
 
2003 Suzuki SV650 Dyno 2003 Suzuki SV650 Dyno
Shortly after our first ride of Suzuki's updated SV650S, we strapped the little V-twin to...
 
2003 Kawasaki ZX-6RR on the Dyno 2003 Kawasaki ZX-6RR on the Dyno
We finally have a Kawasaki ZX-6RR test unit in house, and got some horsepower numbers from...
 
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...
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