AMAL, the carburetor manufacturer supplying most of the British motorcycle industry in the 50′s to 60′s still produces spares for the classic market. Many of you working on Triumph, BSA and Norton bikes keep their projects equipped with this carburetor brand, especially with the “Concentric” model For this specific carb. model Jeremy Cupp at LC [...]
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Animated Engines To See How They Really Work
Published by January 22nd, 2012 in Editorial and Engines.Maybe you know about 2 and 4-stroke engines, but most of you don’t know about a Wankel, an Atkinson, a Gnome Rotary or jet propulsion and many others. See them at work in cool graphic animations. May also help you fall asleep at bed time… Animated Engines. (thank you Troy)
S&S Introduces Brand New Stealth Air Cleaners And Covers
Published by January 20th, 2012 in Accessories, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Long time that S&S Cycle didn’t release a new product. Brand new for the coming riding season, the Viola, WI company is launching their new Stealth air cleaners, a series offering bikers a lot of flexibility at correct prices. An addition to the S&S Super Stock™ line of intake they are called Stealth because they [...]
Restore The Rumble And Look Of Your Harley Engine.
Published by January 17th, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Engines.Bringing your Harley-Davidson engine back to life, mechanically and cosmetically is a service offered by Harley-Davidson. Evolution® 1340 and Twin Cam 88, 95, 96, and 103 CI engines can be remanufactured to factory specifications by Harley team of trained technicians. No matter what the color or finish configuration of your motor, they will refresh the [...]
S&S Cycle Pushing Online Retail Sales With New Internet Policy.
Published by January 8th, 2012 in Customs, Editorial, Engines and Events.It’s mind-boggling to think that up until 2 decades ago, the Internet was almost non-existent and that most of you thought that you would never give up shopping in stores. Today, companies are selling products, publishing, and broadcasting online like crazy and you spend much more time on your digital devices shopping and buying online [...]
Pretty CV Carburetor Covers
Published by January 5th, 2012 in Accessories, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Much better than the cheap plastic cover on top of your Harley-Davidson / Keihin CV carburetor, 2 pretty caps made of 6061 aluminum then treated in black anodizing. Edges are re-cut to produce a 2-color finish that perfectly compliments your black engine cylinders. They fit all Sportsters and Big Twins equipped with the stock CV [...]
New Ultima Black 96″ Shovelhead Engine
Published by January 4th, 2012 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.Ultima Products is jumping into the new retro style motor market by offering for the 1st time a modern technology Shovelhead type engine in a nostalgic appearance. Die-hard Shovelhead enthusiasts can now enjoy 96″ of power, either keeping the traditional finish of the past with some chrome accents, or in an almost all black appearance. [...]
Did You Know? French Micro Car Had A Motorcycle Engine
Published by January 3rd, 2012 in Builders, Editorial and Engines.Without doors and enough room to fit 2 very slender adults, the Rolux VB61 convertible micro car was produced in France between 1947 and 1952. It was powered using a 175 cc Ydral single cylinder, air cooled two-stroke engine mounted behind the driver with a final chain drive to the rear axle. Not easy to [...]
Air-powered Motorcycle. 62 MPH.
Published by December 30th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Last month, the “Pursuit” was unveiled by industrial designer Dean Benstead. For a change, a bike prototype fueled not by gas or electricity, but by compressed air. It uses the breakthrough engine technology developed by Angelo Di Pietro of a company based in Melbourne, Australia, called Engineair. It’s a motocross geometry bike mostly made out of aluminum [...]
Motorcycle Motor Oil Question Answered By Spectro
Published by December 27th, 2011 in Editorial and Engines.Reader’s question: Why does Spectro use batch blending? Spectro Oils of America’s Answer: has been blending state-of-the-art high performance lubricants for over 40 years. We are lubrication experts, and we have always believed in formulating and crafting products so they will outperform the competition and provide enhanced reliability in their intended applications. This insistence on quality and performance has dictated rigorous methods, often at odds [...]
Accent Trims For Harley-Davidson Stock Twin Cam Air Cleaners
Published by December 25th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.Designed to fit on all Twin Cam air cleaners, carburated or fuel injected, these trim rings goe right on the stock twin cam air cleaner cover (not supplied) They give later model Harleys a whole new look with 2 styles to choose from, 3 or 5 spoke, either in chrome or black finish. The interchangeable [...]
Is It The World’s Finest Reusable Motorcycle Oil Filter?
Published by December 20th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial and Engines.Over 14 years now that K&P Engineering sets the industry standard with oil filter product design and technological advancements. Filter elements are made from medical grade, type 304 stainless steel micronic filter cloth to provide unmatched protection against oil contamination and resultant engine damage. A one inch square of this material flows an incredible 1.9 [...]
Zipper’s Big Bore 88″ Engine Kit For Harley Sportster XR 1200® Models
Published by December 20th, 2011 in Customs and Engines.New from Zipper’s Performance Products, a proven Hammer 88 Kit available for owners of XR1200® model Sportsters®! This big bore stock stroke “square” engine kit develops an excellent balance of torque and horsepower that delivers lots of arm stretching fun (see Dynojet Graphs after the jump.) The kit is supplied with Zipper’s aluminum big bore [...]
Slim JIMS® Oil Filter Wrench
Published by December 16th, 2011 in Accessories, Editorial and Engines.Now available, The new Slim JIMS® Oil Filter Wrench, No. 941. It is the slimmest oil filter wrench on the market. Why? Because this exclusive design makes it much easier to navigate near both the oil cooler and the crankcase position sensor, and allows you more room to work around the exhaust pipes, frame, hoses [...]
Custom Exhausts On Fuel Injected Harleys. The End Of Popping, Spitting And Backfiring.
Published by December 9th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial, Engines and Exhaust.All bikers want better looking and sounding exhausts increasing performance, throttle response without sacrificing fuel economy. As a matter of fact, year after year, custom exhaust systems are at the top of the wish list of most bikers. But most forget that they will have to re-tune their motorcycles to avoid exhaust popping, spitting and [...]
What The Hell Is A Shucklehead Engine?
Published by November 25th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.You will never guess. So, I am telling you. Its an engine built with a year ‘57 Harley Panhead lower end and year ‘66 Shovelhead heads and cylinders…… You need quite an imagination to do this. And the reason behind this project is that motorcycle restoration professional Roger Squires from Southern California, likes the looks [...]
Fast Motorcycle Industry News
Published by November 24th, 2011 in Builders, Editorial, Engines and Events.S&S Cycle Saved By Wisconsin State Loans. The company was in peril, admit S&S owner George B. Smith and President Steve Iggens. The La Crosse, Wisconsin company was growing very fast in the 90′s and beginning of the 00′s and took loans to finance its expansion. Then, the economic downturn with less orders and high interest borrowing created [...]
Harley Ironhead Sportster Motor Mount Spacers
Published by November 9th, 2011 in Builders, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Those restoring/improving the look of their Ironhead Sportster]s will be happy to know that they can bring an extra touch of retro brass to their sled with these machined spacers to fit the front motor mounts on models 1954 to 1985. They will work not only with stock Harley Sportster frames but also some after-market [...]
High Power Drain Plug Magnets
Published by November 8th, 2011 in Accessories, Customs, Editorial and Engines.Drain plug. Not the most sexy of all custom parts, but the only accessory you can add to your motor/engine, that will actually extend the life of your vehicle, regardless if it’s an automobile or motorcycle, or lawn mower or what you have with an engine. A company called Drain Plug Magnets makes high powered [...]
Question: This may be a ridiculous question, but I would like to know the correlation between air/fuel ratio and oil/fuel ratio rich/lean mixture. Is it acceptable to lean out the oil/fuel ratio from that of the manufactures recommendation to compensate for rich running conditions. I use Golden Spectro 2stroke oil in my ’99 KDX 200. [...]
Ducati Unveils The SuperQuadro Engine
Published by October 11th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial, Engines and Events.In a classic case of race technology moving to street motorcycles. Ducati unveiled his new V-Twin Engine dubbed the SuperQuadro (super square) claiming to have squeezed 195 bhp and 98 lbs of torque from the 1199 cc liquid-cooled v-twin engine. The recipe? A bore of 112 mm and stroke of 60.8 mm with larger titanium valves and [...]
Although, like for any other styles of bikes, you will never find a strict, agreed by all, definition of what makes a motorcycle a Brat bike, let’s say that more often than not, they are based on small displacement Japanese factory bikes with modified frame, low stance and slab type seats. Others will tell you [...]
Daytona Biketoberfest. Free Installation Of Thundermax Performance Products.
Published by October 7th, 2011 in Customs, Editorial, Engines and Exhaust.The silver lining of our economic recession is that many of the industry best brands offer sweet product packages and free installation during big rallies. I will announce all those providing such deals, the first one advising me being Zipper’s/ThunderMax Performance products. Setup at Bruce Rssmeyer’s Destination Harley in Ormond Beach, FL its crew of [...]
Narrow 2″ Open Belt Drive For Touring Harleys
Published by October 4th, 2011 in Customs, Driveline, Editorial and Engines.All open belt drives are getting thinner, with 2″ wide belt systems being the preferred size. Bagger owners have a lot of brand choices, and one more with this new one from Ultima Products. It can be installed on 1990 to 2006 Harley-Davidson FLT, FLH & FXR Evo or Twin Cam. Kit Includes billet aluminum [...]
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