How to determine/measure Motorcycle Shock Travel Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. It's easy to measure and determine how much fork travel you're using with a cable tie on one of your fork legs. But how can you measure your shock travel? You don't want to bottom out your [...]
The 4 Most Common Motorcycle Crashes & The Reasons Why Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. Collisions grab all the headlines because when it bleeds it leads, but they aren't the most common types or causes of motorcycle crashes.
Trash or Treasure: '05 GSX-R750 Front Brake Problem Ep 2 Calipers Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. We have 4 sets of wheels for our Hypersport Tire Test on the 2005 Suzuki GSX-R750. We figured out why the front brake lever throw is so radically different from wheel to [...]
2 Clicks Out: Ducati Streetfighter 848 Suspension Setups Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. In this video Dave tunes a both a standard and S version of the sexy Streetfighter 848. Unlike most middle weight naked bikes, the Ducati comes with fully adjustable suspension front and rear. [...]
Trash or Treasure: '05 GSX-R750 Front Brake Problem Ep 1 Rotors Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. We have 4 sets of wheels for our Hypersport Tire Test on the 2005 Suzuki GSX-R750. The front brake lever throw is radically different from wheel to wheel, as is the brake [...]
Cleaning Motorcycle Brake Calipers in 5 Easy Steps Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. Brake caliper performance, and lack thereof, is far more noticeable on a motorcycle than an automobile. With a little effort you can keep your brake calipers clean and performance ready.
Steering Stabilizer / Damper vs Headshake / Speed Wobble / Tank Slapper Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. Motorcycle Steering Stabilizers, also called Steering Dampers, have been stock equipment on Sportbikes for over 15 years now. They're designed to combat a specific kind of instability in the front end [...]
Motorcycle Gearing: Introductory Lesson Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. Technically, gears are toothed wheels which transfer power one to another by direct contact. Sprockets are toothed wheels which transfer power one to another via an intermediary device like a chain. Regardless, we motorcyclist Neanderthals refer to altering the [...]
Motorcycle Wheelbase: The What, How, & Why of It Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. Changing the length of your motorcycle's wheelbase will have profound effects on handling. Dave explains the basics of this piece in the motorcycle geometry puzzle.
Motorcycle Chain Slack Adjusters Set Differently Side To Side Freemium Video. Enjoy. To view Premium content, please subscribe. A young lady's new-to-her track day motorcycle fails tech inspection because of too much chain slack. Dave also discovers the chain adjusters are mismatched side to side misaligning the rear wheel. He adjusts it [...]
