A Beginner’s Guide to Setting Up Motorcycle Suspension
A practical motorcycle suspension setup guide covering sag, preload, damping, road riding, touring, luggage, passengers, track days, and rough roads.
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Automatic Motorcycle Transmissions Compared: DCT, AMT, E-Clutch and More
Motorcycle automatic transmissions compared: Honda DCT and E-Clutch, Yamaha Y-AMT, BMW ASA/ERC, KTM AMT, Rekluse, MV SCS and CVTs—controls and trade-offs.
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Honda E-Clutch Explained: A Quickshifter by Any Other Name
Honda E-Clutch explained: how it works, how it differs from a quickshifter, Y-AMT, BMW ASA, DCT, scooter CVTs and Rekluse SCS, and which Hondas have it.
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Steering Damper vs Dampener? Case Resolved, Forever
Is the motorcycle part a steering damper or a steering dampener? Both words exist, but there’s just one standard engineering term.
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Honda Unicam Explained — How It Works and Why Honda Uses It
Honda Unicam explained: how its single-cam, four-valve cylinder head works, why Honda uses it, its trade-offs, maintenance and the bikes that have it.
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Motorcycle Camshaft and Valve Train Types Explained
A clear guide to motorcycle valves, pushrod, SOHC and DOHC layouts, cam drives, valve timing, closing systems and clearance adjustment.
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The Yamaha CP2 Motor — The Sweet Spot
Why Yamaha’s 689 cc, 270-degree-crank CP2 parallel twin remains the middleweight sweet spot — its history, character, reliability, and every motorcycle that uses it.
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All About the Yamaha CP3 Motor — History, Technology, Models
All about the Yamaha CP3 motor that first came in the FZ-09/MT-09, but which is now many people’s favourite three-cylinder engine.
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End of the Line for the Ducati Superquadro in Superbikes
A brief blurb about the Ducati Superquadro engine and what made it special — as we may be at the end of the line.
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Harley-Davidson “Twin-Cooled” Motorcycles — A Brief History (and Predictions)
How Harley-Davidson has been sneaking up on liquid cooling, and where I think this is going.
