Techs & Bike Builds

What is Traction Controlled Braking/TCB? First, what TCB isn’t, it’s not ABS From Gary Mraz, the Triking Viking, and the editor of Bikernet Trikes With Traction Controlled Braking (TCB) the natural brake fluid pressure spikes are absorbed by a flexible diaphragm allowing the wheel to maintain rotation while braking to a controlled stop. Read the full story

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How Wheels Are Designed At Performance Machine Go behind the scenes at Performance Machine By Performance Machine Go behind the scenes at Performance Machine and see what all the fuss is about with our custom motorcycle wheels. We are sure you will understand how and why we have been a leader in the aftermarket motorcycle industry for custom wheels. It's about providing innovative wheel designs, strict engineering principals with high quality manufacturing for the last three decades of our four decade existen... Read the full story

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WIRE PLUS Wiring System for the Bikernet/Cycle Source 15th Sweeps Bike How the masters of Kustoms Inc. Handled the Wiring By Gary Maurer with Jules and photos by the winner and Wrench Since Wire Plus was a sponsor, I ordered a wiring kit with the box and speedo tach combo. The parts showed up in the dead of winter, and Bandit called all excited that I ordered these great parts and wanted my impression. Read the full story

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Timbo's '64FL Panhead Part 3, Engine (Hard ride back from Hell) But the Engine Rebuild Was a Breeze By the Tail Gunner with photos by Colleen and images courtesy of the Bob T. collection So far the Tail Gunner has had it easy. This puppy is meant to be. " I got pretty lucky with this engine, as I later found out it had recently been rebuilt and is .010 over on the bore," said the Tail Gunner Read the full story

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Quick Fix Air Cleaner Cover Ever wonder if you are getting ripped off or not? By the Tail Gunner with Coleen's assistance Ever wonder if you are getting ripped off or not? I can't help thinking that $80 to $150 for an air cleaner cap is a little much, so I decided to correct the problem myself. Read the full story

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FEULING TWIN CAM PLATE TESTING TOOL Rogue Tells You All About It and Why Photos and text by Rogue I feel very strongly that part of any Twin Cam install should include Checking The Pressure Relief By-Pass Valve located in the Cam Support Plate (Camplate). Read the full story

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SOLID MOUNT SPORTY TECH New from Hardtail Choppers, Make your Rubber Mount Solid By Wrench and John Grant with photos from the Hardtail staff “Here I go again trying to make something happen,” said John Grant of Hardtail Choppers. “We designed a replacement solid motor mount kit. It converts a rubber mount 2004 and up Sportster motors in stock or custom frames to solid mount. Read the full story

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Mudflap Girl FXR Part 13 New Paint and More Lots of Upgrades including Crane Ignition, Centramatic Wheelbalancers, Digital Dawg Electronics and PM Grips and Pegs By Bandit with photos by Wrench Okay, so my Mudflap Girl FXR was running fine and I enjoyed every ride with the bare chassis, but I got a hair to treat the frame and powder coat some parts, but the corrosion treatment made the frame look almost black, and I didn’t want to build another black motorcycle. I also had some tech obligations. Read the full story

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