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S&S 160CI Billet Pro Stock EngineThe engine you see before you is not your average V-twin. With extensive S&S engineering accomplishments, nothing compares to the 160ci Pro Stock powerhouse. This billet beauty is a 60-degree monster delivering well over 300 horsepower at the rear wheel of any race bike! Designed to shock the drag racing […]

Once upon a time SoCal bike fan and design guru Jim Grove was looking for an easier way to find his Harley from amongst a parking lot full of look-a-like Softails. He also didn’t want to spend weeks waiting for the transformation. Call it instant gratification. He set about designing components that would both transform

Just a quick note to anybody who might find themselves in this spot. This is a problem I have never heard of before, and everybody who wrenches on EFI models, just goes, “Hmmm, haven’t heard that one before.” So, here is the fix, if it happens to you. I have a 2002 FLHT Fuel injected

Before buying a new Master Cylinder from Performance Machine and plumbing it to the stock factory Caliper from that 1996 Sportster you have to consider the hydraulic ratio between the two components.To explain hydraulic ratios we have to re-visit high school physics. It all comes down to one formula: Pressure = Force/Area. So if you

Check Them Out. Question of the week with Ross Racing Pistons One of the most frequently asked question we get, is. How do you install ring properly.So here goes. Top Rings :Molybdenum faced, barrel lapped, ductile spheroidal graphite iron. Phosphate coated, or gas nitrite steel barrel faced. Second Rings :Grey cast iron, reverse torsional twist,

This article doesn’t have a damn thing to do with the machine shop, but this illo sure helps. Just about the two top things on my “to-do” list are ride motorcycles and listen to music that rocks. Beth Orliss’s company, Hearing Dynamics, had me in mind when they developed custom radio headphones exclusively for motorcycle

Editor’s note- This is from a long time reader and contributor to Bikernet, Anson Alexander, also one of our friends. He is a regular family man like many of us out there who enjoy riding when we can and always appreciate a little more power. He is a former Buell rider who has upgraded to

The photography in this tech sucks, so I thought I’d start it off with a bang from RFR, a hot Texas photog.In the fall of 2004 I semi-retired from racing drag bikes and needed a two-wheeled fix. I found a sweet ‘80 Shovelhead rigid on an EBAY ad but was beat out of it by

You guys know that the ol' TBear is always on the look out for fresh young talent. I like up and coming craftsmen who haven't yet been corrupted by the glamour of the Discovery Channel or the high dollar bling-bling that festoons every bike lined up at Stoogis. Just regular guys, who do what they

Our finished wheels, after lacing, with the “new” powder coated rims. Note the nice finish on the powder coating. Editor’s Note: Here’s another tech from the expert tech books publishing empire of the Wolfgang. The following, Chapter 4, tech about lacing bobber powder-coated wheels came directly from the Publisher’s new book, “How To Hop Up

Here's a rare shot of the house where the Devil was born in Transylvania. Today we’re hanging out at Lucky Devil Metalworks in Houston, Texas where the Devil, Kent Weeks, is chopping a stock Harley-Davidson Dyna. To add the necessary heft to the rear of this custom, the D is using Big Boar Products’ new

This could be the product of the year, a braking system within the wheel of a hub. At last we could see those bitchin’ wheels. But as our Bikernet investigation continued the benefits of this new system expanded.“It’s called the “360 Brake” and it is revolutionizing the braking industry,” said Chet Burozski, of Baldwin Wilson

Editor's Note:Here's another tech taken from a chapter of a WolfGang Publication book–How To Build A Cheap Chopper. This covers frame basics, but there's more in the book. Check it out.–BanditFrank Pedersen from Motorcycle Works in Olathe, Kansas (just south of Kansas City if you’re wondering) likes to compare the motorcycle frame with the foundation

S&S of Lacrosse, Wisconsin, sells 8500 large V-Twin engines a year—to producers of specialty motorcycles, the aftermarket and private individuals. Indeed, the phrase, “100-inch S&S engine,” has become a mainstay of this market.In producing so many engines, and in the large displacements demanded by their market, S&S has identified some limits, some weak points, in

Editor’s note:We’re working with Chris, the editor of Cycle Source to bring you even more current tech material. Let us know what you think. This is a semi-automatic clutch system. In some respects they are very helpful, especially for jockey-shift bikes, but they have their dangerous drawbacks. I know Mike Phillips of Grandeur makes a

Another evil saga from the Houston Bikernet Bastard. Many of you know that the first thing you do when you get a bike is to customize it in some way, shape, or form. To some degree this is simple, usually starting with a few chrome doo-dads, lens covers and flash accessories. One of the most

Here's the Sun Valley Motorcycle Product Headquarters.“You won’t believe this,” Wilburn Roach said during a Bikernet Editorial meeting. “Johnny Humble nearly finished his bike when he discovered he forgot to mount a taillight. I’m not kidding. He didn’t want to drill holes in his new fangled rear fender.”Johnny sat at the end of the cell

Check Them Out. Setting Ring Gaps:One of the most frequently asked question we get is: How do you install rings properly? So here goes. Top Rings : Molybdenum faced, barrel lapped, ductile spheroidal graphite iron. Phosphate coated, or gas nitrite steel barrel faced. Second Rings :Grey cast iron, reverse torsional twist, taper faced, zinc phosphate

She’s a master photographer and working on a sealed batter with her hands…First, if you plan to do any work to your bike you need to disconnect the battery so you don’t accidentally create a short, burn your wiring or engage the starter and lose a finger. I didn’t plan on giving welding lessons in

OK, SO IT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND WE WERE OUT AT OUR FAVORITE WATERING HOLE. GREAT NIGHT, GIRLS WERE HOT AND EVERYTHING SEEMED PERFECT. CLOSING TIME AND WE’RE OUTSIDE WARMING UP THE BIKES, A CROWD GATHERS AROUND, EXCITEMENT BUILDS, MARK STARTS TO TAKE OFF ON HIS CUSTOM BIKE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE

This whole project conceptually began somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 months to two years ago. I'm not sure. Damn, time is going so bloody fast that I've got my foot on the hand brake just trying to slow life down a little. Anyways, Paul Cox, the leather master out of NY, was initially going

I recently had the opportunity to customize my 2005 Softail Springer Classic with a Heartland 180 kit for my bike. Now if you have ever seen one of these kits, you recognize them from a mile away. They give the H-D Softail line a longer, lower, cleaner look. While H-D has gone to great lengths

PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT SKETCH BY TIM CONDER Motorcycles are a special brand of transportation and style combined to give the best of both worlds. The bikes usually tell the world what kind of rider owns it as well as the use of the bike. For example, you can see two identical Fatboy’s parked

Ten years ago we installed this Morris mag on the Milwaukee Iron Dicey Knuckle. It still starts on the third kick. This is one of those features Bandit complains about then hands to me. He gets all the complete features and I get ones with shots and not text, or text and no shots. Or