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Tech Tips: How To Read Motorcycle Tire Date Codes
When it comes to motorcycle safety, the tires you use are an integral part of keeping your bike on the road. Everything from the type of tire and the tread can affect its ability to stay on the road, and its age plays a role as well. The rule of thumb is to replace tires [...]
Tech Tips: How To Read Motorcycle Tire Wear
No matter what kind of motorcycle you ride, you should always pay attention to the quality of your tires.
Tech Tips: Keep An Eye On Motorcycle Battery Health During Warmer Weather
As winter draws to a close and bikers are getting back on the road to take their touring motorcycles and street bikes for a spin, it is important that they take the time to ensure their bikes are working properly. Before bikers can strap on their motorcycle helmets, they should first ensure nothing has been [...]
Tech Tips – Advantages Of Motorcycle Trailers For Regular Transportation
While many motorcycle enthusiasts will react poorly to the idea of using a trailer to transport their bikes to and from riding destinations, there is actually some merit in doing so. The motorcycle accessory can give riders the ability to bring their sport bikes to all sorts of locations that would be difficult to get [...]
Get A Hold Of Yourself – Buyer’s Guide For New Seats and Harnesses In Your UTV
Oh those seats. Everything on earth has at least one weakness. Superman has Kryptonite. UTVs have stock seats. Luckily, there are bolt-on solutions for the great majority of those weaknesses. Superman? Sorry, you’re on your own. Why You Need New Seats and Harnesses We know why UTV manufacturers equip these awesome vehicles with such seating. [...]
Tech Tips – Repack Your Muffler
Out of sight out of mind… The exhaust leaving your engine exits the pipe in waves that travel through the silencer. Packing something – like fiberglass – around the pipe outlet helps the muffler control those waves as they leave your bike. That stuff inside gets old, burns up and often exits along with those [...]
Tech Tips – Hour Meters: The Clock’s Tickin’
What Time Is It? Time for You to Know! Today’s newer motorcycles and ATVs are highly sophisticated machines. Many have surprising amounts of computing power; that’s needed to manage advanced fuel-injection systems. And dealer technicians can plug in diagnostic devices to read exactly what your vehicle has been doing. But chances are, you don’t have [...]
Motorcycle Brake Maintenance Guide
Ask any motorcyclist what they love best about their bike as opposed to a car, and most will say something that has to do with freedom. It’s true that there’s nothing quite like accelerating down the highway with nothing between you and the open air. Motorcycles rev up quickly and have a high top speed, [...]
Tech Tips – You Deserve A Brake
A guide to choosing and installing new brake pads. You deserve a brake – and by that we mean a fully functioning brake system that will help keep you safe on the street or the dirt. In a rush to get out riding this spring, did you perform all the maintenance necessary? Keeping up a [...]
Learn From the Pros: Clean Air In. More Power Out.
An easy-to-follow guide to cleaning your air filter. A new air filter costs about $30. Cleaner and oil needed to maintain that filter will cost you a buck or two per use. A new engine will cost you about a grand. You decide. It’s not even just about the “insurance” aspects of a properly clean [...]
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