Matty Motorcycle

A sprocket is a profiled wheel with teeth that meshes with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material. It is distinguished from a gear in that sprockets are never meshed together directly, and from a pulley by not usually having a flange at each side.

Sprockets are used in bicycles, motorcycles, cars, tanks, and other machinery either to transmit rotary motion between two shafts where gears are unsuitable or to impart linear motion to a track, tape etc.

splined shaft

If you are restoring on an old Harley motorcycle engine,check out these Superior engine sprockets designed for your Harley restoration project.

taper shaft

The two types of  tapered and splined sprockets for your Harley Big Twins, Knucklehead, Panhead, or Shovelhead.

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Well ,if you are a vintage motorcycle enthusiast and you are skilled enough to customize your vintage motorcycle and build your own custom chopper, then here is the place where you will learn more for your motorcycle.

Megaphone Muffler Set

Here we present chopper style Megaphone Muffler for all the choppers

• Sold in sets of Two Pieces
• One Left hand 1-3/4” upsweep pipe
• One Right hand 1-3/4” upsweep pipe
• Size: 20-1/2” length
• 3” Tapered One Piece Body
• Removable Tube Baffle
• Bracket and Baffle Included with Muffler

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Whether you are modifying a stock Harley or Building a full blown Custom chopper/bobber,Springer Front End Black/Chrome is one essential part for your motorcycle.

These unique custom parts are crafted using high quality material and are brought to the public at very affordable prices.

Springer Front End Black/Chrome 2" under

* Length is 22” from bottom tree to the axle
* Flat black powder coated with triple show Chrome plated hardware
* Typically fits stock Harleys with 1” necks
* Accepts wheels with ¾” diameter axles
* The reinforced top and bottom trees reduce flex and improve handling.
* TIG welded alloy steel construction for strength and durability.
* Fits most Big Twins from 1949 to present with 1″ neck bearings.
* The reinforced top and bottom trees reduce flex and improve handling.

The kit includes main spring, fork leg, neck, top nut, crown nut, rockers assemblies with brass brushing axle kit and spacers, 1 neck bearings and racers.

If you are a Harley Davidson fan or a motorcycle enthusiast, learn more about custom parts and accessories here.

John, a North Texas biker here, telling you about his Solo Around Lake Arrowhead on 7-12-09. Its interesting to know somebody else’s experience if you are a motorcycle enthusiast and love the riding feel even alone.

Heading down one of the country roads en route to Lake Arrowhead..

He come up to his turn. John didn’t actually go to the State Park, only passed by it, he  didn’t have any money on me to pay the entrance fee.

Now he  got to the Lake Arrowhead Dam and got the oil derricks in the lake & Ms. Clone.

Ms. Clone sits on the South side of the spillway in the sun.

Crossing the Lake Arrowhead Dam…….

After about an 1 1/2 hrs later from the start of the ride & a little over 76 miles (the total length of the ride) he  turned onto his street and looked at his house. (at the end with the white garage door). He was anticipating the air conditioner because it was  HOT with the temperature showing 104 degrees. It was showing 94 when he  left.

To get all his riding experience, visit his blog.

Well, today’s motorcycle come with very high reliability which may leave you with no clue, how to maintain or repair it. But even your best motorcycle need some basic maintenance for safety and good performance.

repair-and-management

Here is 5 basic tips to maintain your motorcycle:

1. Breaks:Make sure your bike’s brake fluid reservoirs are checked regularly. To increase performance of the breaks, you can install new braided steel brake lines instead of the stock ones.
2. Tires: Keep your tires correctly inflated and check the pressure regularly. Get a pencil-type tire gauge and use it regularly until you instinctively ‘know’ what your tires feel like when correctly inflated.
3. Final Drive: what transfers the power from the transmission to the rear wheel is essential to the well being of your bike and can be very expensive if not maintain properly.
   

   bike maintenance and repair

4. Oil: Change your oil every 10k miles. Clean fresh oil makes the engine last for a long time. Check and keep your oil level close to maximum level all the time.
5. Battery: about once a month, make sure the battery is charged to 100%. A motorcycle battery will loose 1% of its charge even if the bike just stands in your garage.

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Restoring your vintage motorcycle is not an easy task, for that you need precision as well as good knowledge of motorcycle parts. You want to create your own unique style statement by mixing and adding some new parts with classic parts. Just look at these 5 tips to freshen up your vintage motorcycle.

iron horse chopper motorcycle

1. Find some good source of vintage motorcycle parts . See online stores where you can get all the parts for customization.

2. The size of your parts should be matching with the motorcycle parts. For example measure properly the seat diameter, frame size etc.

3. Before restoring, check the rust on the frame. Clean the rust properly, however some rust can be ok but more can cause pitting problem. Now coat the parts with the rustproofing spray so that you can prevent further rusting.

4. Buy all the new components preferably from the same manufacturer so that the parts are compatible because if you are restoring your motorcycle with different years and models may create some compatibility problem.

5. At the end some detailed research is needed of your motorcycle model before you give some finishing touch so that the motorcycle you have customized according to your style is not completely different from the original model.

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light weight racing battery

Have you ever wondered how your motorcycle battery works? Motorcycle batteries are relatively expensive and small as compared to car batteries. To maintain your battery well, lets get to know how does it actually  works!

A motorcycle battery consists of six cell each containing positive & negative plates. The cell has 2 volts each, total providing 12 volts necessary to power your motorcycle.

The lead cells are submersed in sulfuric acids to generate electricity through chemical reaction.Sparked by the starter, the battery allows the engine to start and powers your peripherals–like CBs and satellite radios.

braille-light-weight-battery

The current is generated when electrons from the battery acid interact with the lead cells. Hydrogen particles from the acid provide the cells with protons while the sulfate ions provide negative electrons.

The residual sulfate begins to cover the battery cells and forms a barrier between the cells and the remaining acid–reducing the ability of acid to charge the cells. The charged cells pour out of the negative terminal of the battery and travel the motorcycle’s circuit, powering the motor and peripherals, and then they return through the positive terminal of the battery.

There are different types of batteries depending upon the motorcycle you riding. You may be riding a traditional motorcycle or a street motorcycle or your classic vintage motorcycle. If you are vintage motorcycle enthusiast and love to go for racing, then here is the braille light weight racing battery, best suitable for your motorcycle.

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There are different types of motorcycles out here which  comes in different styles and design giving different performance. Check out the different types of bikes offering different riding experience.

Traditional: The standard bikes which have the traditional look and offers all purpose use.

Street bikes: These bikes comes with all necessary equipment to be street ready. They have light mirror, horns, muffler

Naked Bikes: These bikes offers performance of sportsbike but are stripped of unnecessary bodywork.

Sportsbike: Designed to handle high speed in winding road.

Offroad bikes: These are designed to handle all jumps, bumps and obstacles found on the road.

Dual purpose: These are just combination of street and sports bike.

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