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Performance Tuning - part 2 Fluid Flow

Motorcycles are like human beings. No am not talking about girls and bikes and how unpredictable, moody yet lovable they can be. A motorcycle breathes air as fast as it needs, burns calorific fuel and throws out the waste as it goes. So just like you start panting for air and get hungry after strenuous [...]

Performance Tuning

Performance tuning is a subject that has been written about, argued upon, concluded upon, sworn upon, cursed upon, given up on and eventually, once in a while, savoured by generations of motorcyclists. Most of the people think that if they enlarge the exhaust port and install a free flow silencer, their bike will fly. The [...]

Cornering, a practical approach

Take your bike out on an empty stretch of smooth, wide and straight road. Wondering what a straight road has to do with cornering? Well, this is where the corner starts, or in this context, I tell you how it happens. Keep a steady 65 to 70 on your speedo. Sit upright, both hands straight [...]