Motorcycle Chain Tensioner And Its Utility
This is one part you don’t often see on bikes in India but if you do see, it is only on those high end superbikes. Just by the name most of us can simply guess the purpose of the part. But it is just not that simple. A motorcycle chain in its lifetime goes through a lot of stress and jerks which cause it to loosen up. This ends up a maintenance task of adjusting the chain for optimum slack and tightening from time to time.
An engine is a finely tuned instrument. There are umpteen number of design variables to play with – valve size, Bore and Stroke, design of intake and exhaust manifolds, materials used, to name a few. The Inline 4 format is the most popular one on cars. Also, it is used widely on Superbikes.
Everybody wants to be genuinely safe. Why but? What is the motivation behind it? Why does it constantly have to be a struggle and/or a highly practiced routine? Umpteen times someone has told you – you gotta be safe out on the roads. Huh ! Everyone knows that ! But, you need something stronger to actually BE that. Something more natural. You need a strong instinct – that of love.
Crouch, according to the English dictionary is defined as “a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to defend oneself.” Now, that you know what crouching means, it is of paramount importance that you understand why it is needed in the first place. And, being a biker, you must know what a fairing is too.
Gearbox technologies have developed in motorcycles since quite some time and today there are two widely used gearboxes in motorcycles and that is Constant Mesh type gearbox and Claw Shifted gearbox. In a constant mesh gearbox, the gear claws are all arranged on a single file but the order is jumbled up. So for instance the first gear is located at the far end next to the sixth gear and the third gear after that and so on.
Recently a spec sheet has been allegedly leaked out from a training program arranged for the dealerships prior to the launch of CBR 650F. The spec sheet compares the technical details of brands like Kawasaki Ninja 650, Triumph Street Triple 675 and Ducati Monster 795 with the upcoming Honda CBR 650F.
Riding a superbike is a very demanding and engaging affair. The bike demands your full attention right from the start when you start the engine. In Delhi, where temperatures reach up to 40 degrees on a sunny day, think of riding the Ducati with leather jacket and jeans and being stuck in traffic or finding yourself at red lights waiting for the signal to turn green. This was my daily routine while going to the college on the Evo.
The majority of the bikes included all the top tier superbikes and even professional racing MotoGP bikes run a chain drive system on them. Now when all these many bikes are using a chain drive, there must be something about it that scores above all other available methods, right? So let’s check it out and understand why Chain drive is so commonly used.
The KTM Duke 200 and Pulsar 200NS revolutionized the 200cc naked motorcycles segment and even today they don't have any competition but they both are competition for each other. You don't have a lot of option to choose from when you are in the market to buy 200cc naked street fighter, you either buy Duke 200 or else Pulsar 200NS. So which one is better? We will try to answer in this shootout.
When it comes to motorcycle tyres, choosing of proper tyres is always a huge deal. Unlike car tyres which need only good road grip and wet road grips, bike tyres need a lot more factors to be taken into consideration like road surfaces, cornering grip, etc.
