You can save a lot of money on tire changes if you bring the wheel to your local motorcycle shop. Most shops will actually mount a new tire for free if the wheel is off the bike. So, even though there seems to be a lot going on at your front wheel, removing and replacing it is actually pretty straight ...

Your chain needs to be adjusted properly. Of course, your owner’s manual will have exact requirements for your bike, but the rule of thumb is about 1 to 1.5 inches of slack. But what does that mean and why is that important? Slack is how much the chain will move up and down freely at a point halfway between the ...

You can save a lot of money on tire changes if you bring the wheel to your local motorcycle shop. Most shops will actually mount a new tire for free if the wheel is off the bike. So, even though there seems to be a lot going on at your rear wheel, but replacing it is actually pretty straight forward.

You can save a lot of money on tire changes if you bring the wheel to your local motorcycle shop. Most shops will actually mount a new tire for free if the wheel is off the bike. So, even though there seems to be a lot going on at your rear wheel, removing it is actually pretty straight forward.

One of the few things I dislike about the SV is how long the throw is on the throttle. Particularly when riding on the track, I’ll have to readjust my hand on the throttle to spin it up to higher RPM. While I would assume that this was done by the fine folks as Suzuki to make it easier for ...

Designed less to be a step-by-step instruction, this will hopefully give you a few tips and tricks to help you in your first valve adjustment on your modern triple, besides you should have the service manual for the finite details anyway. Unfortunately, adjusting the valves on the Triumph triple motor is the most difficult valve adjustment I have ever done. ...

The cush drive is designed to reduce stress from engine torque damaging other components during gear or throttle changes. A common design used by almost all street motorcycles, it has three major pieces: the wheel, the sprocket assembly, and the rubber damper. The wheel and the sprocket assembly fit together with five sections much like two hands woven together. In ...

Doing the maintenance on your own motorcycle can be very rewarding. It allows you to understand your bike better, and it helps you understand why something fails and what could be the culprit, plus you gain a more intimate understanding of your bike. Talk to anybody who has done a lot of maintenance or customized their bike. They talk about ...

There are several options for heated grips. Three come immediately to mind. Undergrip (read how to install this style of heated grips); the kind where you wrap some heating elements beneath the rubber handgrips. Overgrip; the kind Kris and I have been using for the past year where a bulky heated fabric wraps around the outside of the handgrips. And the grips themselves; ...

So, you are more than just a fair weather rider, or you ride in an area, such as Utah, where a days riding could send you from triple-digit heat to snow-on-the-side-of-the-road cold. Carrying multiple pairs of gloves is a pain, besides you have to stop to swap them out, and if it warms up, you have to stop and repeat ...