Sportbike Performance Handbook (Motorbooks Workshop)
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (562 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0760331839 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
“To appoint yourself project leader on your own bike is exciting,” says Cycle World columnist and performance guru Kevin Cameron, “but then you need a plan that you can actually carry through.”For a decade, Cameron’s bestselling Sportbike Performance Handbook has been helping readers and riders make those plans and put them into motion--building better, faster, more powerful bikes.This new edition does everything the first did, and more, bringing bikers up to date on the dramatic changes that have swept sportbike technology in the past ten years.Cameron goes deep inside the world of performance, offering usable insights into how systems work as well as how modifications and aftermarket trickery translate into more power and better handling on the street or at the track.Component by component, he describes the secrets of speed in minute detail, all with added color photographs and new diagrams.This edition covers changes to fuel management, suspension, tire technology, brake systems and more.It is the essential tool for anyone looking to coax maximum performance from a sportbike.
"A Required Resource" according to T. W. Day. For those of us who are trapped indoors for 1/A Required Resource For those of us who are trapped indoors for 1/3 of the year, this kind of book is a necessary winter accessory. Kevin's style is entertaining and his content is enlightening. Like his columns in Cycle World, you may need to read each paragraph several time. of the year, this kind of book is a necessary winter accessory. Kevin's style is entertaining and his content is enlightening. Like his columns in Cycle World, you may need to read each paragraph several time. A "must have" book for lovers of internal combustion! Excellent descriptions of how engines and suspensions work, and is very relevant to both motorcycles and cars. In fact, I think the book should be called something like "everything you wanted to know about internal combustion and motor vehicles but were af. Performance Handbook Old tried and true. Get this if you have your first bike or plan on getting one. Know your mechanic basics and you will get more out of the experience trust me.
His feature stories and monthly column have been appearing in the industry's largest-circulation magazine, Cycle World, for more than 20 years. Kevin lives in Gill, Massachusetts. About the AuthorKevin Cameron is one of the premier motorcycle writers. cycleworld
cycleworld. Kevin lives in Gill, Massachusetts. His feature stories and monthly column have been appearing in the industry's largest-circulation magazine, Cycle World, for more than 20 years. Kevin Cameron is one of the premier motorcycle writers