Motorcycle Ratings and Reviews
Fast. Heavy. Those words describe Kawasaki’s ZX-14R, and they help explain why the stock front brake rotors on our long-term 2012 model were warped like potato chips after just 8000 miles. Slight vibration while braking became heavy shudder that wasn’t going to disappear on its own. Rather than purchase another pair of OEM rotors, we [...]
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Attention, 2008-13 Kawasaki Concours 14 owners: Do you pack light for trips? Or maybe you’d just like your bike to have a sleeker profile. Either way, Corbin’s Slim Door Conversion ($393) reduces net capacity for each original-equipment, clamshell-type saddlebag from 35 to 27 liters, and overall width drops from 39 to 33 inches. Corbin 2360 [...]
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Sit up straight! Spiegler’s handlebar conversion kit for the 2012-13 Kawasaki ZX-14R positions the rider more upright, reducing shoulder and wrist strain while delivering a factory-installed look. The kit includes an anodized one-piece billet aluminum top clamp, aluminum Superbike Low Fatbar XN1, stainless steel brake lines and mounting hardware. Suggested retail price is $529. Spiegler Performance Parts 1699 [...]
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What makes Ilmberger carbon-fiber parts look so good for so long? Kunststoffbeschichtet. You might not be able to pronounce it, but this exclusive plastic-powdercoating process is said to be more scratch-resistant than conventional clearcoating methods, block UV rays, offer a better base for painting and improve the overall appearance of the parts, “underlining carbon’s unique [...]
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Is the fork on your late-model Harley-Davidson Sportster sitting a tad low in its stroke? Designed to replace the stock caps, Speed Merchant’s 39mm Preload Fork Adjusters will compress the springs by 7/8 of an inch, raising your bike’s front end by the same amount. Fine-tuning the setup is as easy as placing a 3/8-inch [...]
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Sudco Press Release: Sudco International is a leading source for OEM quality stock replacement and Aftermarket Performance Parts for Current and Classic Japanese Motorcycles, 3 and 4-Wheel ATV’s. Sudco offers both Keihin and Mikuni Carburetors, Tuning Components as well as their own Sudco Bolt-on Performance Carburetor Kits. Sudco OEM quality stock replacement engine components including [...]
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At the recent EICMA show in Milan, Italy, Tenneco-Marzocchi kicked off a revolution in motorcycle suspension by unveiling the first aftermarket electronic active fork and shock. Company officials humbly referred to these components as “semi-active” because all parameters are not adjusted automatically. In fact, spring preload can only be altered manually; on-the-run electronic changes would [...]
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Return to yesteryear and BMW’s mid-Eighties Paris-Dakar-Rally-winning glory with the R120 G/S body kit from Unit Garage in Italy. Designed to fit 2004-12 R1200GSs, the $5000 kit comes painted, is said to install in about four hours with no permanent modifications to the motorcycle and weighs 14 pounds less than the parts it replaces. “Hubert,” [...]
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Milan—By 1953, the motorcycle had reached the basic form it has today: telescopic fork, swingarm rear suspension, hydraulic damping and brakes on both wheels. True, things like water-cooling, disc brakes and six-speed gearboxes have been added since then, but the basics remain. Yet because we no longer need motorcycles as basic transportation, our reasons for [...]
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Milan—In the past, I have looked forward to the certain presence at motorcycle shows of many cutaway engines. I like engines, and I like to look at the details of their parts. Are there surprises in the way their connecting rods are proportioned? How do their intake ports bring the airflow to the valve seats [...]
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