When you are looking for a motorcycle, it is not an easy job to get an overview. You can read tests in motorcycle magazines, you can take a motorcycle for a test ride, but it will still be hard: there are so many motorcycles.
Motorcycles are divided in categories, but sometimes you would say that there are as many categories as there are motorcycles: cruisers, choppers, sports bikes, naked bikes, supermotards, allroads, etc. The character of a specific motorcycle is determined by a big number of aspects. Here we try to address those aspects of the character of a bike.
The character of a motorcycle, the way ot feels, the way it rides, is determined by a combination ofmany factors.
Two of those characteristics are torque and power, and these are probably the most important.
Here we try to explain what torque and power mean, and how they infuence the way a motorcycle feels.
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Torque and Power...
Is it still necessary to break in a new engine, or is there no need?
If it is a good idea to break an engine in, why?
And if you would like to break in your new engine, how should you do that?
What will lengthen the lifetime of your engine and what will decrease it?
How do you prevent your engine from consuming oil?
This page tries to answer these questions.
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Breaking in a new engine...