How to make your motorcycle more performing machine and how to tune your machine as its best
BY DALE ALEXANDER In the past couple of issues, Doug has been doing a credible job of explaining heat, race fuel, and the likes. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read and this has compelled me to add my two cents based on my past racing experience with RD-350’s.When I started racing RD’s, the fast guys on…
BY ERIC GORR Changing the power band of your dirt bike engine is simple when you know the basics. A myriad of different aftermarket accessories is available for you to custom-tune your bike to better suit your needs. The most common mistake is to choose the wrong combination of engine components, making the engine run…
BREAK YOUR ENGINE IN FAST AND IT’LL ALWAYS BE FAST The grain of truth here is that if the piston rings are never seated against the cylinder walls by a proper break-in, they won’t seal and the engine will never develop full power. On the other hand, how fast should break-in be? Do you take…
IGNITION TIMING FOR ANY TWO-STROKE ENGINE. by Bill Unger Advance = the amount of angular measurement that the spark happens before the piston reaches top dead center (TDC) on the power stroke. . Retard is less amount of advance. Internal combustion engines need to start the combustion fire before the piston reaches TDC because it…