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Using Anti-Seize Compounds
Anti-seize compounds are greaselike pastes that contain high concentrations of copper, nickel, aluminum, graphite and, generally,... more |
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Denny Berg's VooDoo Daddy Custom Honda VTX1800
Famed customizer Denny Berg returns to his roots--low-budget, homestyle cooking using a Honda VTX1800. The result is the 2005 Cobra/Honda... more |
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Three Shadow 750 Customs, Built by Honda
One-of-a-kind show bikes? Not meant for American eyes? An exclusive photo op? Of a Honda custom? You have to be kidding! Our jaded eyes... more |
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Quicksilver: Custom Yamaha Road Star Motorcycle
A distinctive Yamaha Road Star custom with the personal touch. more |
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Quicksilver: Liquid Power
Take your stock Road Star Silverado...please. When he first bought his Star, John Olszewski couldn't wait to start shining it (which is... more |
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Motorcycle Service Departments: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Sleepy Hollow V-Star
Carla Bryan was beating the hell out of her husband—just ask him. Bob Bryan will tell you that every time they went for a ride on his... more |
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1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 Classic Motorcycle with Honda's Trophies
This custom Vulcan keeps winning top honors at the Honda Hoot. more |
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Why Are Road Tests So Darn Technical? | Tech Matters
They throw numbers and dimensions at you left and right. more |
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Winter Wrenching: The General Service
Every year the letters and e-mails sing the same tunes: "You Californians don't know how lucky you are getting to ride all year. I have to... more |
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Roadside Tire Repair
Face it, someday your motorcycle will have a flat tire. If you walk out to the parking lot and find your cruiser sitting on one of its... more |
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How to Install a Pipe
Many cruiser owners simply plan to change the exhaust system when they buy a new cruiser. Pipe swaps are popular for any number of reasons.... more |
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Lubing Control Cables
Sticky, binding motorcycle control cables are the worst. They make it hard to control whatever it is they are connected to. These days,... more |
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Radical Road Star
The Germans have their own way of doing things. They revel in mechanical perfection and are willing to go to great lengths to achieve it.... more |
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Radical Yamaha Road Star Motorcycle from the Rhineland
A custom Yamaha Road Star chopper motorcycle with a German flavor. By Mark Zimmerman. more |
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Shooting Star: Custom Yamaha Road Star
For builders who create one-of-a-kind machines for customers, the process usually follows standard patterns: A client has an idea for a pro... more |
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Long Winter's Nap: Motorcycle Storage
It's over. If you live in the northern Rockies, Minnesota or Alaska, the riding season is history, unless you got real lucky this year. In... more |
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Batman: One Maxed-Out Yamaha Royal Star
Kelly Welling isn't your normal cruiser rider. If he were, he'd have a nicely tricked-out Royal Star Tour Deluxe. And we'd all be pretty... more |
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Fork Seal Replacement
You would be hard pressed to find anything more neglected on a motorcycle than its fork oil. Some bikes carry the same few ounces of fork... more |
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Medium Well Done: Britt Motorsports Road Star
Custom cruisers run the gamut of design, from lavishly dressed, insufferably cream-puff showbike motorcycles to jetted, bored, supercharged... more |
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Have the Safety of Tubeless Tires with Wire Wheels
Nostalgic, pretty, and capable of absorbing some of the shocks the road dishes out, wire-spoked motorcycle wheels also have their... more |
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Alien DNA! Mind-Bending Marauder
Suppose you are a technical engineer at Motolux International B.V., the manufacturer of Highway Hawk Accessories, and you've been walking... more |
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What to do When Your Motorcycle Won't Start
You push the button and your motorcycle doesn't start. Don't panic. A methodical approach to the basic systems can probably locate and... more |
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Breaking the Mold: Two Victory Customs
The theme is echoed constantly in movie plots -- twins born to the same mother are separated at a young age, grow up in vastly different... more |
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Denny Berg and the VTX1800 Pressure Cooker
Visiting Cobra's display at the Indianapolis Dealer Expo to check out the company's latest custom bikes has become a tradition for many... more |
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