enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Motorcycle components - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_components

    A motorcycle fork is the portion of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. For handling, the front fork is the most critical part of a motorcycle. The combination of rake and trail determines how stable the motorcycle is. The 'fork' on a motorcycle consists of multiple components.

  3. Slipper clutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipper_clutch

    A slipper clutch (also known as a back-torque limiter) is a specialized clutch with an integrated freewheel mechanism, developed for performance-oriented motorcycles to mitigate the effects of engine braking when riders decelerate.

  4. Motorcycle transmission - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_transmission

    The clutch in a manual-shift motorcycle transmission is typically an arrangement of plates stacked in alternating fashion, one geared on the inside to the engine and the next geared on the outside to the transmission input shaft. Whether wet (rotating in engine oil) or dry, the plates are squeezed together by springs, causing friction build up ...

  5. Sprag clutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprag_clutch

    One-way bearing combining sprags and bearing rollers in one race Sprags jam when driven and slide when in reverse. A sprag clutch is a one-way freewheel clutch.It resembles a roller bearing but, instead of cylindrical rollers, non-revolving asymmetric figure-eight shaped sprags, or other elements allowing single direction rotation, are used.

  6. List of Harley-Davidson motorcycles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Harley-Davidson...

    First of two H-D flat-twin motorcycle designs put into production, first H-D flathead motorcycle. The fork was a trailing link design. D-series (45 solo) 45.1 cu in (739 cc) flathead: 1929–1932 First H-D 45 cubic inch motorcycle, first H-D flathead V-twin motorcycle. R-series (45 solo: R, RL, RLD,) 45.1 cu in (739 cc) flathead 1932–1936

  7. Suicide clutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_clutch

    Old-style tank shift. Regular clutch hand Shifter - This is where the shifter is a regular knob either located on the tank, which operates through a linkage to the transmission (tank shifter) or on a lever bolted directly to the top of the transmission (jockey shifter or slap shifter depending on the transmission design) and involves the semi-complex task of foot clutch operation and hand ...

  8. Sequential manual transmission - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_manual_transmission

    Gear shift lever on a motorcycle (above the toe of the rider's boot) A sequential manual transmission is unsynchronized, and allows the driver to select either the next gear (e.g. shifting from first gear to second gear) or the previous gear (e.g., shifting from third gear to second gear), operated either via electronic paddle-shifters mounted behind the steering wheel or with a sequential ...

  9. Centrifugal clutch - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_clutch

    A chainsaw's clutch. The chain wraps around a sprocket behind the clutch that turns with the outer drum. The input of the clutch is connected to the engine crankshaft while the output may drive a shaft, chain, or belt. As engine revolutions per minute increase, weighted arms in the clutch swing outward and force the clutch to engage. The most ...

  1. Related searches motorcycle clutch identification chart explained pdf printable calendar

    motorcycle slipper clutchsprag clutch