The Yamaha Xs650 Engine
The Yamaha Xs650 Engine

Author: Hans Joachim Pahl

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-04-16

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781544270630

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This book provides a very detailed description of the function of the Yamaha XS 650 engine, which is based on more than 400 color photos. With the help of this book anyone who has the necessary equipment and basic knowledge should be able to perform maintenance and repair-work. Problems in the electrical system are actually easy to fix. If you don't want to do it by trial and error, this book helps you to understand the electric system of the XS 650. On 35 pages with 38 color photos and graphics you will find an extensive description of the function and how to test all components of the power supply. In addition, a highly simplified wiring harness, which contains all the necessary functions, is described. New spare parts are rarely available. So a whole chapter with 34 color photos is dedicated to the description of typical damages. It will help you to recognize the beginning of wear and to decide wether a part should be replaced or not.

Motorcycle Dream Garages
Motorcycle Dream Garages

Author: Lee Klancher

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2009-10-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780760335505

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If you can't be on your motorcycle on the open road, the next best place is the garage. Motorcycle Dream Garages opens the doors to sixteen palaces for two-wheeled work and play.

How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles
How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles

Author: Sid Young

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2015-08-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0760347972

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Everything you need to know to restore or customize your classic Japanese motorcycle. Whether you want to correctly restore a classic Japanese motorcycle or create a modified, custom build, you need the right information about how to perform the mechanical and cosmetic tasks required to get an old, frequently neglected, and often long-unridden machine back in working order. How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles is your thorough, hands-on manual, covering all the mechanical subsystems that make up a motorcycle. From finding a bike to planning your project to dealing with each mechanical system, How to Rebuild and Restore Classic Japanese Motorcycles includes everything you need to know to get your classic back on the road. Japanese motorcycles have been the best-selling bikes in the world since the mid-1960s, driven by the "big four": Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, and Kawasaki. Of course certain bikes have always had a following - Honda CB750, 305 Hawk, CB400-4, Benly; Suzuki GT750, Katana, GS1000S; Yamaha XS650, RD400 Daytona, TZ; Kawaski H1, H2, Z1R - and these have now become the blue-chip Japanese bikes leading collectors to seek out more common (and now more affordable) alternatives. This is the perfect book for anyone interested in classic Japanese motorcycles, as well as prepping a bike to build a cafe racer, street tracker, or other custom build.

How to Troubleshoot, Repair, and Modify Motorcycle Electrical Systems
How to Troubleshoot, Repair, and Modify Motorcycle Electrical Systems

Author: Tracy Martin

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1627882170

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DIVYour one-stop manual for every aspect of DIY motorcycle electrical repair and modification./divDIV/divDIVWe’ve all stood at the front desk of a repair shop at some point, staring at an invoice, gritting our teeth and nursing our injured wallets. All vehicles will inevitably need maintenance—and we pay a premium in labor fees every time we take them in—but unlike an automobile, which has its electrical components hermetically sealed within its bodywork, the electrical components on a motorcycle are on display for all the world to see. Out in the open, they are constantly subjected to destructive elements like rain, sand, salt, dust, and ultraviolet rays . . . virtually everyone who owns a motorcycle will eventually have to deal with electrical problems. In How to Troubleshoot, Repair, and Modify Motorcycle Electrical Systems, motorcycle expert Tracy Martin provides crystal-clear, fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions for every electrical repair imaginable on a bike—from the nuts-and-bolts basics to fuel-injection systems, onboard computers, repair and installation of factory and aftermarket accessories, and everything else in between. Complete with 600 full-color, how-to photos and 20 helpful diagrams, How to Troubleshoot, Repair, and Modify Motorcycle Electrical Systems will keep your bike on the road and your wallet in your pocket./div

How to Build a Bobber on a Budget
How to Build a Bobber on a Budget

Author: Jose de Miguel

Publisher: Motorbooks International

Published: 2008-02-15

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 9780760327852

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In the old days all a person needed to build a killer custom motorcycle was a bike, a set of tools, a little know-how, and a creative vision. But with the rise of the high-dollar, haute moteur Gucci choppers, the true custom bike has gotten out of most riders’ reach, right? Dead wrong. In this book Jose de Miguel, a custom builder from way back, sets out to prove that those good old days never ended. In the clearest and simplest terms, he shows readers how they can turn odds and ends found around the shop into one-off motorcycle parts--and make a cheap, run-of-the mill custom build into a drop-dead show stopper. Following de Miguel’s lead, along with his straightforward illustrations, any resourceful owner with rudimentary mechanical skills, a basic tool kit, and--most importantly--a modicum of imagination can build the bobber of his dreams for less than the price of a new bike.

Stealing Speed
Stealing Speed

Author: Mat Oxley

Publisher: Haynes Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781844256891

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This is the compelling story of how one of Japan's biggest motorcycle manufacturers stole a Nazi rocket scientist's engine secrets from behind the Iron Curtain to conquer the world. In 1961, with the Cold War at its height, East German motorcycle manufacturer MZ was using World War II rocket technology to win Grands Prix, only for rider Ernst Degner to defect and sell the secrets to Suzuki, while his wife and children were drugged and smuggled through the Berlin Wall. The following year Suzuki and Degner made history by winning the world title. Branded a traitor by the communists, Degner suffered horrific injuries in a fiery racing accident and died in mysterious circumstances.

The Build
The Build

Author: Robert Hoekman, Jr.

Publisher:

Published: 2020-07

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781642340242

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The urge has found you daydreaming more than once. The urge to define, bend, shape, fabricate, invent, shove, break. To slide your leg over the seat you finally got back from the leather shop. To twist back the throttle grip you wrapped yourself. To lunge into the darkness of an open highway on a creation all your own. More than a motorcycle, this is about your identity. It's about building something as unique as you are. In The Build, Robert Hoekman Jr compiles insights from today's best builders to help you plot out your own beautiful beast. Loaded with photos, The Build features firsthand advice from the masters of moto design, including John Ryland (Classified Moto), Alan Stulberg (Revival Cycles), Jared Johnson (Holiday Customs), Jarrod DelPrado (DP Customs), and the legendary Max Hazan (Hazan Motorworks). You've seen what can be done. It's time to do it yourself. Get The Build.

Motorcycle Traveler
Motorcycle Traveler

Author: Peter Starr

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780692151389

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AMA Hall of Fame inductee Peter Starr's motorcycle adventures in 12 countries in 6 years

Adventure Motorcycling Handbook
Adventure Motorcycling Handbook

Author: Chris Scott

Publisher:

Published: 2020-06

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9781912716180

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Practical guide for anyone planning a long-distance motorcycling trip. Choosing, preparing and equipping a motorbike, documentation and shipping, life on the road, trans-continental route outlines: Asia, Africa & Latin America. Updated and now in full colour, this best-seller has been in print for almost 30 years.