How Your Motorcycle Works: Your Guide to the Components & Systems of Modern Moto

Description: How Your Motorcycle Works by Peter Henshaw With clear, jargon-free text, and detailed cutaway illustrations, this book explains exactly how the modern bike works. Including hints and tips on how to keep your bike working efficiently, and a glossary of terms, this book will increase your understanding and enjoyment of your motorcycle. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description No longer the simple machines they used to be, the modern motorcycle is as complex and diverse as the modern car. In an ever more competitive market, manufacturers are looking for new solutions to old problems – whats the most efficient transmission? How can emissions and fuel consumption be cut without affecting power? And how can new models be differentiated from one another?This book explains how the modern motorcycle works, in a straightforward style thats jargon-free and easy to read. It assumes no prior mechanical knowledge, simply an interest in a motorcycles workings, and an open mind. The text is accompanied by superb cutaway illustrations from the major motorcycle manufacturers, clearly showing how individual components and systems function.It covers the latest innovations, including traction control and pushbutton gear change, as well as long-established technologies, such as fuel injection and ABS.How Your Motorcycle Works will not transform you into a motorcycle engineer or expert mechanic, but in explaining precisely how everything works, it will increase your understanding, and thus enjoyment, of the machine. Notes A jargon free step-by-step guide to how a ] motorcycle works, with clear cutaway illustrations. Fully explains the variety of engine and transmission systems and increases the overall understanding of motorcycles. Author Biography Peter Henshaw has been an enthusiast for anything with wheels since he was a child – everything from bicycles to 500hp tractors. He was Editor of Motorcycle Sport & Leisure for five years before going freelance, and now contributes to a whole raft of transport magazines and websites, including The Vintagent (motorcycles), A to B (cycling) and Tractor (as it says …) as well as editing Vintage & Classic Motorcycle. But this petrolhead is becoming increasingly green – now doesnt fly, doesnt own a car, rides the most economical motorcycle on the market, and for local journeys uses a bicycle or pedelec. Table of Contents 1 - Types Bike types - sports bike, trail bike, naked, adventure tourer etc Frame types 2 - Propulsion Internal combustion engine Hybrid systems Starting system Charging system Fuel system Fuel injection Air intake Ignition system Cooling system Lubrication system Exhaust system 3 - Drivetrain Clutch systems (including dual-clutch) Gearbox (conventional, pushbutton, CVT) Final drive systems (chain, shaft, toothed belt) Wheels and tyres Suspension systems Braking systems (including ABS, linked systems and traction control) 4 - Help your bike work bettter (Hints and tips, broadly as section 5 in How Your Car Works) 5 - Glossary of terms and units Long Description No longer the simple machines they used to be, the modern motorcycle is as complex and diverse as the modern car. In an ever more competitive market, manufacturers are looking for new solutions to old problems - whats the most efficient transmission? How can emissions and fuel consumption be cut without affecting power? And how can new models be differentiated from one another? This book explains how the modern motorcycle works, in a straightforward style thats jargon-free and easy to read. It assumes no prior mechanical knowledge, simply an interest in a motorcycles workings, and an open mind. The text is accompanied by superb cutaway illustrations from the major motorcycle manufacturers, clearly showing how individual components and systems function. It covers the latest innovations, including traction control and pushbutton gear change, as well as long-established technologies, such as fuel injection and ABS. How your motorcycle works will not transform you into a motorcycle engineer or expert mechanic, but in explaining precisely how everything works, it will increase your understanding, and thus enjoyment, of the machine. Description for Sales People The modern motorcycle is a fascinating and complex machine, but it can be easily understood. No other book covers this subject in such detail. Detailed cutaway technical Description for Bookstore The modern motorcycle is a fascinating and complex piece of machinery, easily as complex and diverse as the modern car. With clear, jargon-free text, and detailed cutaway Details ISBN1845844947 Author Peter Henshaw ISBN-10 1845844947 ISBN-13 9781845844943 Media Book Format Paperback Pages 80 Series RAC Handbook Subtitle Your Guide to the Components & Systems of Modern Motorcycles Place of Publication Dorset Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 629.2275 Birth 1962 Short Title HOW YOUR MOTORCYCLE WORKS Language English Residence ENK Affiliation Queens University, Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario University of Western Ontario AU Release Date 2012-08-02 NZ Release Date 2012-08-02 Illustrations 86 Audience General Publisher David & Charles Imprint Veloce Year 2012 Publication Date 2012-07-15 UK Release Date 2012-07-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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