Frame: Every motorcycle has a skeleton (chassis), which holds together the entire motorcycle and transfers forces through different members. It is fabricated using welding of circular cross-section bars made of aluminum, steel or alloy. This has several components like: Headstock: The front fork is mounted on the headstock. Rake of the motorcycle is also determined by the headstock. Beam: This...

You don’t need to be Einstein to know the use of NOS in motor racing world. What gained popularity in movies like ‘Fast and Furious’ has its connections with the motoring world dating back to World War II. The chemical was used to boost power of the aircraft engines at high altitude, where oxygen pressure was less. Nitrous oxide has the chemical formula N2O and is commonly known...

If you’re a motoring enthusiast, you must be knowing iridium spark-plugs like your little brother. These are the most unforgiving spark-plugs which added a mighty boost your motorcycle. But is it any good with your ride type. What a spark-plug does: Spark-plug is not a weapon that you can load to your motorcycle and expect it to explode with power. Your own motorcycles come with a set of spark...

India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Tamil Nadu today, showing green signal to the building and running of a new motorcycle plant at Tamil Nadu. This new manufacturing plant in the state will be host to construction of two-wheelers for India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd. (IYM) and function alongside facility at Surajpur (UP) and Faridabad (Haryana) to...

Japan’s Honda Motor Company Limited, the largest motorcycle manufacturing company of the world has posted record profit in the first quarter of 2012 on the back of strong demand in North America and Asia. Its net profit has jumped 61 percent in the first quarter of this year unlike 2011. Honda reported net profit of Rs. 4600 crores, which is a tremendous performance as the 2011 production...

After finishing fifth in qualifying, Casey Stoner crossed the chequered flag first at Gran Premio de Espana grid marking his first MotoGP victory on the Jerez circuit. Riding the Repsol Honda, the Australian man was 0.947 seconds ahead of Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha Factory Team motorcycle. The battle was tense from the start with defending champion, Stoner finally pacing ahead of Lorenzo and...

The year 2011 is about to draw to a close in a few days time. The Indian biking market has witnessed multiple launches in this year with versatile bikes that range from 100cc small machines to high performing 1200cc bikes. Most of these launches have happened in the 250cc category and above, which reflects the rising economy of India as well as the increase in spending capacity of its consumers....

The Yamaha YZF R6 is one of Yamaha’s much awaited sports bikes. The bike is expected to launch this year in August. The bike is a regular on many race tracks, and has many professional bikers awaiting its launch. The YZF R6 features a 4 stroke liquid cooled 4 cylinder engine that is capable of delivering 127bhp of max power at 14,500rpm, and 65.8Nm of peak torque at 11,000rpm. The engine...

Honda has a number of bikes lined up for launch. Among these is the Honda Interceptor VFR800 that is scheduled for launch in August. This will be one of their sports bike offerings, seeing that the market for bigger and expensive bikes in India in on the rise. The Interceptor VFR800 bike is powered by a 4 stroke DOHC V4 VTEC engine that has a displacement of 781cc. with this engine, the bike is...