Welcome to Episode 14!!!

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In this episode we are looking forward to bringing you some technical information in as short a time frame as possible.

There is no way to cover all the technical information that comprises your motorcycle in one hour. We’re going to start out with some simple things that are overlooked more often than they are checked.

In an effort to progress down a logical path (for once!) we’ll start with your chain and end up with your death. WHOA! What the!? Yeah… you’ll see

Beginning with your chain, we explain what those numbers on the package are saying about your chain. When you are looking to buy a replacement chain there is a series of numbers that appear that describe the qualities of the chain. The number sequence is usually two triplets like this : 520-130

The first number is the pitch. We’ll explain what that means. The second number is the number of links in the chain. I don’t think we tell you that.

For more info and a visual reference we looked up some online stuff for you:

Chain pitch/size video

Metric chain sizes too

We also talk about how your chain can be incorrectly aligned or symptomatic of poor tire alignment.

If you rely on your adjusters to do the job, you may be selling yourself short. Adjusters can be way off, especially on a used or aging bike. If you’ve never heard of “stringing” to get proper alignment, here is a visual guide: http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/how-to/how-to-check-front-and-rear-motorcycle-wheel-alignment-mc-garage-tech-tips

Tire alignment segues right into tire wear, because if not properly aligned, your tires will wear all weird and shit. It could also lead to scalloping and/or cupping, flat-spotting or tracking problems. Learn how to check your tires and find out your tires birthday, and where the tread wear indicator is.

Poor chain and tire maintenance can cause you to crash. Learn all you need to know about that misfortune below:

Visit this page for the following reports:

http://www.smarter-usa.org/research/crash-studies/

Hurt Report and IMSC’90 Summary

California Lane Splitting Study

NHTSA Crash Causation Pilot Study

Lane Splitting 2015

MAIDS report

British IDS

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