http://www.cyclepedia.com Online ATV, Motorcycle, Scooter UTV Repair Manuals Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:38:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.cyclepedia.com/blowby-gas-recycling/ http://www.cyclepedia.com/blowby-gas-recycling/#comments Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:54:20 +0000 admin http://www.cyclepedia.com/?p=256 Most four-stroke motorcycle engines are fitted with a crankcase breathing system. These systems are required to moderate the pressure within the crankcase and to offset the volume variations caused by the normal movement of the piston(s). It is important to note that modern crankcase breathing systems allow combustion blowby gases to escape from the engine [...]

]]> http://www.cyclepedia.com/blowby-gas-recycling/feed/ 0 http://www.cyclepedia.com/body-armor/ http://www.cyclepedia.com/body-armor/#comments Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:37:25 +0000 admin http://www.cyclepedia.com/body-armor/ Padding, hard-shelled material or other impact-absorbing material fitted to a motorcyclist’s apparel. Usually placed in high impact areas such as shoulders, elbows, back and knees. Also common in sport bike gloves and boots.

]]> http://www.cyclepedia.com/body-armor/feed/ 0 http://www.cyclepedia.com/backlash/ http://www.cyclepedia.com/backlash/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 17:18:32 +0000 admin http://www.cyclepedia.com/backlash/ The clearance between the meshed teeth of two gears. Usually this is measured by holding one of the gears stationary and measuring how far the other gear can move back and forth, using a dial indicator.

]]> http://www.cyclepedia.com/backlash/feed/ 0 http://www.cyclepedia.com/backbone-frame/ http://www.cyclepedia.com/backbone-frame/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2007 03:00:37 +0000 admin http://www.cyclepedia.com/backbone-frame/ Motorcycles with a backbone frame use the engine as a stressed member. The backbone can be tubular or stamped steel or aluminum, and even carbon fiber is used in some exotic applications. The engine is suspended below the frame and adds rigidity and strength, allowing the frame to be smaller and lighter.

]]> http://www.cyclepedia.com/backbone-frame/feed/ 0 http://www.cyclepedia.com/bottom-dead-center-bdc/ http://www.cyclepedia.com/bottom-dead-center-bdc/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:19:19 +0000 admin http://www.cyclepedia.com/bottom-dead-center-bdc/ When a piston travels the length of its stroke, in normal operation, it is said to have reached bottom dead center when it is at the lowest position in the cylinder, closest to the crankshaft.

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