Clutch Basket

A motorcycle clutch basket is a bowl-shaped gear-driven housing bolted onto the end of the clutch shaft. Its job is to hold the entire clutch assembly together. When servicing your clutch it is important to inspect your clutch basket for cracks and wear. Your service manual will generally provide service specifications for your motorcycle.

Clutch Springs

Clutch springs can be found in use on most motorcycle clutch assemblies. The function of these short coil springs is to continuously hold the friction and driven plates together through spring tension, preventing slippage except when the clutch lever is engaged. Most often, five or more clutch springs are used per motorcycle clutch assembly. Stiffer [...]

Café-racer

Customized motorcycle built in the style currently categorized as a sportbike; popular in the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The term originated in England when it was popular to modify a motorcycle for better performance and riders would race from cafe to cafe. Sometimes a jukebox would be started to play a particular song at [...]

Cavitation

The mixing of air with a fluid. When air is allowed to enter the oil pump of a motorcycle engine it can cause a situation where the oil is displaced and unable to flow properly through the pump. A solution is often to bleed the air out of the lubrication system. Cavitation can also be [...]