Build a factory race replica or maximize your stock motocross or off-road bike with expert techniques from tuner and columnist Eric Gorr. Tuning suspension is explained in detail, describing everything from changing fork seals and replacing shock springs to revalving and adjusting the compression and rebound damping. This updated edition covers the aluminum-framed Powerjet-carbureted Honda CR250 and CR125, the XR400, the Yamaha four-stroke YZ400F and WR400F, plus new for 1999 bikes. Revised and updated 3rd edition.About the AuthorEric Gorr is the owner/operator of Forward Motion, a high-performance engine building shop. Gorr was also Dr. Dirt, a technical columnist for many years in Dirt Rider magazine. Gorr resides in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Eric Gorr, who runs the highly respected motorcycle-modification shop Forward Motion and its companion website, is Dirt Rider’s Dr. Dirt and the author of Motocross and Off-Road Performance Handbook, 3rd Edition, also from MBI Publishing Company. He has served as a tuner for American and European off-road racing teams, and he resides near
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I have been tinkering with motorcycles and dirtbike for 39 years now. I really enjoyed reading and re-reading this book. It contains practical examples on many different models and years of commonly available bikes and also the theory behind how it all works.I highly recommend this book to anyone that wants to get better at riding and maintaning dirtbikes.
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The material in this book may be familiar to seasoned racers and repairmen. But. For me, that is just getting started in motocross, the info I found in these pages was INVALUABLE.
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This is a good book and the only one of its kind of which I am aware. On that basis, I can recommend it heartily. However, there is plenty of room for improvement in future editions. Most obviously, the balance of coverage needs to be tipped in the direction of 4-strokes. At present there is a 4-stroke chapter, but it follows three longer chapters on 2-strokes engines and repairs. The other serious weakness, in my view, is the lack of a complete and detailed index. The publisher cut more than a few corners here. There are tons of missing entries: tire, tire pressure, tire selection, tire mounting ... just to give one example. And some entries are silly: "two-stroke engine" with two pages cited, despite the fact that there are three chapters relating to the subject. But all that said, there is plenty of really useful information in the book. The chapter on tuning tips, for instance, is wonderful, as is the extensive range of illustrations.
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There are several types of dirt bike sports and each sport has a bike designed especially for the demands of its application. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exhaust valve system, rear transfer ports, unladen sag, cylinder and head mods, crank halves, midrange hit, ramp cup, crankcase mods, igniter box, transition shims, twin tube forks, race sag, cartridge forks, jetting specs, lithe grease, main exhaust port, unburned mixture gases, bottoming cone, carbon fiber reeds, fork tube overlap, revalve shock, stiffer fork springs, catastrophic engine damage, landing from big jumps, cylinder porting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Race Tech, United States, Motion Pro, White Bros, Moose Off-Road, Wiseco Pro-Lite, Boyesen Engineering, The Summers, Goodson Automotive, Hot Cams, Hot Rod, Moose Racing, All Japanese, Fred Bramblett, Harbor Freight, Race Tools, Rodney Smith, The Hinson New!
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There are several types of dirt bike sports and each sport has a bike designed especially for the demands of its application. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
exhaust valve system, rear transfer ports, unladen sag, cylinder and head mods, crank halves, midrange hit, ramp cup, crankcase mods, igniter box, transition shims, twin tube forks, race sag, cartridge forks, jetting specs, lithe grease, main exhaust port, unburned mixture gases, bottoming cone, carbon fiber reeds, fork tube overlap, revalve shock, stiffer fork springs, catastrophic engine damage, landing from big jumps, cylinder porting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Race Tech, United States, Motion Pro, White Bros, Moose Off-Road, Wiseco Pro-Lite, Boyesen Engineering, The Summers, Goodson Automotive, Hot Cams, Hot Rod, Moose Racing, All Japanese, Fred Bramblett, Harbor Freight, Race Tools, Rodney Smith, The Hinson New!
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