How Exhaust Pipes MAKE POWER (or KILL IT!)
How does your motorcycle exhaust system help your engine make more power, be more efficient, and sound amazing? Like many parts of the motorcycle, there are near-infinite variations. For exhaust syste...
22 Okt 20251h 18min
Makin' FLAMES! The ART and SCIENCE of mixing FUEL and AIR.
Sounds crazy but early engines ran on "city gas," generated by roasting coal. Liquid fuels like gasoline improved our lot in Combustion Life, but there have been many experiments to get the most out o...
16 Okt 20251h 15min
Ninja! Kawasaki's brand within a brand and how it came to mean "Sportbike" to the masses.
How "Ninja" came to define Kawasaki and what it means to the company. The bikes that built this brand within the brand started in the early 1970s and Ninja just put a name on it. What's "it"? Listen a...
8 Okt 20251h 6min
Fun With Materials: What are Motorcycles Made of and Why?
This week Kevin and Mark are getting MORE MOLECULAR than usual! We know, it's awesome, right? The motorcycle mostly started with iron, then steel and some bronze, and then we got aluminum, titanium, b...
1 Okt 20251h 17min
Yamaha V4 vs. Inline Four! Will a new engine design save Yamaha in MotoGP?
Yamaha is a passionate racing company but recent success has eluded the tuning fork folks. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer dig into Yamaha's new V4 MotoGP racer that debu...
25 Sep 20251h 5min
HOW FAST COULD WE GO?! What's making new motorcycles slower than they should be?
Kevin and Mark dive into what's holding back the ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE of your motorcycle. What could be changed in the engine or with aerodynamics that could help us hit 250 mph? What are the tragic s...
17 Sep 20251h 27min
SHAKE IT! Does Vibration Eat Horsepower?
Engine vibration...does it eat horsepower? How do we control it? Where does it come from? What's secondary vibration vs. primary? Technical Editor Kevin Cameron and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer discuss ...
10 Sep 20251h 10min
How has Honda Sold MORE THAN 100 MILLION SUPER CUBS?!
The little step-through that changed transportation around the globe and helped Honda achieve Grand Prix Racing success, technical dominance, and massive wins in automobiles, the 1958 Super Cub hit a ...
3 Sep 20251h 7min
