Motorcycles

Motorcycles

Any two-wheeled motor vehicle that can carry either one or two passengers.

Industry: Automotive

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bench grinder

Automotive; Motorcycles

A power grinder with round abrasive stones mounted on either end of a special electric motor, for rough grinding of ferrous metals.

pilot air screw

Automotive; Motorcycles

A screw mounted on side of carburetor that allows fine adjustment of air-fuel ratio in pilot circuit of slide type carburetor.

jet

Automotive; Motorcycles

A carburetor component, usually made of brass, which meters flow of fuel to venturi. Fuel is metered by a small hole drilled through centre of jet.

bleeder-type needle circuit

Automotive; Motorcycles

Air from carburetor air jet is mixed with fuel in body of needle jet making an air-fuel froth. The mixture is then metered into throat of carburetor by jet needle and needle jet.

A carburetor circuit that provides proper air-fuel ratio from approximately zero to one-eighth throttle opening. It basically consists of a pilot jet, pilot air screw or pilot fuel screw, and a pilot ...

junction block

Automotive; Motorcycles

A device that transfers action of a single cable to two or more cables.

blow-by

Automotive; Motorcycles

When piston rings do not effectively seal combustion pressure, allowing hot gases to blow between rings and cylinder wall. This causes overheating of piston and poor performance.