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Motorcycles
Any two-wheeled motor vehicle that can carry either one or two passengers.
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cylinder head
Automotive; Motorcycles
Casting that seals top of cylinder and provides a mounting place for spark plug. In four-stroke cycle engine, cylinder head also contains intake and exhaust ports. Both two- and four-stroke cycle ...
siamese crankshaft
Automotive; Motorcycles
Crankshaft configuration where two rods are mounted on same crank pin (journal). One rod is forked the other is mounted on inside of fork.
cylinder honing
Automotive; Motorcycles
Use of a parallel type cylinder hone to size a cylinder after boring. Proper cylinder honing provides proper texture and crosshatch.
side-by-side crankshaft
Automotive; Motorcycles
Crankshaft configuration where connecting rods are mounted next to each other on same crankpin (journal).
cylinder liner
Automotive; Motorcycles
Cast iron sleeve or tube pressed or cast into cylinder block to provide bore which piston moves in.
sine wave
Automotive; Motorcycles
A graphical representation of 360 degrees of rotation, representing change in direction of single-phase ac.
damper
Automotive; Motorcycles
Device which uses oil metered through orifices to control abrupt suspension movement during extension and compression.
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