Standard original equipment - what boring words! Who wants to ride a standard motorcycle? There will be hundreds of others just like it. Your motorcycle should be like you - unique, special and individual. Buying the new Motorcycle
Modifying Manual from Haynes is the starting point to personalisation of your motorcycle. It's a hardback, illustrated in full colour and in typical Haynes tradition is packed with useful hints and tips gained from doing the work themselves at their project workshop - each procedure is carefully set out in photographic sequence.
There are thousands of performance products available on the market, many are simply 'bolt-on' whereas others require a little more ingenuity and forethought than might first believed. This invaluable book discusses the pros and cons of fitting bolt-on products, how to select the right items for your bike and how to install them.
If you want to hunker down behind a double-bubble screen and imagine you're Valentino
Rossi this book shows you how to fit one. Maybe you fancy some carbon fibre accessories
- look in this book to see what's available and how they are fitted. What about
some wavy brake discs, braided hoses and titanium fittings? They're in this book
too, with some close-up photographs to show exactly how they're fitted. Are suspension
mods your thing? Ah, but do you understand pre-load, static sag, rider sag and
spring sag? The explanations are in Motorcycle
Modifying - the definitive guide,
with detailed instructions on how to adjust your motorcycle's suspension. There
are suggested upgrades to the front forks and the rear shock and info on how
to fit a steering damper.
Replacement lights, LEDs and mirrors are covered in detail too, plus tail tidies, undertrays, rear sets, huggers and Power Commanders. There's a whole section on fitting a replacement 'can' - one of the most popular tweaks undertaken by riders.
Other useful information includes a chapter on track days - do you know what the different coloured flags mean? There's advice on how to fit crash protectors, fit heavy duty engine casings and guards.
Facing the inside back cover is a complete list of all the motorcycle manuals published by Haynes. Regardless of their wish to promote their core product of service and repair manuals, Haynes strongly advise that you have access to a specific workshop manual for your machine. The fitting of most aftermarket components will require a certain amount of dismantling, and the procedures for doing so are not always immediately obvious. Furthermore, the workshop manual will provide essential torque setting data.
This new book comes with the same enviable reputation as the manuals - "Haynes Manuals just cannot be beaten," is the verdict of Motor
Cycle News.
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Review copies available upon request
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see a feature on Motorcycle
Modifying - the definitive guide, where you can download sample pages.
Haynes Manuals retail at £19.99 (hardback) and are available from all good car
accessory retailers and bookshops including: Halfords, Motor World and WH Smith.
A comprehensive stockist locator can be found at www.haynes.co.uk.
Notes to Editors:
The information above is supplied courtesy of Haynes Publishing, please credit
accordingly if you intend to use it. For further information, please contact
Rebecca Nicholls on Tel: 01452 260063 or email: pr@haynes.co.uk
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Released in 2006
