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S&S 160CI Billet Pro Stock EngineThe engine you see before you is not your average V-twin. With extensive S&S engineering accomplishments, nothing compares to the 160ci Pro Stock powerhouse. This billet beauty is a 60-degree monster delivering well over 300 horsepower at the rear wheel of any race bike! Designed to shock the drag racing […]

Just a quick note to anybody who might find themselves in this spot. This is a problem I have never heard of before, and everybody who wrenches on EFI models, just goes, “Hmmm, haven’t heard that one before.” So, here is the fix, if it happens to you. I have a 2002 FLHT Fuel injected

Check Them Out. Question of the week with Ross Racing Pistons One of the most frequently asked question we get, is. How do you install ring properly.So here goes. Top Rings :Molybdenum faced, barrel lapped, ductile spheroidal graphite iron. Phosphate coated, or gas nitrite steel barrel faced. Second Rings :Grey cast iron, reverse torsional twist,

Editor’s note- This is from a long time reader and contributor to Bikernet, Anson Alexander, also one of our friends. He is a regular family man like many of us out there who enjoy riding when we can and always appreciate a little more power. He is a former Buell rider who has upgraded to

The photography in this tech sucks, so I thought I’d start it off with a bang from RFR, a hot Texas photog.In the fall of 2004 I semi-retired from racing drag bikes and needed a two-wheeled fix. I found a sweet ‘80 Shovelhead rigid on an EBAY ad but was beat out of it by

You guys know that the ol' TBear is always on the look out for fresh young talent. I like up and coming craftsmen who haven't yet been corrupted by the glamour of the Discovery Channel or the high dollar bling-bling that festoons every bike lined up at Stoogis. Just regular guys, who do what they

Our finished wheels, after lacing, with the “new” powder coated rims. Note the nice finish on the powder coating. Editor’s Note: Here’s another tech from the expert tech books publishing empire of the Wolfgang. The following, Chapter 4, tech about lacing bobber powder-coated wheels came directly from the Publisher’s new book, “How To Hop Up

Here's a rare shot of the house where the Devil was born in Transylvania. Today we’re hanging out at Lucky Devil Metalworks in Houston, Texas where the Devil, Kent Weeks, is chopping a stock Harley-Davidson Dyna. To add the necessary heft to the rear of this custom, the D is using Big Boar Products’ new

Editor’s Note: We are going to work with S&S, Baker, BDL, Compu-Fire and other Bikernet Sponsors, on their most asked tech questions. We’ll try to deliver the info you need access to. The following came from Howard Kelly, the former editor of HOT BIKE, and now an S&S tech editor. “We take tech calls all

Some of the shots in this article are soft or slightly out of focus. So we decided to kick it of with a soft shot to set the stage. Hope you can dig it.My current build uses a Hushboy’s Infusion frame with a concealed Lockstop, internal forkstop arrangement. Photo 1Looking at the front end it