How to Restore Your Motorcycle

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Motorbooks Intl
List Price: $29.95

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Summary

Written and produced in the style of MBIs bestselling How To Restore Your Collector Car, this comprehensive and completely illustrated hands-on guide will help enthusiasts restore virtually any make of motorcycle. Organized around major sub-assemblies such as engines, wheels and tires, and bodywork, the text and its accompanying photo sequences explain the fundamentals of repair, when to repair and when to replace, and reasonable performance updates.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6(1)
Foreword 6(1)
Introduction 7(6)
Section 1 What It's All About 13(36)
Getting Started
14(9)
Acquiring Your Bike
23(9)
The Workshop
32(14)
The Best-Laid Plans
46(3)
Section 2 Let's Get Started 49(10)
Teardown: Separating the Motorcycle into Its Component Parts
50(9)
Section 3 Component Inspection and Repair 59(146)
Engine Tear-Down
60(29)
Fuel Systems
89(8)
Exhaust Systems
97(8)
Ignition Systems
105(11)
Transmissions
116(11)
Frames
127(9)
Front Forks
136(12)
Wheels and Hubs
148(7)
Brakes
155(13)
Handlebars and Controls
168(7)
Wiring and Electrics
175(17)
Paint and Bodywork
192(13)
Section 4 Final Assembly, Sources, Mechanics, Endpapers 205(13)
Assembly
206(12)
Appendix 218(6)
Index 224

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