Motorcycle Techbooks

By: Andrew Trevitt . Suspension systems on today’s sportbikes offer an unmatched variety of adjustments, but understanding how those adjustments work, and how to combine them to tailor your motorcycle to your riding style can be just as challenging...

By: Keith Noakes . This book is an account of the companies and individuals, who have played a major part in the design and advancement of motorcycle frame (chassis) performance. These independent companies began to spring up in the early post war years,...

By: Mike Seate . Whether it's a big-bore, high-end custom sportbike you're after, or a naked, bare knuckles streetfighting drag racer, this book has the goods for getting you there. In three different scenarios, the nation's top builders give...

By: Kevin Cameron . "To appoint yourself project leader on your own bike is exciting," says Cycle World columnist and performance guru Kevin Cameron, "but then you need a plan that you can actually carry through." For a decade,...

By: Sara Liberte . For men and women who have the will to service their own bikes and lack only the know-how, this book has it all: basic, easy-to-use information about repairing and maintaining pushrod V-twin motorcycles from someone who really knows...

By: Tracy Martin . 1st Edition, 2007 A motorcycle's electrical system can be daunting to even the most adept home mechanic. And yet, the more complex these systems become--and the more important to a motorcycle's function--the more useful, even critical,...

By: Timothy Remus, Rob Roehl . Sheet Metal Fabrication Basics is based on the idea that bending sheet metal for your motorcycle shouldn't require large and expensive power tools. The book is made up primarily of shop projects, both simple and complex...

By: JoAnn Bortles . Whether you want to custom paint graphics on the hood of your hot rod, the tank of your motorcycle, a fine-art canvas, or a T-shirt, mastering the art of airbrushing is the key to bringing your vision to life. Expert custom painter...