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Offline Ricky_Racer

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Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« on: April 29, 2020, 01:33:49 PM »
For the newbies this should be educational. For the olpharts, maybe just a refresher...


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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2020, 02:47:27 PM »
I’ve never seen this, very good explanation.
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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2020, 03:00:53 PM »
This is cool. I've been wanting to find something like this

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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2020, 03:29:44 PM »
I kind of knew some of it but that has really filled the gaps in !
Thanks for sharing it.

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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2020, 05:04:03 PM »
My wife from the other room said the lady has a very soothing voice while I was watching it. She did not have a clue what it was about  ;D

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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2020, 06:24:47 PM »
Someone spent some serious time with that one!
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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2020, 08:04:58 PM »
Great explanation. Transmissions were always like “black magic” to me. Now I understand how they work! 😊
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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #7 on: May 03, 2020, 01:21:39 PM »
The same YouTube channel just released a video a few hours ago detailing how a motorcycle clutch works as well. Perfect companion to the video you found!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=JhTf7cBeGcs

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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2020, 08:50:10 AM »
Very well done
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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2020, 12:31:55 AM »
i love the work of art transmissions are,thats the best ive seen without having a sectionized unit to spin.

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Re: Excellent Explanation of a Motorcycle Transmission
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