Biker

The Moscow suburb town of Zhukovsky is an aviation "mecca" of Russia. It is home to the largest research institutes and branches of all the country's aircraft manufacturers and regularly hosts world-class aircraft showrooms. In terms of population, the city can not be classified as a large or even large city and, it would seem, everyone living in it should be in love with aviation. However, Alexei Yakubovich is difficult to classify as such, his passion is motorcycles. Alexei has several independently built motorcycles, including those with Zaporozhets engine, and two tricycles...

The most important part of any motorcycle is its frame. It's the frame that defines the silhouette of a motorcycle (not just custom), and therefore its appearance. It depends on the frame, which type of motorcycles your Dnipro will belong to after the modification: chopper, classic, enduro or sports bike. All this is of course relative, because I think you can only build a chopper from Dnipro. So before you is a washed frame of "Dnipro". What can be made of it? And you can do a lot of things, especially if you cut it completely into pipes...

Domestic opposition (Dnipro, Ural, K-750) is still an actual inexpensive motorcycle for not very rich bikers. At the same time second-hand Japanese are much more expensive, and "Chinese" with their design "a la Harley for suckers" and the appropriate quality, usually do not attract bikers with "concepts". So, you've already made a frame and a gas tank. If you have a front fork and wheels, you can put yoфur future bike on wheels and look at it well. It is time to solve the problem of motorcycle wings...

The channels going to the oil filter are jammed. Now the oil flows to the radiator (made of one third of the GAZ-51 oil cooler) through the cut-in fitting, then flows through the fitting to the bypass valve located in the cover of the oil filter, and after the filter - to the engine oil channels. I punched the pressure gauge into the hose rupture in front of the radiator. Tests have shown that after all the modifications, the idling pressure does not drop below 1.5 kG/cm2. A considerable part of noise is generated by ball bearings - they are completely in the Ural engine...

The "Uralovsky" opposition is said to have little power and a lot of noise. I was most annoyed by the noise. There was a case, not with me. Foreign guys came to go for a motorcycle ride in Russia, all like one in foreign cars. Warming up motorcycles, waiting for the "Ural" escort to start. At last I earned - and silenced all "bourgeois" motorcycles with my noise. It wasn't the roar of the exhaust - the rumble and clanking of the engine. The guests were amazed: they said they saw and heard a lot...

The fact is that if a few years ago American masters were considered to be the trendsetters in customizing (and, in general, deservedly so), today their leadership is not so unqualified. Whatever it is, even Americans themselves are beginning to admit it a little bit. What kind of bear should die over the mountain for that to happen! Commenting on the situation on the American custom scene, Michael Lichter draws an interesting analogy with the phenomenon known in the history of rock music as the British Invasion...

The first sensation of landing is strange, so it's strange to sit comfortably. Nothing prevents neither legs nor fifth point. You understand that you have a non-standard motorcycle under your head, but your hands do not sweat and your body does not resist in any way to start the engine and move out of place. The first reaction to the turn of the throttle knob is a rapid pulse - you have to hold on to the wheel tighter. The torque of a 100-inch motor is something you can sacrifice a lot for. This...

All the attributes of the TV series for housewives and the school of real men's lives for seven years in a row is tirelessly showing us the Totulov family on the Discovery Channel in his American Choppers show. "It's all nonsense! Their bikes don't go!" - many people don't deny themselves the pleasure of attaching TV-cameras. So, they do, but that's not the main thing... The enthusiastic views of girls, envy in the eyes of men on the Lexus - the main task of the bike performs flawlessly! At last...

Motorcycles appeared around the same time as cars, if not earlier. As a rule, they were born in the workshops of future automakers, who tried to use simpler equipment. The same thing happened to Gottlieb Daimler, who in 1885 for the first time presented to the public some semblance of the future motorcycle. It was then a very original motorcycle. The frame, like the wheels, was made of wood. And there were not two but four wheels, and all instead of rubber tyres were covered with iron. Under the...

Chopper. After the one-percent break with the AMA, of course, they were no longer able to participate in the organization's races. This was of course immediately reflected in their bikes, which were now being modified to reflect the conditions of the streets and the desire of every biker to express himself and be the coolest at .T hat's when the California beaver turned into a chopper. As for the origin of the name Chopper, there are many versions. I personally believe that the word "chop" can be translated from English as "chipping" or "cutting off"...

A good saddle is the basis for a comfortable ride on a motorcycle. And on a custom saddle (as well as other design elements) emphasizes the style of the motorcycle. Therefore, it is necessary to pay attention to the manufacture of the saddle. First of all, you need to have a clear idea of what to make. It is necessary to install the saddle when the tank and the rear wing are finally placed on the home-made fabric. It is also necessary to install pedal assemblies. It is the location of these knots (i...

The most hardcore thing in such bikes can be considered, perhaps, "suicide clutch" in combination with jockey shift. The fact is that American manufacturers are notable for their considerable conservatism. While motorcycle manufacturers all over the world switched to foot shift and manual clutch, Harley Davidson and Indian, faithful to tradition, continued to produce bikes with foot pedal and manual gearshift, the handle of which was at Harley Davidson on the left side of the tank, and at Indian on the right side...