Tech Tips Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/feature-articles/tech-tips/ Motorcycle reviews, Product reviews, News, Features, by leading experts. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 00:23:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://bikereview.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/cropped-favico.fw_-32x32.png Tech Tips Archives - Bike Review https://bikereview.com.au/category/feature-articles/tech-tips/ 32 32 Staff Bike: Venhill Featherlight Clutch Cable, Service https://bikereview.com.au/staff-bike-venhill-featherlight-clutch-cable-service/ https://bikereview.com.au/staff-bike-venhill-featherlight-clutch-cable-service/#respond Sat, 16 Oct 2021 00:35:54 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=86251 In March this year my Royal Enfield Interceptor INT 650 turned three. I picked it up on 1/3/2019, a sunny Friday arvo, and rode it home to the Coast from

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/staff-bike-venhill-featherlight-clutch-cable-service/feed/ 0 Tech Talk: Arai Helmets with Simon Crafar https://bikereview.com.au/tech-talk-arai-helmets-with-simon-crafar/ https://bikereview.com.au/tech-talk-arai-helmets-with-simon-crafar/#respond Fri, 02 Apr 2021 23:06:36 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=76009 Helmet technology has come a long way since the early days. Now helmets have tonnes of features like zones to spread the impact out across the helmet and kevlar to

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/tech-talk-arai-helmets-with-simon-crafar/feed/ 0 Leatt Helmets: What is 360° Turbine Technology? https://bikereview.com.au/leatt-helmets-what-is-360-turbine-technology/ https://bikereview.com.au/leatt-helmets-what-is-360-turbine-technology/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:08:17 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=74405 Leatt say using their vast experience and high-tech testing facilities, they have created their own system in the Leatt lab to help reduce the risk of sustaining serious head and

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/leatt-helmets-what-is-360-turbine-technology/feed/ 0 Tech Tips: Ventura Luggage Fitment, CBR500R https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-ventura-luggage-fitment-cbr500r/ https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-ventura-luggage-fitment-cbr500r/#respond Wed, 09 Sep 2020 05:50:31 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=65189 Having blown much of my savings on numerous turbocharged cars (like many mechanically obsessed young blokes), I thought it was about time to make the change from my turbocharged Forester

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-ventura-luggage-fitment-cbr500r/feed/ 0 Building a YZF-R3 Racer from a streetbike… https://bikereview.com.au/building-a-yzf-r3-racer-from-a-streetbike/ https://bikereview.com.au/building-a-yzf-r3-racer-from-a-streetbike/#respond Sat, 13 Jun 2020 20:00:46 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=62495 A quick and informative guide from Yamaha Australia on how to turn your agile, little street legal Yamaha YZF-R3 into a championship winning, 300cc Supersport trophy hunting machine. Stay tuned

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/building-a-yzf-r3-racer-from-a-streetbike/feed/ 0 Tech Tips: DNA Airfilter fitment, Honda CBR500R https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-dna-airfilter-fitment-honda-cbr500r/ https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-dna-airfilter-fitment-honda-cbr500r/#respond Thu, 07 May 2020 02:54:34 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=61243 Having run aftermarket airfilters in all of my vehicles previously, it was a must-do to get one into the new CBR. DNA airfilters were the best reviewed. Here’s how easy

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-dna-airfilter-fitment-honda-cbr500r/feed/ 0 Classic Restoration: 1974 Kawasaki H1 500 https://bikereview.com.au/classic-restoration-1974-kawasaki-h1-500/ https://bikereview.com.au/classic-restoration-1974-kawasaki-h1-500/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:00:08 +0000 http://bikereview.com.au/?p=25873 I’m used to riding the latest and greatest bikes all the time, so my idea was to buy something for myself that I was less likely to lose my licence

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/classic-restoration-1974-kawasaki-h1-500/feed/ 4 Tech Tips: Product Fitment – Oggy Knobbs Kit, CBR500RA https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-product-fitment-oggy-knobbs-kit-cbr500ra/ https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-product-fitment-oggy-knobbs-kit-cbr500ra/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2020 03:52:50 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=60811 After spending a decent chunk of change repairing the side fairings,

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-product-fitment-oggy-knobbs-kit-cbr500ra/feed/ 0 Tech Tips: MRA history & screen fitment, RG500 https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-mra-history-screen-fitment-rg500/ https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-mra-history-screen-fitment-rg500/#respond Sat, 22 Feb 2020 20:19:49 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=58981 Over the years we have often used MRA screens from Pro Accessories to upgrade the OEM screens on our Staff Bikes, racebikes and projects. We’ve always been impressed by the

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]]> https://bikereview.com.au/tech-tips-mra-history-screen-fitment-rg500/feed/ 0 Staff Bike: DNA airfilter kit fitment to Jeff’s Royal Enfield Interceptor… https://bikereview.com.au/staff-bike-dna-airfilter-kit-fitment-to-jeffs-royal-enfield-interceptor/ https://bikereview.com.au/staff-bike-dna-airfilter-kit-fitment-to-jeffs-royal-enfield-interceptor/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2019 22:45:59 +0000 https://bikereview.com.au/?p=52770 My Royal Enfield Interceptor INT 650 is going well and I just did a service on it. While I was working on the bike, I fitted this awesome DNA filter

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