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Ever wondered why some bikes are equipped with conventional telescopic forks while the others get upside down forks? First and foremost, let's get the differences out the way. A fork comprises of a spring and a damping unit inside. Here, the springs act as a compression unit while the dampers, with the help of oil, control its velocity. In essence, both telescopic forks and USD forks have almost similar working components. Despite this, the latter receives more preference over the former. The origin of USD forks dates back to the late 1980s when race teams turned the fork upside down to improve handling. In a telescopic fork, the chrome part (stanchion) is positioned at the top and held together by a triple clamp while the slider (female portion) sits at the bottom. Turn the entire assembly over and you have an upside-down fork, where the slider sits up top, braced by the triple clamp, and the stanchion is positioned below. Needless to say, the section which undergoes the most amou

Crankshafts: The  crankshaft  is an engine component that converts the linear (reciprocating) motion of the piston into rotary motion. The  crankshaft  is the main rotating component of an engine and is commonly made of ductile iron. All major components of the engine like piston,connecting rod etc. are supported by this shaft. Construction Of Crankshaft: A crankshaft is simply the same as an eccentric, except the eccentric is a much smaller diameter than the shaft itself Crankshaft length mainly depends on number of cylinders are present in engine .Firing order also considered while designing the Crankshaft . Location :    Crankshaft is located in crank case . On Crankshaft, Connecting rods and pistons are mounted. The crankshaft rides on bearings which can wear down over time. The bearings support the crankshaft and also the rods which connect the pistons to the crankshaft. Applications : It actually part of an engine where the power is available , and this power is transferred in th

Slipper Clutch – How Does it Work? The actual difference between the slipper clutch and normal clutch is the clutch hub. The base of clutch is on the right side and the hub of clutch is on the left side. You can see ball and ramp in the clutch base and ramp and engagement dogs in clutch hub (It may come with or without ball bearings, this one is without ball bearing). In normal operation, when the engine is trying to turn the rear wheel, the flat engagement dogs push on each other, and the clutch drives the motorcycle forward like a normal clutch operation. During massive deceleration or hard breaking the torque forces the ramps together. To absorb engine braking force the ramps slide up on each other. This action lifts the hub up from the base, in the direction of pressure plate. It slides until the entire braking force is absorbed and then act like a normal clutch. This mechanism is called “ spring loaded ball sliding up ramp ”. The above process absorbs the engine braking force and