| Stock Code: B8456B | | Publisher Code: HM3515 | | ISBN 10: 185960515X | | ISBN 13: 9781859605158 | | Dimensions: 210x280mm | | Illustrations: Hard Bound, Colour, Black and white |
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Description
The workings of the modern motorcycle and scooter fully explained, from basic principles to current designs.
- All common engine, chassis and electrical systems fully explained
- Aimed at students on Further Education course in Motorcycle Engineering or simply those who wish to understand more about he worksings of their motorcycle or scooter
- Over 400 illustrations
Introduction
Quite a large number of motorcycles and scooters in everyday use are ridden by owners who have little understanding of how their machine works. Many are quite content to remain in this state of blissful ignorance, having their machine serviced at regular intervals as and when the need occurs, or repairs carried out when problems necessitate. Not everyone has the ability or inclination to look after these matters themselves and it is as well that they are aware of their own limitations.
Unfortunately, roadside breakdowns are likely to occur without warning, and always at a bad time. They can range from something mildly irritating, such as the refusal to start one morning, to a complete breakdown in some remote spot on a dark wet night. It is on occasions like these that most people begin to have some regret at not having even a basic understanding of how their machines work so that they could, perhaps, have taken precautionary measures, or, at the very least, have an idea of where the fault lies.
No book, however well written, can turn an unskilled amateur into a skilled mechanic. What it can do is to explain in simple terms how each major component of a motorcycle or scooter functions and the role it plays in ensuring the machine remains in good running order. No previous understanding of the subject is assumed and all technical terminology used is explained in a glossary at the end of the book.
Today's motorcycles are the end product of many years' continual development work, becoming both complicated and sophisticated in the quest for improved performance. Although the use of electronics is increasing, especially for the control of fuelling and ignition, many components on the motorcycle are still of mechanical operation and it will often be found that a complicated looking assembly is nothing more than a number of relatively simple basic units bolted together to make up a single, compact unit.
This book is also aimed at students on Further Education courses in Motorcycle Engineering. |
