Yamaha OE

Have you ever found yourself spending hour upon hour in search of OEM Motorcycle Parts? This can happen whether you are a mechanic working in a shop or you know how to maintain and repair your own bike. Although you can easily find the parts you need, it takes a watchful eye not to be taken by dealers who seem to have no problem padding the price. As you know, your motorcycle requires both routine maintenance and lots of TLC that cars just don't need. The more you ride your bike, the more frequently you need oil changes, tires and other accessories to keep your high performance bike on the road where you both are happiest. And even when you find the right part, it's so frustrating to have to sit on your hands and wait until it finally makes its way to you.

OEM motorcycle part dealers alleviate the headaches of turning your pockets inside out and getting your parts to you at a snail's pace. The beauty of the Internet means that your bike and all its parts are viewable on microfiche. What this means is whether you own an ATV, a sport bike, a dirt bike or a cruiser, buying the exact part you need means cutting out the middle man and getting it quicker and cheaper. Think about it, you are the one riding your bike, you know her the best. Between the intimate relationship you have built up with your machine and the owner's manual, you can be your bike's most reliable mechanic.

Now you are probably wondering what OEM parts are, right? OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturing. What this means to you is that everything you buy, whether it's a new kickstand, tires, a new suspension or a whole new carburetor ignition system, means that they are all genuine Yamaha parts.

It doesn't matter what type of bike you are fixing, or what part you are putting in them, you need to know that the part will work and it won't void any warranties. Most importantly, when you get on your bike and are riding on the freeway or on those back roads and are hugging those curves, nothing shakes, shimmies and you can take the bike as fast as you want to and never worry about anything.

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THE DUCATI 750SS

Rather like fellow Italian motorcycle manufacture Moto Guzzi, Ducati was an exotic, yet unpredictable, marquee in the 1970s. The Ducati 750SS was the first foray into big bore machinery for the company. Opinions vary, some thinking it was a collection parts from the famous Dell'Orto catalogue with glass fibre bits and pieces, (including the fuel tank), others feeling that it was simply an evolution from Ducati's GT.

Really, it wasn't important. Despite the drawing board opinions, when ridden, the SS proved to be a very special sports bike and helped pave the way for the release, and success, of the 900SS some two years later. Both the Honda CB750 and Suzuki GT750 were the two bikes that were in many ways the benchmarks in terms of performance and handling at the time of the release of the SS, and with a top speed of 124mph, the SS could compete on level terms.

However, where it excelled was in the "twisties". Even up against more powerful bikes, when it came to cornering and real life speed, in other words not just straight line performance, the SS would leave them in its wake. It built up a deserved reputation as the best cafe style racer of the day, and the best handling superbike to date.

Typical of Ducati, and a style that remains to this day, were the rear mounted footrests and clip-on handlebars. This put it firmly in the sports bracket, pushing the boundaries of sports bikes at that time, and looked different to anything else on the road at that time. It looked stunning with its race seat and optional handlebar fairing. Riding this machine took guts and an ability to cope with the radical riding position, placing as it did a lot of pressure on the wrists and neck muscles.

Production stopped in 1974. It was sometimes regarded as a piece of exotica and sales were not huge. But this 748cc, V-twin broke a mould in many ways, before Ducati moved on, as the rest of the motorcycle industry, to more cubes and more horsepower.

NEW HERO HONDA PRO

Hero Honda recently split from its technology partner company Honda but that has not stopped them from continuing upgrading their vehicles. In Pune, the new 2011 Karizma has been spotted and believe you me, you won't be able to make out in the first glance. The bike looks like most other Hero Honda upgrades, almost similar to the older version.

Yes there are new features on the horizon such as new stickers, graphics and change of colours all around. The speedometer is now yellow and carriers the Karizma tag on it. Also the engine cowl is new and many features like clear lens indicators, colours are borrowed from its elder sibling the ZMR. There is no upgrade in the engine nor is there any revolutionary feature. Yes it does have new handlebars but clipons are still not there.

What you can expect is another of those HH upgrades with a slight price hike adding absolutely no real difference compared to the outgoing model. What Hero Honda should have really done was to upgrade the ZMA with ZMR clipon handle bars, given it a digital speedometer (even the Hunk has it now) and most importantly given the Karizma wider tyres. All these modifications would have really added value to the bike and then people would not have been like "Hey, the Karizma is still the one which was launched in May, 2003 with some new stickers." Anyways the new Karizma if launched at the same price will be a good upgrade to an already excellent product from the Hero Group.