Tools for Pimping Motorcycles

Series Summary

The first petroleum powered motorcycle was designed and built by German inventors in 1885. There was a steam powered, two-wheeled vehicle that was demonstrated at fairs and circuses in 1867 in the eastern United States. Modern day motorcycles consist of a chassis, an engine, a transmission, wheels and tires, a brake system, suspension coils, and instruments to gauge speed, distance and other important variables. There are many types of motorcycles now, including pocket bikes, choppers, sport bikes, motocross bikes, mopeds, scooters, cruisers and touring motorcycles. In this free do-it-yourself motorcycle maintenance video, learn how to fix up your hog so that you can ride cross country without having to stop in at a body shop because of your embarrassing paint job. The ultimate riding experience is characterized by freedom and independence: to be in charge of your ride and in control of your bike. So get tips on tire and brake care, exhaust and muffler care, and how to make it look great and turn heads. The modern biker is the new cowboy, and the highways are the new Wild West. So watch this series and learn how to care for your iron horse; whether you're an easy rider, or born to be wild, it’s your ticket to freedom on the endless roads of America.

Video Transcript

"What up everyone, it's Josh coming from 1 3 innovations incorporated. Today, we have another 06 GSX 600 and today we are going to show you how to pimp it out a little bit, do a couple of upgrades. In this case we are going to do the brand new R-55 full Yoshi exhaust system. And this thing is going to be like a race bike when we are all done with it. We are also going to add a couple of little flavors to the bunch, with zero gravity wind screen, some carbon fibered lock-heart Phillip bar ends. And we are just going to get it going right now and show you how to do everything. Also, when you do a full exhaust on a GXR you are also going to have to follow it up with the power commander and we went with the Dynojet and that gets put back here, exhaust gets put down here, comes with headers, everything you need comes in the kit and it's ready to go. So, we are going to get it started right now. Alright, well right here as you can see, this is the zero gravity wind screen and this is to just give a little bit better look on your bike. They normally come just clear and in this case we went with the super smoked, just normal. They come in three different options; they come in this, a double bubble, which would kick up to here, and then a super touring, which comes way up to here. We just went with the nice little one; it pretty much replaces the factory dark smoke, done deal. These are bar ends, these go on the end of the handle bars. You could pretty much buy these at any motorcycle store. These are pretty much just for looks, just to kind of blend in with all the carbon fiber on the bike. So, that's just kind of like a pimp out item right here. This is the bad boy. This is the headers for the Yoshi-R55 exhaust system. Basically, a lot of people, what they do when they get their bikes, they're throw a little slip-on on it, which means it'd be just something like this, this would go on, it just shows it's kind of like an aftermarket effect, and it's got a little tone to it. That doesn't give you performance. And when you really want to step up to the plate and have performance you go with this Yoshi exhaust, you go with the header, all the way back to the pipe, mid pipe everything, and you follow it along with the Dyno-jet power commander. This bad boy right here adjusts your fuel, air, everything and gets your bike to move exactly the way it needs to. All you do is plug this thing into the computer and there is these things called maps and basically what you do is you go and look to see what exhaust you have, what different parts you have on the bike, like a factory air cleaner, and you find whatever options you have, you grab that map, you down load it into the power commander, and boom, it's all set up in the bike and ready to go. So, we are going to start tearing this bike apart right now and get it all installed."