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In this well established book, now brought up to date in a second edition, the Technical Editor of Performance Bikes' shows you how to evaluate your engine, how to assess what work you can undertake yourself, and what is best left to a specialist. The great attraction of the two-stroke is its enormous potential, contrasted with its appealing simplicity. Armed with little more than a set of files, you can make profound changes to the output power of a two-stroke. But these changes will increase the power only if you know what you are doing. Motor Cycle Tuning (Two-stroke)' will therefore guide you through the necessary stages which can enable a stock roadster engine can be turned into a machine capable of winning open-class races, for an outlay which is positively low by racing standards. Very few other books on engine development and most of these are either devoted to car engines or are out of date Promoted by PERFORMANCE BIKES
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you own a two stroke then you need John's book on how to tune it. This book along with a Graham Bell's & Gordon Jennings are a must for the "kitchen table" & the very serious tuners.
John wrote a computer program one of the first for designing expansion chambers for 2 strokes (which is in the appendix of the book) , which is now obsolete as the BBC b type computer is now a collectors item.
I had the great pleasure of working with John an re-writting it in DOS for the PC alas that too is now obsolete. BUT the math is still valid and any script kiddy could do amodern version .
The basics are here and will lead you on to looking at Prof. Blaire's extensive works.
John wrote a computer program one of the first for designing expansion chambers for 2 strokes (which is in the appendix of the book) , which is now obsolete as the BBC b type computer is now a collectors item.
I had the great pleasure of working with John an re-writting it in DOS for the PC alas that too is now obsolete. BUT the math is still valid and any script kiddy could do amodern version .
The basics are here and will lead you on to looking at Prof. Blaire's extensive works.
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
The Two-Stroke explanied by extreme detail
8 July 1999
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Very informative with info on what each modification does to two-stroke power. You will understand just about the whole inner workings of a two-stroke motor once you read this book thoughly. Some paragraphs you may need to read twice, just because they contain so much info.
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18 Nov 2002
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I'm very sorry to be negative but I did not like this book. I found that this book muddied the waters regarding two stroke engine operation more than providing any helpful insights. In my opinion Bell's book is a better practical guide, and Blair's book is the best of all for someone who wants to understand the processes involved in two stroke engine operation and then apply them.
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