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Archive for September, 2009

If you are a motorbike enthusiast and you like literally getting your hands dirty – what harm is a bit of oil? – then at some stage you’re going to be on the lookout for motorbike parts.

Searching for motorbike parts these days is as simple as searching for anything else on the internet. Use your favourite search engine, and within seconds you are presented with a long list of website to browse through at your leisure.

You will often be presented with a choice of “genuine” motorcycle parts and “OEM” motorcycle parts, and often “pattern” and “aftermarket” part. OEM stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer. But what is the difference between all these?

Those labelled as “genuine” are supplied by the manufacturer of the bike, usually through its own dealer network.

“OEM” parts are designed and manufactured by independent manufacturers. Thus, even on a new bike there will be parts made by other manufacturers, such as Tokico & Nissin for brake callipers, Nippon Denso for clocks and instruments, and many others.

“Pattern” motorbike part parts are copies of genuine or OEM parts. This may happen because the originals are no longer manufactured, but if the originals are available, you should be wary of the quality of pattern parts, though the price may be attractive.

“Aftermarket” or accessory motorcycle parts offer something above and beyond standard originals, usually to improve or customise a motorbike.

If you don’t particularly fancy getting down on your knees and getting oily, then many suppliers of motorbike parts also offer a fitting service, but then, of course, you will need to travel to the supplier, which might be tricky.

As well as motorbike parts, suppliers will also offer related items such as motorcycle clothing, helmets, intercoms or any other products you’d care to think of.

Yes Electric Bicycles or scooters, mopeds or what ever you want to call them now days have been around for over 100 years since the late 1890s. the first pedal bicycles were invented some 30 years before in Paris. But since then many version of the electric bicycle have been patented in the U.S.A. they have been upgraded and perfected to the present time electric bicycle, moped or scooter most made in China or other Asian countries.

Motorized bicycles have transformed from many different forms through out the years from the first steam engine to internal combustion engine to electric battery powered which has become the most popular lately other then the Big gas powered gas guzzling hogs that many American Love.
Most People are not aware of how long electric bicycles have been around you might think its something new since the recent fuel shortage and cost spikes we all hate, or even because of Global Warming and the whole go green awareness. But not true although it might be one reason for their recent surge in popularity also the technology has improved 10 fold.

The popularity here in US is getting a little stronger but not even close to the other countries with big bicycle culture like over seas in Asia its Huge. While doing some researching I found that in 1996 in Shanghai had 370,000 motorized bicycles and 470,000 other vehicles. China is one of the leading producers of electric bicycles and had domestic sales of electric bicycles that reached 16 to 18 million in 2006. America has a long way to catch up to this statistic, in my opinion it will never happen.