Motorcycle Dictionary - M
...everything you (n)ever wanted to know about motorcycles and the people who love them...
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| Magneto: | - A device that delivers voltage to your Spark Plugs via the motion of a magnet in a coil as opposed to using Battery voltage.
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| Market Value: | - The generally accepted price that a given Motorcycle will fetch if sold on the public market. This generally has very little to do with what you paid or what work you have done to the machine.
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| Maxim-X: | - One of the quinticential Power Cruisers. Made by Yamaha in '85 and '86. Often called a "baby V-Max", the Max-X boasts an 85+ horsepower 700cc (or 750cc for the non-US market) Inline Four with a 20-valve Genesis head. I affectionately call mine "The Crotch Rocket Eater"
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| Mill: | - Engine
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| Motorcycle: | - Pretty much anything with two(ish) wheels and a motor. At one time, they were all bicycles with engines. Then things got out of hand...
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