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Harley-Davidson said Tuesday it’s recalling about 238,300 motorcycles, worldwide, for a clutch problem — the fourth recall for a clutch issue in five years.

Designed with efficiency in mind, the thruster unit and nozzle has been optimized to minimize resistance and maximize performance and optional nozzle profiles are available depending on operating parameters, the company said. In comparison to the MTA v2, the MTA v3 is 20% lighter, requires 27% less oil volume and has an increased power density of 25%. Additional improvements from previous MTA generations include a 3% bollard pull increase, Caterpillar said.

Diesel engines are mainly consumed in Europe and China countries. The two areas occupy about 86% market share. Besides, North America is also an important market of diesel engine.

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Drive quality is all-important this year, as Ram really raised the bar with the 2019 Ram 1500 and Ford’s been killing it with the 3.5-liter turbo V6. From what we experienced on the various driving surfaces of Milford, the Silverado will have the chops to compete. Driven back-to-back with current models, the 2019 has lighter steering and the whole truck feels lighter and more eager and responsive, while at the same time providing a much-improved smooth and steady ride.

As with all research projects, it’s unclear if Delta’s super-fast new charging technology will prove to be commercially viable. But a faster charging station is definitely needed to keep pace with electric-car development.

The Husqvarna FC450 could have won this year’s shootout, but rather than making the FC450 feel more distinctly different from the KTM 450SXF it is based on, the Husky engineers made the two bikes more identical than ever. The seat is no longer square. The plastic subframe isn’t as resilient, and the airbox isn’t as bulky in the rear anymore. When you sit on the orange and white bikes, they feel identical—save for the bar bend. Most MXA test riders liked the feel of the Husky bar bend and optional maps better than those on the 450SXF units. The biggest difference is that the Husqvarna power feels mellower, which lots of test riders liked because it was ultra-smooth; however, Husky didn’t fix the Magura clutch problem from last year. The slave seal often fails—forcing us to replace it with a Brembo piston from the KTM parts book. The ice-cream-cone restrictor in the muffler is a crime against humanity. What is it doing in there? It costs the FC450 almost a full horsepower compared to the KTM at peak. As on the KTM 450SXF, we drill holes in the airbox to give it more power across the board, but we’ve been doing this to Husqvarnas for a few years now. 

There were moments during MXA’s several-month-long 450 shootout period when the 2019 Kawasaki was the front runner for first place. It is by far the most improved bike of 2019. Every test rider enjoyed the deceivingly fast engine, light-feeling chassis, clean ergos and nice design touches, but, and this is a big but, it is a “first-year model.” First-year models always have teething problems, and the more we raced the 2019 KX450, the more the problems came to the surface. Those problems began to sap our enthusiasm for the Kawasaki KX450. Even though we still liked it, we liked it less and less when the clutch kept burning through plates (hydraulic or not), the over-size rear brake locked up at the least opportune times, the forks bottomed because of the soft fork springs, the bottom chain roller self-destructed, and we realized the airbox design was convoluted. There is one caveat to all of this. If you feel that you can live with the flaws, chase down solutions and stay on top of the maintenance, then go for it. It is the lightest of the Japanese-built bikes.

They still haven’t come close to Ford and their legendary number of safety coverups and resistance to safety recalls. Hiding documents from investigators, paying victims to maintain their silence, destroying evidence, etc.

I know. I assume the post is an attempted justification because the real reason can’t be mentioned.

To set the WOT up-shift rpm on the 700R4, you will need a TCI kit like this one that offers stiffer springs to bring the shifts in at a later RPM. It’s a hassle, but it can be done.

The 2019 Suzuki RM-Z450 is 10 percent improved over last year’s offering. The sad fact is that even if Suzuki’s engineers could have made the 2019 Suzuki RM-Z450 25 percent more ridable than last year’s model, it still would have trouble getting out of last place in the standings. It is that far behind the eight ball. Suzuki made the 2019 RM-Z450 a much more ridable bike than the 2018 by trying to make the rear shock more responsive to bumps. But, it has a long way to go. What would Suzuki need to do to change its fortunes in the 450 class? The RM-Z450 has to lose beaucoup pounds (it needs to drop 18 pounds to match the KTM 450SXF), add electric starting (as it sits, that would result in an unacceptable 246-pound bike), get rid of the weird BFRC shock (or make it work when changing directions in the rough), design a totally new engine (not just because the current engine is the slowest in the class, but because this powerplant is an ancient mariner), build a clutch that maximizes power (instead of slip), and find engineers and test riders who prioritize balance over partial fixes.