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CROSS-COUNTRY RACING TORTURES EQUIPMENT. BUT IT HASN’T BROKEN THIS SPROCKET. - Sunstar-mc
CROSS-COUNTRY RACING TORTURES EQUIPMENT. BUT IT HASN’T BROKEN THIS SPROCKET.
Cross-country racing is brutal on men, women, and machine. Sustaining eye-popping speed through dirt, mud, sand, rocks, and water for seemingly endless periods of time is nothing short of the... Read more...
GLAZED AND CONFUSED - Sunstar-mc
GLAZED AND CONFUSED
Poor brake performance got you baffled? It could be glazed brake pads and rotors. Top braking performance relies on friction—in other words, the brake pad’s ability to grab onto the... Read more...
LOSING TEETH CAN REAP BIG REWARDS IN PERFORMANCE. - Sunstar-mc
LOSING TEETH CAN REAP BIG REWARDS IN PERFORMANCE.
While it may not pay to put your old sprocket under your pillow at night, you can get big rewards in performance overnight by losing a tooth--or adding one--to your... Read more...
OEMAZING! - Sunstar-mc
OEMAZING!
OEM? OMG! Restore your bike’s drivetrain to “as new” factory performance specs with sprockets and chains from the world’s largest OEM manufacturer. OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) parts don’t always get... Read more...
HERE ARE THE TOP FOUR WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BIKE’S DRIVETRAIN PERFORMING LIKE NEW. - Sunstar-mc
HERE ARE THE TOP FOUR WAYS TO KEEP YOUR BIKE’S DRIVETRAIN PERFORMING LIKE NEW.
As riders who love performance, we tend to put our bikes through the paces every chance we get. And that means our machines can show accelerated wear and tear, especially... Read more...
COULD YOUR BIKE’S DRIVETRAIN BE A LITTLE STRESSED? - Sunstar-mc
COULD YOUR BIKE’S DRIVETRAIN BE A LITTLE STRESSED?
The coronavirus pandemic has everyone a bit tense these days. And no wonder; even the most mundane and routine tasks that we all used to do without giving a second... Read more...
KEEPING YOUR SPROCKET TEETH AND CHAIN CLEAN CAN KEEP YOU SMILING - Sunstar-mc
KEEPING YOUR SPROCKET TEETH AND CHAIN CLEAN CAN KEEP YOU SMILING
April showers bring … mud. And mud brings greater wear and tear to your bike’s sprockets and chain. Grime and gunk also create drag that robs your bike’s performance. Keeping... Read more...
SPRING CLEANING. AND INSPECTING. AND ADJUSTING. - Sunstar-mc
SPRING CLEANING. AND INSPECTING. AND ADJUSTING.
Like many riders—especially those in cold-weather climates—you probably put your bike in storage for the winter. But even though it had no wear and tear on it from riding during... Read more...
DIY: REPLACING YOUR BIKE’S CHAIN AND SPROCKET. - Sunstar-mc
DIY: REPLACING YOUR BIKE’S CHAIN AND SPROCKET.
Swapping out your bike’s worn out chain and sprockets may seem like a daunting task. But it’s not as tough as you may think. Here’s all it takes to do... Read more...
GET YOUR BIKE IN TOP SHAPE FOR THE NEW YEAR. - Sunstar-mc
GET YOUR BIKE IN TOP SHAPE FOR THE NEW YEAR.
At the start of each new year, we all vow to get ourselves into better shape, outperform all we did the year before, and finally hit the places we’ve always... Read more...
ADVANCED SPROCKET DESIGN REPELS DIRT WHILE YOU ROOST. - Sunstar-mc
ADVANCED SPROCKET DESIGN REPELS DIRT WHILE YOU ROOST.
Dirt riders love getting dirty; the more soil, sand, dust, and mud the better. But, as they say, it’s all fun and games until somebody gets hurt. In this case,... Read more...
SEALED WITH AN X - Sunstar-mc
SEALED WITH AN X
Traditionally, at the factory where your bike was made, grease or another lubricant was applied to your bike’s chain. The problem is, road grime is also drawn into the chain... Read more...