Cars, Motors & Bicycles

How to Change Windshield Wipers (wiper blades)

February 5, 2010

As you can see there on the left, my car has got an AWESOME set of windshield wipers, and she never needs replacing, but if you can’t get those sort of wipers (they are kinda exclusive) then today I’m going to show you how to quickly and easily change your own windshield wiper blades at [...]

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How to Improve Gas Mileage – Increase your gas mileage with a few simple steps

February 2, 2010

This will not involved complicated engineering, you will not need to be a certified mechanic to do it, you’re not going to build your own hybrid engine in your garage (although that would be really cool–let me know if you do ), and you’re not going to have to stick any strange and expensive devices [...]

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How to Replace a Brake Light | Change a Brake Light

January 29, 2010

Today I’m going to show you how to replace a broken brake light bulb in your vehicle. This is something you really shouldn’t have to pay a mechanic to do, it’s just so simple and easy anyone can do it, it’s easier even than changing your oil. All you need is a screwdriver, the replacement [...]

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How to Build a Motorized Bicycle

January 19, 2010

Well this is nifty. You get a crappy old bike (you could probably just buy one from a junk yard for $5 or something), you get an old (but still in good working order) weedeater engine, and you get ready to get your hands dirty and scrape your knuckles. Also, it seems like you do [...]

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How to Change Spark Plugs | Replace Your Spark Plugs Quickly

December 6, 2009

A spark plug is simply a device that a conducts a high-voltage spark into the combustion chamber where the gasoline and air mixture is sprayed so that it ignites, burning and driving the cylinder upwards thereby powering the car. They need to be replaced every so often due to gunk build up on the electrodes [...]

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How to Drift a Car: Keiichi Tsuchiya Teaches Drifting Techniques

November 30, 2009

Drifting is a driving technique where the driver oversteers on purpose, which causes a loss of traction in the rear wheels, while he maintains vehicle control and a relatively high rate of speed. Drifting is considered to be occurring when the rear slip angle is greater than the front slip angle prior to the corner [...]

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How to Wheelie a Motorcycle

September 11, 2009

How to do a wheelie on a motorcycle In motorcycle acrobatics, the way a wheelie works is the front wheel comes off the ground due to extreme torque being applied to the rear wheel. On more powerful motorcycles, such as those above 500 cc, the way you get the front wheel up is by accelerating, [...]

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How to Change a Bike Tire (2 separate videos + what kind of repair kit to buy)

September 1, 2009

How to Change a Bicycle Tire in Under 10 Minutes I’ve got two short videos here, the first one done by somebody who actually works in a bike repair shop and does this sort of stuff for a living, so you’re in good hands (the second one shows you how to change a tire if [...]

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How to Change a Tire (Tyre) in Just a Few Minutes

September 1, 2009

This is by far the best video on how to properly change a tire that I could find–it covers all the basics plus several very useful tips that I never would have thought of before (sugar, really??). the only thing you should keep in mind, if you’re not British, is that it’s aimed at people [...]

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How To Jump Start a Car (with instructional video)

June 4, 2008

How to Jumpstart a Car (with video at the bottom) By Anne Clarke When done properly, jumpstarting an engine is a safe and relatively simple procedure. Of course, jumpstarting an engine can be very dangerous if done improperly. Therefore, know that even after you have finished reading this article on jumpstarting an vehicle, you will [...]

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