Story by Matt Polito
Just a week after the NHRA saw it’s first husband and wife Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle final, the sport had it’s first father-son PSM final when Hector Arana, Jr. took the win over his dad a the O’Reilly Auto Parts Route 66 Nationals in Joliet, IL.
story by Matt Polito
S&S power returned to the winners circle in historic fashion in the NHRA Mello Yellow Pro Stock Motorcycle series when Angie Smith won over husband Matt Smith in the first-ever husband-wife pro final in NHRA history.
For many of you who have been following George's Blog on the S&S website, you may be surprised to find that it is now called the Performance Times blog. The reason for that is that I'm not the only one here at S&S Cycle who has something to say. A couple of weeks ago my brother Ken wrote a blog...
One of the things that have always set S&S Cycle apart from other companies in the v-twin high performance aftermarket is the fact that we made parts that nobody else did and we would make S&S parts the way our customers wanted them. Many of the guys buying S&S parts were either racers or very...
One of the most popular features of the S&S website is the Flathead Power® forum. This surprises some people, but it doesn't surprise me. Flathead Power is S&S Cycle's brand for motorcycle vintage parts and since nobody throws a Harley® away, it makes sense that all those old bikes that are still...
Every now and then someone asks me why we call our big bore cylinders Sidewinder® Kits. The naming of that product was one of those things that just sort of happened. An idea or a circumstance occurs and it just sticks.
For the last three weeks I have been talking about the S&S 4-Step program to improve performance in Harley® Twin Cam 88® and Twin Cam 96™ engines. This week I want to tell you about our CNC cylinder head porting service, which is the fourth and final step in the program. Cylinder head porting is...
Last week I talked about Step 2 in our 4-Step program for better performance. That's where we added a set of S&S cams to the performance exhaust and intake installed in Step 1. If you still want more power, let’s go over Step 3.
In my last blog, I covered the gains you’d get by installing a set of S&S performance slip-on mufflers and an S&S intake system - either a teardrop air cleaner kit or our tuned induction system. That's step 1 of our 4-Step performance program. Today I want to talk about taking the next step. Step...
My father, George J. Smith founded S&S Cycle in 1958 with a friend of his named Stan Stankos. Smith and Stankos - that’s where the S&S originally came from. My dad had established a reputation for having the fastest Harley in the Chicago, Illinois area and there was demand for the innovations he...
