I get requests for product images all the time, but this one was unique. J&P Cycles' Dave Stewart contacted me for images of a KN-Series engine at various angles. May I ask 'what for'? It turns out, a couple of inmates at the Grafton Correctional Institution in Ohio have quite the hobby. Their...
So, you have just purchased and installed some S&S cams in your Twin Cam 88® or 96™ engine. You are excited to see the performance gain and anxious to hit the road with your newly acquired power! But what is this, you have less power than with your stock cam?! You start to work backwards in your...
On April 8, 2011 Big Dog Motorcycles of Witchia, KS closed its doors.If you own a Big Dog motorcycle, you may be feeling a little uneasy about keeping it on the road. S&S is trying to make that easier by offering a number of services...
We'd like to introduce you to a one-of-a-kind vehicle that is sure to turn heads. With it's iconic design but with 21st Century technology, the Morgan 3 Wheeler looks like an aeroplane and built with one purpose in mind, FUN. Just take a look:
The best laid plans of mice and men go oft awry – Robert Burns
Choppers are alive and well, especially in Europe! Evidence of that is Hogtech's EC approved Absolut Choppers. Bikernet.com brought these to our attention. These E-type and completely street legal choppers have some serious attitude and the Proven Performance® of the S&S V100 engine.
High performance v-twin engine manufacturer, S&S Cycle Inc. announced that they have received the coveted "Engine of the Year" award for the new KN-Kone engine, at a ceremony held during the V-Twin Expo in Cincinnati, Ohio. The award was given at a ceremony on Saturday evening February 6, at the...
S&S Cycle's Engineering Manager, Jeff Bailey, just came back from Bonneville, attending the "World of Speed" meet and had brought his own custom built bike to put to the salf flats. Not only did he come back safely, but he came back with a new speed record!
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...
