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BRAKE TEST TESTING & QUALITY

EACH PERFORMANCE MACHINE WHEEL AND
BRAKE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED AND ENGINEERED TO
SPECIFIC STANDARDS AND THOROUGHLY TESTED.
STARTING WITH COMPUTER SIMULATED STRESS
STOCK V-TWIN MOTORCYCLES ARE COMING OUT OF THE FACTORY WITH MORE
HORSEPOWER ON TAP THAN EVER, RARELY DOES IT STAY THAT WAY, THOUGH ANALYSIS, OUR ENGINEERS ASSESS EACH DESIGN.
AND THE BULK OF THESE BIKES ARE UPGRADED WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE BUT WE DON’T STOP THERE. WE QUANTIFY OUR
PIPES, CAMS, AND CARBS AND OTHER GO FAST PARTS. IN AN EFFORT TO
INCREASE PERFORMANCE RIDERS OVERLOOK THE VERY SYSTEM DESIGNED TO FINDINGS WITH DATA FROM PHYSICAL TESTING IN
BRING IT TO A STOP. IN-HOUSE DYNO TESTING ENSURES THAT PM CALIPERS OUR SOPHISTICATED IN-HOUSE TEST DEPARTMENT.
MAINTAIN PROPER PRESSURE, DO NOT FLEX, PROVIDE SUPERIOR STOPPING PM TESTS TO STRICT WORLD WIDE STANDARDS
POWER, AND ALL FUNCTIONING PARTS HOLD UP TO DAILY USE TO BRING
YOUR MOTORCYCLE TO A STOP IN A SAFE DISTANCE. SUCH AS JASO AND TUV.

1 CORNERING 2 RADIAL LOAD

PERFORMANCE MACHINE’S PHYSICAL TESTING BEGINS WITH OUR NEXT, THE WHEEL IS LOADED ON OUR GIANT RADIAL LOAD TESTER
CORNERING TEST WHERE WE REPRODUCE THE INCREDIBLE STRESS WHICH SIMULATES A LOAD ON A TIRE/WHEEL ASSEMBLY IN A VERTICAL
CREATED DURING CORNERING ON A MOTORCYCLE. EACH WHEEL DESIGN RIDING CONDITION AT 2.25 TIMES THE MAXIMUM TIRE LOAD FOR
IS SUBJECTED TO THIS MECHANICAL TORTURE AND THEN EVALUATED FOR 100,000 CYCLES ON A FRONT WHEEL AND 500,000 ON A REAR WHEEL.
DAMAGE. THE WHEEL IS TESTED AT 2.25 TIMES THE MAXIMUM TIRE LOAD THE WHEEL IS SPUN UP TO SPEED DURING THESE CYCLES THEN
FOR 1,000,000 CYCLES. IF A WHEEL DOES NOT SURVIVE THIS TEST OR CHECKED FOR FLAWS BEFORE ENDURING THE NEXT PHYSICAL TEST.
ANY OTHER TEST, IT IS SCRAPPED AND REDESIGNED.

3 TORSIONAL 4 IMPACT

THE THIRD TEST IN THE PM REPERTOIRE IS THE TORSION LOAD TESTER THE FOURTH PHYSICAL TEST SENDS EACH PM WHEEL DESIGN TO OUR
WHICH SIMULATES WHAT A WHEEL WOULD ENDURE IF YOU WERE SHIFTING MASSIVE IMPACT TESTING UNIT WHICH SIMULATES THE POT HOLES AND
AT WIDE OPEN THROTTLE OR HITTING THE BRAKES TO THE POINT OF ROAD HAZARDS THAT A WHEEL IS SUBJECTED TO IN THE REAL WORLD.
SKIDDING FOR 100,000 CYCLES WITH THE HEAVIEST AND MOST POWERFUL WE WRAP EACH WHEEL DESIGN WITH A TIRE AND REPLICATE A HARD
PRODUCTION BIKE. LOAD SENSITIVE RAMS CYCLE BACK AND FORTH EDGED HIT; THE WHEEL MUST RETAIN AIR PRESSURE FOR A SPECIFIED
REPLICATING REAL WORLD STYLE TORTURE IN AN ATTEMPT TO RIP THE HUB AMOUNT OF TIME IN ORDER TO PASS. IF A WHEEL PASSES THIS FINAL
OUT OF THE RIM. EACH WHEEL DESIGN IS GIVEN THIS TORTURE TREATMENT TEST IT LIVES TO SEE ANOTHER DAY AND
BEFORE MOVING ON TO ITS FINAL PHYSICAL TEST. MOVES INTO PRODUCTION.

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