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22Aug

Setting up your Head Properly: Carburetion

After having your head re-worked to high quality, close tolerances, setting up your head requires expert help re-jetting the carbs. This will add to its performance, clean running, emissions level and longevity. Injection systems also require re-calibration, but this is not quite as critical....
22Aug

Nucleus Sports Elite Valves and Guides

About 75% of the power in your engine comes from the cylinder head. In money terms, you get more B.H.P. from developing your head than any other other part of your machine. In other words, if you are looking for more performance cheaply, your...
22Aug

Nucleus Sport Elite Valves & Guides for Harleys

The Cylinder Head Shop introduces the Most Radical Valves Ever Designed for Harley-Davidsons. The Nucleus Sports Elite FDS valves are made to the same exacting standards as all the others in our range and of the same high quality materials. Note the special FDS Flame Deflector...
22Aug

Harley-Davidson Dual 10mm Spark Plug Head

The right way to convert a cylinder heads to twin plug! The jig that is generally available to Harley-Davidson workshops and tuners, used to convert Harley-Davidson heads to a twin spark plug set up does not provide the best solution. Whilst this promises a performance...
22Aug

Nucleus Classic Elite Valves & Guides

The Cylinder Head Shop designs and manufactures its own range of 'Nucleus Sports Elite' brand valves and guides. These are current available for the following models. Please contact us for details of stock, and requests for other models and custom designed items.
22Aug

CHS Lead-Free Conversions

CHS Lead-Free Conversions for Classic Motorcycles and Automobiles The Cylinder Head Shop helped pioneer the high quality Serdi equipment for use on demanding air cooled classic motorcycles before expanding on to remanufacture vintage automobiles. With the legislation banning leaded petrol, it is necessary for the...
22Aug

The ZX12R Challenge

Doing 200 MPH on a motorbike isn't easy. Few bikes have that kind of poke and you would not even attempt such speeds on ordinary roads clogged with traffic and forested with Gatsos. But as I sit waiting for the lights to change on this cold...
05Feb

Twin Plug Conversions

The image to the right is an example of what can be achieved, a Triumph T120 oppositional-angle, twin-plug conversion. Such twins cylinder heads cost from £65.00. Other options offered by the Cylinder Head Shop include the use of an offset vertical relocation of the spark...
04Feb

The Cylinder Head Shop Services

VALVE SEAT CUTTING ON SERDI EQUIPMENT Your existing seats cut using our Serdi 100 and Serdi 5 to 3 or 5 angles for proven performance, longevity and efficiency. LEAD-FREE CONVERSIONS Your head machined and fitted with silicon steel hardened inserts. These inserts will not rust if left standing...