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	Using advanced environmental chamber testing, engineers monitor hot and cold engine and vehicle performance. Chassis and engine dynamometers in the cells aid in developing cold-start strategies, fuel injection calibration, and hot vehicle component evaluation.

The passion of motorcycling is combined with the latest technology at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to provide outstanding and comprehensive motorcycle development. A team of engineers and technicians, who are also motorcycle and recreational vehicle enthusiasts, offer a full range of motorcycle technology services at SwRI. The SwRI Motorcycle Development Team is composed of engineers, scientists, and technicians, with different technical degrees and a broad range of experience. Because this group of motorcycle enthusiasts understands the unique motorcycle and recreational industry requirements, they provide a comprehensive service to clients.

Comprehensive Motorcycle Expertise

The Motorcycle Development Team includes experts in the following technical areas:

• Engine development and testing

• Engine design

• Engine control systems

• Emissions research

• Vehicle testing

• Transmission testing and design

• Electromagnetic compatibility research and testing

• Materials testing and development

• Fire technology

• Oil and fuel analysis

• Noise and vibration testing

• Electromechanical development and testing

By bringing this knowledge and experience together into a single team, we offer clients numerous services in one place that may have previously sent them to 10 different companies. In this way, the Motorcycle Development Team offers the motorcycle and recreational industry “one-stop shopping” for all their technology and development needs.

As an independent, multidisciplinary research, development, and testing organization, SwRI provides a nonbiased, third-party perspective.

We are always striving to offer the best services possible to our clients. This motorcycle technology information represents only a small portion of how SwRI can assist your company with motorcycle testing, research, and development.

For a more comprehensive review of our capabilities, or information about how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Suzanne Timmons, at satimmons@swri.org or (210) 522-2499 to arrange a tour of our complete facilities. We look forward to seeing you in San Antonio.  

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Southwest Research Institute^® (SwRI^®), headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, is a multidisciplinary, independent, nonprofit, applied engineering and physical sciences research and development organization with 12 technical divisions.

December 18, 2009