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Universal Tech Institute announces free summer program for high school kids!
Universal Technical Institute (UTI) is offering a free “trial” course over the summer for high school juniors called IGNITE. This course will be two 3-week sessions that give students hands-on training in fundamental transportation technician skills. The program will be offered at all 12 of their locations. Students explore career opportunities in the transportation field including automotive, diesel, collision…
Remove your stator the right way!
Make sure you always have the right tools on hand to do the job properly – when you’re removing a stator, be sure to use the correct rotor puller! We like the ones from DSS. This is what can happen when you don’t use the right tools:
Helpful Tips as Snow Season Comes to an End
We hit almost 70 degrees here in NH today! Fair to say that snowmobile season is winding down. BUT you don’t just want to leave your sled in the trailer until next season. Take the opportunity now to prep it for storage & you’ll be much better off next year when the snow starts falling.…
Be a part of the Rick’s Team!!
We are hiring for a new position in our engineering department! This position consists of providing technical support to our sales staff by responding to tech inquiries, assisting with product development including research and dynamic testing, and occasional quality control. Assembling of electrical devices will also be occasionally required including stators, starter motors and…
Rick’s Christmas Hours
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & a happy healthy New Year!
Make sure you’re ready for snow!
We are fully stocked up so you can be charged up & out on the trails! We also do custom rebuilds on snowmobile stators so give us a call if you can’t find what you’re looking for on our website!
Lithium-Ion Friendly Rec-Reg NOW in stock!!!!
Get your lith-ion friendly reg/reg NOW! We have these in stock & ready to ship out so make sure you get yours before the first batch sells out. We worked closely with Ballistic Performance Products to fill a void in the market: a rec/reg that will work WITH lith-ion batteries without blowing them up. Rick…
Why is my older bike over charging??
We get this question so often we decided to make a video with a clear explanation and also teach you how to test for this on your own! Our tech guru Sean walks you through it in this video below.
NH Grass Drags this weekend!
It’s that time of year again – the snowmobile grass drags & water cross come to New Hampshire! Here are just a couple things you’ll see at this year’s event: antique & vintage snowmobile display, lawnmower races, side by side drag racing, a free style show huge swap meet water cross racing so much more!!!…
Barber Vintage Festival – let’s go!
I’m going back down to Barber again this year & I couldn’t be more excited!! This 3 day festival in Birmingham, AL is everything I love about motorcycles! Here are my top 10 reasons (in no particular order) to visit the Barber Vintage Festival – feel free to add anything that I may have missed! …
KZ400 Cafe Racer
Our friend Jason from Black Fox Fabrication was recently featured on the cool custom bike blog Bikebound. Check out the post below for more info and let us know if you can spot the Rick’s Motorsport Electrics logo! Custom KZ400 Cafe Racer
Custom Rebuilding
Here at Rick’s Motorsport Electrics, we do a lot of custom rebuilding. All those hard to find stators or starter motors from obscure models… we can probably help you! We love keeping old motorcycles & dirt bikes on the road and trails so we’re happy to do custom rebuilds on the charging systems. Now is…