Hot Rods Motorcycle Crankshafts & Connecting Rods

Hot Rods is a trademark that belongs to C&L Companies, an American manufacturer of purpose-built aftermarket products for motorcycles and powersports vehicles. Established in the early 1990s and headquartered in Iowa, it also owns such brands as Hot Cams, Cylinder Works, Pivot Works, Wrench Rabbit, and others focused on specific categories of products. Hot Rods specializes in performance crankshafts, connecting rods, engine bearings, and related parts. Designed to handle high stresses encountered by the motors of dirt bikes and ATVs, Hot Rods cranks and connecting rods offer premium quality, reliability, and strength.

Before designing new parts or updating the existing lineup, the company’s in-house team of professionals carefully studies genuine components to evaluate their characteristics and collects the information about the rider’s needs. Everything that the company offers is developed using state-of-the-art tools and techniques. The manufacturing process is accompanied by rigorous quality control. Before going into production, the metal forgings of Hot Rods connecting rods undergo various tests and precise measurements to make sure that all the dimensions and material properties are correct. Also, the forgings are copper plated to protect them from carbon gases that appear during the heat treatment process.

As for Hot Rods crankshafts, the company offers perfectly balanced replacement and stroker cranks. The former are just like stock, while the latter provide added displacement with a stock or increased bore. There are crankshafts for both two- and four-stroke motors available in different kits. Aside from Hot Rods crankshaft kits, there are complete bottom end kits that contain a crankshaft, engine bearings, seals, and gaskets – virtually everything needed to rebuild the bottom end of a bike. Transmission bearing kits by this brand are also available and include bearings for the primary and secondary shafts along with some additional components. Designed in the United States with the customer in mind, products by Hot Rods and other trademarks of C&L Companies received wide recognition among riding enthusiasts.