My Luminics yellow bulbs arrived today and after I made it back to my apartment this afternoon I busied myself with getting it installed. I didn’t realize how much I would like the look.
Here’s a shot of the high beam now:
and a shot of the original:
Notice how much more yellow the light is? Hopefully that [...]
I had been putting off installing HID lights on my motorcycle for a few years, but recently I decided to take the plunge. After searching and submitting loads of questions on Hayabusa.org I decided that I was adequately prepared.
Now I wish I had done it when I first got the bike. It is literally “night [...]
I decided on Friday (Feb, 13th) that I would take my motorcycle down to Dothan in order to help a friend with some Solidworks/CAD tutoring. When I initially looked at the weather it seemed that we would have some rain on Friday and then it would move out early Saturday morning turning clear afterward. This [...]
On February 10, 2009, a new law called the *Consumer Product Safety
Improvement Act* went into effect. This law was created by Congress last
August as a knee-jerk reaction to hazardous toys being imported from
China (remember the Fisher-Price toy recalls). It bans all products sold
for use by children which contain above certain levels of lead and
phthalates. In [...]
Since getting my bike ready to ride the weather just has not been cooperative. During the last couple of weeks we have had “freezing fog”, ice, rain, and temps that have dropped to the single digits (even without the wind chill factor).
Yesterday though was different. After finishing my earlier project I peeked outside and saw [...]
After I replaced the starter clutch cover and plugging the rear tire I went out for a short ~100 mile ride.
It was awesome.
The only down side was my not being overly confident with the rear tire. The more I rode the more it started to bother me so I decided that I had to get [...]
Tonight was the night. I grabbed my Clymer motorcycle repair manual and tool kit and proceeded to peel the side off my bike. First the right side fairing. Then the starter cover. I carefully scrutinized each of the parts as they were removed and placed them in an orderly fashion on the floor to the [...]
After months of planning, sacrifice, and work I regretfully have to call an end to my trip. With less than 1000 miles on my motorcycle since getting it running after over a year in storage I have had a mechanical failure and the time it will take to repair effectively kills the trip.
The story of [...]
Lots to do this weekend. I have to finish the luggage rack and check the starter as well as digging some things out of storage. Thankfully Kegan and Jaden will keep Hannah busy for a couple of hours while I am doing this. She hasn’t seen them in a while and they have been asking [...]
There is a good chance that my original plan of 3 days - 2 nights will be extended to 4 days - 3 nights. This will depend on if we stay in a centralized location instead of riding the initially planned route. The main benefit would be the storing of our gear in a centralized [...]
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