Last year I bought a greenlight trigger from Green Light Products. Installation was easy; I left it clamped overnight. Does it work? Yes, definitely. The only problem is at history has shown me, I don’t seen to actually use many intersections that utilize this approach for changing lights :).
Doug helped me change the oil this Spring: Change motor oil & filter 3L Shell Rotella T 15W40 JASO MA API SH Fram CH6012 Odometer: 9987 miles
Thanks to Harry Martin for putting together this calculator spreadsheet for Concours motorcycle maintenance. Local copy mirrored here: Harry’s Concours (C10) Motorcycle Maintenance Excel spreadsheet
On my quest to rid my ride of rust I found the contaminants on the backrest mounts to be unacceptable. Take a look: Sure it is not bad, but then again, it isn’t good, either. I did replace all of the rusty bolts, however, the powdercoating seems to be eaten away and what is left [...]
Due to scheduling difficulties (project deadlines, semester endings, family homecomings), I put off hooking up my battery to a trickle charger (which I’d yet to purchase). After letting her sit around in the teens and single-digits (in a garage) for the last month or so I was pleasantly surprised to find that my buddy had [...]
On one of the last ride-able Fall days this year, on a very beautiful day, we rode over to Madison to visit some friends. My buddy snapped this picture which shows off the new Connie and Stich pretty well. That was a really fun day.
While installing the power hookup for the Gerbings coat I managed to dislodge the battery drain hose by lifting up the battery (because I wanted to look at it). Brooke explained that: The battery vent/drain hose attaches on the right side (as you sit on the bike) and should go to the same place the [...]
Never clean your seat with Armor All; you will slip around all over on your seat. I spent 5 hours experiencing this, and after 3 hours (ridden away from home of course) it started getting painful. The guys on concourstech suggested 303 or F21 instead.