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Penetrating Oil Review
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Machinist’s Workshop magazine actually tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted nuts. Significant results! They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and professional machinist, Bud Baker. Don’t forget the April 2007 “Machinist’s Workshop” magazine comparison test. They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required [...]
Great motorcycle boots: TCX X-Five Plus
Saturday, June 25, 2011
The guys on the list vouched for this boot; and all of the online reviews are great. After trying the TCX X-Five Plus boots out by standing in them (at my standing desk aka the entertainment center) and walking around in the house (so as not to void the return policy) for two straight hours, [...]
Great motorcycle battery charger
Saturday, June 25, 2011
A few weeks ago after adding some distilled water to the battery; it ran out of juice. The guys recommended a Schumacher SEM-1562A 1.5 Amp Speed Charge Maintainer. The SEM-1652A worked brilliantly; it is a wonderful little piece of technology.
Radians Custom Earplug Review
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Fed up with disposable earplugs becoming un-seated mid-ride, I figured that custom plugs would be the logical next step. Radians offers a very reasonably priced solution ($10USD) for custom so I ordered a set of the orange color. The directions are straightforward, and I also followed the video on their site. The process was very [...]
Get a green light at every stop
Saturday, June 25, 2011
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 :).
Spring 2011 Oil Change
Saturday, June 4, 2011
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
Tentative Motorcycle Brake Fluid Changing Plan
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
This is my tentative plan never having done it before :) brake-fluid-change
Motorcycles Tell Us a More Useful Truth
Friday, March 18, 2011
There is cold, and there is cold on a motorcycle. Cold on a motorcycle is like being beaten with cold hammers while being kicked with cold boots, a bone bruising cold. The wind’s big hands squeeze the heat out of my body and whisk it away; caught in a cold October rain, the drops don’t [...]