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Wrenching and fixer-upping

Since I shouldn’t be all doom and gloom and remember all the work I’ve put into getting my bikes running, here’s a somewhat positive post about all the fixing and maintenance I managed to do over the past month or two (with major thanks to Mark Price without whom I might have dragged this out [...]

XT225 fuel problems…

Today was supposed to be the “first day I rode to work” this year (I wish I was kidding – first major gap in riding in the past 5 years). I had fixed up both bikes last weekend and got them running, so I was pretty confident. All geared up, I decided to ride the [...]

GPS mount miracle…

I finally got the time to plug my new battery into the SV (yes, it’s been that kind of week at work). Bike started up just fine, of course. If it dies overnight, we’ll know that it wasn’t the battery at fault.

I got an extra bonus present as well. My Garmin GPS mount had gone [...]

Bike fix/maintenance checklist

Checklist of the things I need to do on the bikes somewhat in order of priority:

SV
- Fix suspension problems ($150)
- Replace front tire ($150)
- Check brake fluids (replace stripped out screw on reservoir)
- Find nuts and bolts for Givi windscreen ($10?)
- Fix Garmin mount
- Fix ignition key issue (takes several tries to turn the key)
- [...]