Category Archives: Wrenching

Here’s project #2 from this past weekend: replacing the dashboard lights with LEDs.

Peter and I spent the day yesterday working on various projects; my first one was to install FIAMM horns onto the SVS. I decided to take y’all’s advice and put automotive horns on, and I’m pretty happy with the results. … Continue reading →

I love it when the stars align, and my bike parts arrive on my workout routine “rest day”. I came home from work yesterday to find my new throttle cable on the doorstep and no obligations or plans for the … Continue reading →

I did a bunch of compression tests on the Bandit this weekend, as the sparks were looking pretty weak and the bike doesn’t seem to be feeling that well in general (shockeroo). The dry compression test went fairly well; all … Continue reading →

When Mark sold his Bandit 400 about fifteen million years ago, he gave me a Gixxer shock that he’d been thinking of putting on his bike. It’d been sitting in my garage, collecting dust, until I finally put it on … Continue reading →