Recent content by casualmatt

As stated by showkey, if the battery charge is too low, the battery charger won't realize it's hooked up and won't start charging. You have to trick it to start working. You hook the dead battery up to a good battery(another bike or car) and then hook up the charger. If the charger starts to...

I agree with Old Can Ride. That was what I saw while working in the motorcycle industry.

I switched mine out for a $50 PIAA bulb. It's not a LED, but much brighter than stock. Been doing fine for me since February 2014. Can't remember the name though. Star White maybe.

There is a weird misconception about a lot of bikers that you must own the fastest bike you can buy. I am 45 and have owned many. At this time I am down to two. I even used to track race in the AHRMA circuit on my Ducati 900SD. While doing this, many with bikes that were faster than mine would...

Just a suggestion. I have found in automatic cars that when the speed sensor goes bad, the car will not leave 1st gear. It happened to me on my Dodge truck.

If you put on the longer suspension, don't forget you will need a longer kickstand.

These are my favorite ones from when i was a bartender. 1. "What does it mean when the bathroom door is locked?" Amazingly I heard this one at least once a month for 11 years. 2. "Hey. Can i get some quarters for the pool table?" "If you walk back into the game room, there is a change...

I used to be a Ducati mechanic. I have owned 5 of them in the past. I still have a 1980 900SD but will never own another. I have gotten older and prefer to ride bikes instead of work on them.

yeah. i went from 75 mpg to 65 mpg as soon as i put on sidecases and topcase.

At idle my charging system puts out about 14V. Yours does seem low. My commute to work is 12 miles each way so once a week i put it on a charger overnight due to the fact that rides of that short distance might not recharge the battery to full after taking out the charge of starting the bike...

I refuse to give him another hit on any of his insanely ignorant videos. haha

In South Carolina, the law is if you are there for 2 full minutes with no change, you may run the red light. If it is clear to do so of course.

If you are going to try and glue it again, try roughing up the plastic and the rubber gasket with a piece of sandpaper first. Gluing a perfectly smooth surface to a perfectly smooth surface doesn't work very well. The glue needs the tiny little scratches to grab on to.

I use this one for long trips. SW-MOTECH Bags-Connection ION 4 Tank Bag | 13-22 Liter Strap Style | TwistedThrottle.com

My father was an oral surgeon whose specialty was reconstructive surgery on motorcycle accident patients, so i was not allowed a motorbike as a youngster. On July 16, 1989(the day after my 18th birthday), I purchased a 1976 Honda GL1000 and spent the next 7 years traveling around the U.S. and...