Look what I did! I mounted my brand-new Mosko Moto Backcountry 25L bags on my Scrambler! I love the look. My Scrambler is turning into a proper little lightweight tourer, just in time for August’s adventures to Nakusp. Whee!!!
Diagnosing Issues FTW
After nearly a decade of motorbiking, I have, for the first time, successfully diagnosed a mechanical issue. All By Myself. My Scrambler was having some weird (to me) issues, namely appearing to lose power at speed, particularly going uphill, while the RPMs revved furiously (including hitting the rev limiter in 4th gear going about 47 […]
Don’t You Boil Motorcycle Parts?
Just a normal Sunday afternoon, boiling BMW thermostats…
Red F Issues
My little BMW is sad again. Now that the water pump is fixed, it’s been having some weirdly intermittent power problems, mostly starting from stops, such as at red lights. It feels rather like I forgot to downshift to first (but I did downshift) and just craaaaawls until it finally picks up speed. But it’s […]
A Wrench Day For Red F
My awesome husband spent most of today replacing my BMW’s prematurely failed water pump. Remember this? It seems that the Santiago water pump repair job was pretty sloppy, including an overtorqued clutch actuator (the broken bit in the third photo) that was broken and epoxied back together and missing seals on the water pump, among […]
Oooh…Shiny New Chain and Sprockets
The husband just finished swapping out my chain and sprockets and doing an oil change. My little BMW feels so much smoother now 🙂 Mad thanks to him and his mechanic skills. And for his super-artsy photo of my chain 🙂
Rear Shock Installation
The best husband in the world has been hard at work all day working on installing my new rear shock. I just popped out to the garage to see how things looked, and was amazed at how my bike was nearly split in two, with its rear in the air looking rather like the Titanic […]
Ooooh! New Shock Is Here!
My new shock is here!!!
Bike vs HID Headlight
Years ago, we installed an HID headlight on my BMW to save me some juice so I could run heated gear without risking draining my battery. It was great – super bright, dependable, and definitely took less juice to run. Last week, I noticed that it wasn’t always coming on the way it was supposed […]
My First Puncture
Yesterday, I got my first ever puncture (courtesy of a rather large masonry screw) on my way into work. It probably happened about halfway in to my commute but surprisingly, it wasn’t until I was riding back from my dentist appointment about an hour and a half later until I felt something was wrong. The […]