Recent content by ilikefood

I washed my bike yesterday and was reminded how much I hate washing bikes. I’d much prefer to pay someone to do it. Is there a reliable motorcycle washing service somewhere near SF? By reliable I mean they won’t scratch things or soak electric connectors with a high-pressure water jet or...

...and then I find a nail in the rear tire less than 300 miles after getting new tires installed! At least it was a small clean hole that was easy to fix with a gummy worm plug, but still, the timing! I feel like I should either go out and buy a lottery ticket, or not leave the house for the...

The California thing of license plate staying with the vehicle when you sell it is new and weird to me (everywhere else I've lived you keep your plate when you sell your bike, and the buyer gets a new plate from the DMV), but I'm selling my bike to someone in Texas, not in California. Since the...

In the last couple weeks I've seen like 4 or 5 bikes during my evening commute with broken tail lights. And I've been there too - riding around without a tail light for who knows how long until someone told me it was out. So this is a reminder - next time you start your bike, take a peek in the...

1999 Ducati ST4, 22K miles - $3,500 24K service about 1K miles ago (including valves and belts) at Nichols. This was a couple years ago - I have other bikes and haven't ridden the ST4 much (which is why I'm selling it) Recent service at Monroe Motors (just a few weeks ago). The bike runs and...

So yesterday I'm coming home and slowing down as I'm turning into my driveway. All of a sudden my front wheel slides out and I end up on the ground. The culprit? No, not oil or anything like that, but a piece of thin plastic, same color as the road, that someone left in the street. It looks like...

I'm stuck at Fort Mason, Ducs don't like that much water I guess. Anyone know a towing service? Happy to pay for the tow. Any help greatly appreciated!

This looks fun! http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2016/12/ktm-releases-promo-video-for-790-duke-800cc-twin/ azVXkrbPtbo

I'm thinking of finally upgrading my Aerostich, which is getting to be about 20 years old (bought used back in '03 I think). I'm trying to decide whether I should go for the Aerostich R3, or stick with the Aerostich Classic (I'd probably go for the 2-piece then, which is what I have now). My...

My commute is 60 miles per day, so my helmet's face shield gets pitted and scratched pretty quickly. I was thinking about using tear-offs, so I can just tear off a layer when it gets scratched up instead of getting a new face shield. Would that be a good idea? Would applying Rain-X on a tear-off...

So it turns out that my bike blew the fork seal in the left fork leg, spilling fork oil all over my boot and the brake caliper. I need to get the fork seal replaced ASAP, because the bike is my daily 60-mile-roundtrip commuter. I'm in SF. What's my best option for getting that done quickly...

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2016/02/2016-husqvarna-701-supermoto-and-701-enduro-md-first-ride 3rd gear no-clutch wheelies, fully adjustable suspension, smooth counterbalanced 67hp, 330lbs, for $11,300. In 17 years of riding I have never bought a new bike, but this one is pretty damn tempting...

I was riding to work yesterday morning on 101N. Rain spray everywhere, so pretty limited visibility. I was coming up on a semi that suddenly swerved left (as suddenly as a semi can). I wondered what the driver was doing, but the lane to the right (of where the semi originally was) was clear, so...

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2015/09/husqvarna-says-701-supermoto-in-north-american-dealers-february-2016-adds-details-to-701-web-site/ I'd prefer to see a return of KTM's SMC, but this is pretty damn great too... Especially since it apparently has the KTM engine. I wonder if KTM dealers will...

Regardless of opinions about ABS, I think we would all agree that braking well is an important skill. I figured it might be good to talk about specific things that riders can do to improve their braking skills. A "tips and trick" thread that's hopefully constructive and helpful (unlike pro-ABS...