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I'm about to go on my first long(ish) trip on my motard - a little over 300 miles each way. I used to do a lot of touring on my SV, and would always carry a tubeless patch kit with me. Now that I've got tubes my first thought would be to bring tube patches, but I won't have any way of getting...

I'm swapping out my locking gas cap for a keyless one. In order to take out the old one I need to remove four 3mm hex bolts. Unfortunately one of them is completely stripped. Normally I would just drill the bolt and use an extractor, but I really don't want to drill metal on my gas tank...

The gas cap on my Husky just plain sucks. It requires a second key to open, which isn't used for anything else on the bike. Worse yet it suffers from a problem that effects many of this model which is that it seeps (and I'm out of warranty). To address both of these problems I am looking at...

I've heard for years about what a great shop Aftershocks is for getting your suspension tweaked/rebuilt/dialed in. I went to their site today and got a mostly blank page saying they're no longer at Tri-Valley Moto, wherever that is, but it didn't give any information about why or what they're...

Has anyone had their exhaust ceramic coated? My heat guards have finally given up the ghost, and I'm looking for something more interesting to do than just replacing them. Does anyone know of a local shop that will do the work? I've found a couple of places you can ship them to, but the...

I'm currently reviewing my protective gear. I have a setup that's worked for me for a few years, but I think it's worthwhile to spend some time every so often making sure you've got all you're bases covered. One thing I haven't had any luck addressing is back protectors. The truth is that for...

My uncle, who lives outside of Nashville, has loaned me one of his 450 dirt bikes to practice on in preparation for an off road trip he wants us to take in the fall. The bike has up to date Tennessee street registration, but would is way short of legal according to the state of California. It...

My current bike is the first I've had that wasn't fuel injected, so I'm still getting used to the carb thing. My SM610 has a leo vince exhaust and a dynojet jet kit as the the folks at Motoexotica suggested. I got a big power increase, and it sure does sound better, but cold starts are a real...

I know this question has probably been answered before, but I can't find anything by searching, so here you go: Where in or near Oakland are there good places to stunt? I've been working on wheelies and stopies over at the naval air station in Alameda, but that place seems to be crawling with...

I just picked up an '07 sm610 at Motoexotica. Great bike, but I'm 100% sure it's going to get dropped due to the kickstand on it. It's a fucking hazard. I've found a few threads on discussion boards that reference some sort of modification you can do to fix it, but no hard information. Have...

This isn't really a motorcycle question, but I thought maybe someone on here could help me out with it. A very good friend of mine just found out that he passed both the test and oral board to get into the Oakland PD. They say that now he's just got the physical test, medical exam, and...

Summer's over, and now we ask the eternal question: what wet weather gear do you use? What have you liked? What works, and what doesn't? My setup the last few years has been a Firstgear rainsuit over my regular gear, waterproofed leather boots (using mink oil), and Frank Thomas AquaPore...

My brother, who is a better person than I am, spends his summers in Costa Rica working with orphans (see? better person). This year myself and my girlfriend are heading down to visit for a week, and it occured to me that it could be a blast to rent a bike to get around on rather than taking...

Changed the oil today on my SV and realized I'd put in too much oil, at least half a quart too much. I drained off most of it, but didn't want to drain any more since every time I pulled the drain plug a lot came out. It's still kinda high, although the bike seems to run fine. I know too...

What's the big disadvantage to a salvage title? It seems like a lot of bikes have them, and often due to fairly minor damage -- scratched, but not bent, frames, damage to the plastics, or easily fixed electrical problems. I hear it's hard to get a bike un-salvaged, so to speak, but what's the...

I just installed a new VisiPath headlight modulator from comagination, and it doesn't seem to be working correctly. When the bike is not running, everything's great. Modulates the high beam, doesn't modulate the low beam, stops modulating when I cover up the light sensor. When I start the...

I remember seeing something a while back about a southern california riding school that taught street strategies on dirtbikes. The theory being, of course, that if you push it too hard on the dirt you'll be a lot less hurt that if you did that on the street. Anyone know of the school I'm...

I've seen lots of information online about mounting video cameras on motorcycles and helmets, but nothing about doing still photography from the bike. I've got a photo project I'd like to do, and I want to take still shots from the bike at predetermined intervals, every 5 minutes or something...

Yeah, this is probably completely the wrong board to ask this question on, but I'm having trouble finding the right board to ask it on. If anyone has suggestions as to good places to ask about vintage 2-stroke motocrossers, please let me know. I just bought a 1974 MX125 engine on Ebay to put...

After going down just west of the bay bridge on my way home from work a few weeks back, I decided to invest in some leather pants. Since I already had a Dainese jacket and I hope to do some track days at some point, I got a pair of Dainese p.103 pants. The fit is pretty good, since I'm tall...