Recent content by OldRider

FYI, go to Pirateship.com and you can mail it as media mail for about half what USPS will charge you.

The grips are heated, not the handlebars. Pull the handguards off and the grips will slide off the end of the bars. You will probably have to unhook the wires so the wires will have enough slack for the grip to come off. You can use some glue and put the heated grips back on the throttle tube...

Honda sells new bikes with a radial on the rear and a bias on the front too.

I keep a set of soft loop tie down extensions on the bike. You can find a lot of places to use these when tying something on the bike...

I would use some good cinch type straps. I have trust issues with things that stretch. JMO

Nope...........

Here's a link to the daily updates. https://www.ldxrally.com/2025-iron-butt-rally As usual there were a lot of interesting tricked out bikes. This Goldwing really caught my attention. I know the box is aluminum, but with the fuel tank, cooler and water jugs, that has to be a lot of weight...

It's pretty simple. If you can't find the oem number bearing, you can get a 60/22 bearing or a 6004/22 bearing. Both are 22x44x12 bearings. Make sure they are sealed bearings.

The bearings for the front are 60/22-2RS. The 6004 is a bearing size, but in this case the "DK" part number means something else. I've ran into this on 6301 Kawasaki bearings. 6301 is an actual bearing part number, but Kawasaki puts some additional numbers/letters on the end and it is no longer...

I sold Yuasa batteries for 50 years and seven years is more than you can ask from one. On average we would see most riders getting 4-5 years out of a Yuasa. The longest I ever saw was we had a customer with a Honda four wheeler get 13 years out of a YTX12 battery. IMO, I would get a new battery.

Check with Woodys Wheel Works and see what they can do for you. If they're no help, here's a new rim for $567. https://www.yamahapartspro.com/oemparts/p/yamaha/94425-19003-00/rim-2-50-19

https://woodyswheelworks.com/

Supply and demand. If the funds are no problem, I would go for it. YOLO.

That would be $10,500 USD which would be considered high here in the states. Good deal or not in Malaysia, I don't know.

I've had three friends buy a Can Am Spyder and all three knew within a week they had made a big mistake and couldn't get rid of them fast enough. The last three years I owned my shop I refused to even work on one. Not even an oil change. When the first thing you do when changing the oil is take...