As is apt to happen from time to time, my latest adventure in wrenching started for a rather simple reason — I needed to replace shit… A few rides ago, I was hitting the next great corner that lies ahead, with a perfectly reasonable amount … Read More →
Category Archives: Wrenching
Monster Mod #4: Brakes that Bite
My, oh, my, how I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole… After nearly nine-months with the Monster it felt like it was time to take care of my biggest issue with the bike – The OEM Brakes… Repeatedly, when either the old man or I have … Read More →
1098 Mod: Installing Speeymoto Rearsets
With the rain rolling in, Sunday seemed like a great day to install the new Speedymoto Rearsets, that I picked up from Desmoworks, on the 1098S . When you open the Speedymoto box, the very first thing you see is a set of instructions – … Read More →
1098 Mod: SpeedyMoto Rearsets from Desmoworks
Ho Ho Ho the Holidays are here! Boy have they snuck up or what? Seriously, it feels like just yesterday it was June or July… Yet here we are, lickedy-split fast… LA is freezing and the wet weather season is about to begin and everywhere … Read More →
Monster Mod #3: BoomTube it Baby… And Chop that Tail too!
Amazing how the desire to wrench myself versus the desire to get things done quickly took an unexpected turn yesterday… After waking up WAY to early — like 3 AM early — So early the dog looked at me in fact, shook his head as … Read More →
Monster Mod #2: Bitubo Steering Damper
It’s early in the morning and the dog is barking… Loudly… Peering through the door’s eye piece I catch a glimpse of a box and smile. Cracking the door open, I desperately try to hold the mutt back, but it’s tough. He’s excited and so … Read More →
Monster Mod #1: Boomshackalacka… Here Come The BoomTubes
Over the past couple of weeks a barrage of parts have made their way into the garage and while on one level it’s somewhat insane to already be planning the destruction of a perfectly good motorcycle only so you can recreate it in your own … Read More →
It’s Alive!… The 999 Returns ( Sort of )…
After spending a week getting my feet back underneath me after the latest European Adventure, Friday afternoon I finally got that one phone call I’d been waiting for, “Dylan, why don’t you come on over, the 999 is basically done“… And a half-hour later I … Read More →
The 999 Rebuild Continues
Over the weekend I got a chance to pop over to Alex White’s Motorcycle Performance Services shop in LA and take a peek at the beginning of the 999 rebuild. I say ‘the beginning’, because it was my first time seeing the Duc up on … Read More →
Trading Paint On The 999
So while I was out of town, the rebuild of the 999 got into full swing and surprisingly it was a rather painless process. Much simpler then the last time I dealt with the insurance company back in 2004 when the 749′s were stolen. This … Read More →
Returning to Rearsets
While the jet lag that goes along with international travel is never any fun, I’ve got to say that coming home to find shiny new motorcycle parts eagerly waiting to be unboxed is one of the great joys of the moto-world! Certainly makes waking up … Read More →
The Rebuild Begins
And so it begins — A mere six days after laying the 999 down, it is time to officially tackle its reincarnation… What that means exactly is still up in the air, however where it will take place is not… Ideally of course if time, … Read More →
Monster Mod #6: Rearsets & Clutch
The Gøds of Motorcycle Racing go like crazy in the rain — I however simply go crazy in the rain. Stammering around the house, watching as the rain induced water fall gushes off the back of roof and spills across deck is purely maddening. Then … Read More →