Shank Diameter Also called Major diameter. The diameter of a bolt is the Shank diameter, expressed in millimetres for Metric bolts. Because this is approximately the same as the Major or Thread diame...

DIY Bates Desert Racer Seat...

  An insecure part of me worried that the bike wouldn't be there when I opened the door to the 5x10 storage locker...

Hopefully re-fit the rear wheel, rear brake tomorrow...

Summary: My charging system diagnosis procedure, modified over time to generally point out the problem through a series of steps. I try to follow it every time, as that way I don’t miss anything...

Any screw, nut or bolt that falls in here is never seen again!??...

30ºc ?...

A leaking oil seal and wanting to uprate fork springs were my reasons for attempting this, the basic oil change is covered well in other docs. OK, prep work first....  Record all your fork...

($249 for a piece of equipment that normally retails for $699) but after some checking around I determined that the deal was legit and placed my order on amazon.com. The retailer is Fay Myers Motorcyc...

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The clutch lever is currently wound in as far as it can go. I'm wondering if it's a big job to somehow get the clutch cable tightened as at the moment there's nothing left on the screw. Cheers and tha...

Swing arm has been cerakoted new bearings etc.... and I had the cam cover polished thanks to the "The zed shed" I couldn't polish it myself but managed to polish everything else that needs polishing....

Am I right in thinking that to fit my Givi V47 box I have to ditch this genuine Yamaha rack for a givi rack or drill holes in the Yamaha rack to take a universal givi plate....

I had to bang out the dent in the fender. It all went really really well without any complications. There is a long scratch where the dent used to be but that will get fixed when we get everything pai...

While I was on holiday a package arrived from Bayside Performance. I've been interested in installing a PC5 on my VFR and I finally got around to ordering one. What does it do? It overrides the moto...

Move the bike slowly so as to find the position where chain upper section is more tensioned. Set the motorcycle on the side stand. Measure chain tension at the centre of the lower section, with the...

So, a Desert Sled it is………..or will become....