Just before we bought the house I'd noticed that the Rockster was making a lot more noise on the right side than it should. gordonmessmer and I popped the right valve cover to do a quick adjustment and found that the right intake valve was out of spec. Way out of spec. In the 2000 miles since the last service the valve gap had widened by something like 0.5mm ( Read more... )

The Rockster is officially mine now. This is the first large (i.e. titled, licensed) piece of real property that I think I've ever fully owned. Does this make me a grown up now?

Today I went out and bought a new motorcycle. I'll be putting my current bike up for sale, and riding this instead:

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