Recent content by Ash

Indeed! Although you can use it for all sorts of tools. Whatever cranks your hog, so to speak. Here's yesterday's bit driver beside a micro-ratchet that I gave the same treatment last year. I've been assured that 5 and half inches is perfectly adequate for bodywork fasteners.

For the Terry Pratchett fans: I epoxied a bit driver extension into a hardwood dowel handle yesterday to make a custom, perfectly sized bit driver. I've got plenty of plastic-handled ones, but wood just feels right in the hand.

It's kind of a terrible idea, but I also want to read the ride report when you're done. I've done the trip to NS a couple of times on a VStrom with a ridiculously comfy touring seat. Making the trip down over two days on that setup is okay, but a bit mind-numbing. Three days is much better, but...

I've considered it. But half of my bikes currently have heavily contoured rear sprockets (the outer edge is thicker than the middle), and I'm not sure if there's enough room for the thing to sit flat and have the magnets hold. With the motion pro tool I find it helps to turn one chain adjuster...

My current riding jeans are some discontinued Joe Rocket model with an externally accessible pocket for the knee armour. The are lots of similar things on Instagram and Alibaba which are very likely junk. I'm not recommending any specific brand or model, but the form factor is convenient because...

Can we just do the rest of the season at Assen? I've been watching since the tail end of the 500cc era, and I'm pretty sure that was the best race I've ever seen. Moto2 was fantastic too. The championship is wide open. So many possibilities.

Trailer restraints are like religions. Everyone else's way of doing it is wrong. :p

Where did you get the new tongue? I've been thinking about doing the same on mine.

If they're anything like other Suzukis, the rear passenger grab handles should be sturdy cast aluminum. A second set of straps on the folding passenger pegs wouldn't hurt.

Pearl Jam - Not For You:

Good racing in all classes today. Annoyingly though, the website shows MotoGP/2/3 spoilers if you accidentally scroll down from any of the Baggers videos.

I'm not sure what the stock tires are on the R3, but the boost in confidence that you got from switching to the Rosso IV might have been more related to the brand/stiffness/profile than the outright grip. I've spent a number of years on track with the older Dunlop Q3+ on the little Ninjas and...

If you need something more rugged for frequent use, this one from Royal Distributing is very good. The only drawback is the ugly yellow/red logos: https://royaldistributing.com/products/royal-distributing-roller-bag For some reason they also carry the identical FXR-branded version for $125...

I use an EZ-Drain valve on the car and it works well. It protrudes about an inch and a half, although you can get ones without the hose nipple if you want a shorter one, but running a drain hose right into a jug is really nice. It doesn't help with the mess from the oil filter though.

If you have a jigsaw and tons of room to work, you could shorten a jigsaw blade (grind it down on a belt/disc sander) so that it isn't long enough to contact the bike bits behind the plate. I'd still want to remove the plate to clean up the edges of the cut with a file, though.