What did you do in your garage today..?

My battery is a 94R, an AGM vs. a standard lead acid, 800 CCA.

Cheapest I found was about $260 and Costco was out of stock, so no price listed.

I'll be monitoring my battery for a while so if it does need to be replaced maybe Costco will have stock and a better price.
I've bought every auto battery here, since time began.
Never an issue, always good prices.
(formerly Acme Battery)

 
Why is the battery so expensive? I just had an interesting battery failure in my car. Voltage tested fine and most of the time it worked perfectly and load tested perfectly. Occasionally, it would fall flat on it's face and not even have enough power to power the computer yet alone crank. I narrowed it down to internal physical failure. Inflicting some violence on the battery could change whether it cranked the car easily or dropped to 4V when trying to power up the computer. Grabbed a replaced from costco for $170.
Just had a truck do that at work fine normally every so often nothing.

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I've bought every auto battery here, since time began.
Never an issue, always good prices.
(formerly Acme Battery)

I should change the 12 v battery in the Volt sometime as it is still original and 10 yrs old now. It does live a very easy life as the traction battery does all the engine starting etc. it still tests fine but is getting old.

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Unpacked and assembled our first UTV (6 person)
We still have an ATV to build, getting them ready for the upcoming show.
Was a fun and interesting days work, glad I'm off today I can barely move...lol
 
Dryer has been squealing for weeks I was just going to buy a new one. The idler is just a bushing on a shaft that was dry,a little bit of grease and good as new I put a new control board in last year and assumed it was time for new at 20 or so years old. Now maybe it will go another 20 I have a new element a box if it ever goes.

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Flipped the tires on the Odyssey. Two down and two to go.
Eldest son has an apartment and a new job, so I don’t know when he’ll be by for the Camry.
The Outlander is Nov 10th at the dealership, which was the day of the big snowstorm with the 401 & hwy 7 both being shut down last year.
 
Cracked the cases on my Wing. Everything looks fine. Where did the bag of hammers noise come from?

Thanks to @Sunday Rider I could power that motor up onto the bench with my 12v winch.
 
Bits & bobs and odds & ends:

The handguards on the Hyper are more decorative than functional, as they are entirely made of plastic. They also have integrated turn signals which look good IMO, but a drop results in the loss of a functional indicator, which is a no go on a longer ride/trip.

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I installed these Evotech handguard protectors as good future insurance

I like the stock look of the handguards, so I was looking for something low-profile and unobtrusive. The protectors are made from CNC billet aluminum.

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Seems like a fairly solid mount point to the bar

Wife wanted to replace the low front fender with something more dirt-friendly. A high front fender is more effective at preventing mud from building up between the fender and tire:

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Original

Since the 901 and the 890 Adventure R are pretty much the same bike, the stock front fender from the KTM is a direct bolt on. I needed an adapter to clear the crash bars though.

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After. Looks a lot better too, IMO (yes, I removed the low rear fender after this pic was taken)

She spent no time getting that thing dirty!

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She added a cool Husqvarna sticker that she had lying around

Service lights are an annoying feature on these newer bikes, especially when you do the maintenance yourself.

Even more annoying is when they pop up annually, regardless of mileage. That way the dealerships are guaranteed to get you back in the bay 365 days after your last $ervice:

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:mad:

I got this OBDStar diagnostic tool on sale. Considering the dealership charges you minimum 1 hour at ~$200/hour to reset the service light, this tool pretty much paid for itself after resetting the DesertX and Hypermotard.

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The DX uses the newer Euro 5 OBD2 adapter, which didn't come with the OBDStar kit. But that only cost $15 on Amazon.

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You can also use the tool to turn on options on the TFT menu, like heated grips, aux lights, etc. Also $$$ saved having to go to the dealership if you install all this yourself. Unfortunately I got this tool *after* I installed my heated grips on the DX. :(

OBDStar gives you one year subscription, which allows you to download any new patches when the bikes update their firmware. Also, this unit will connect to any Ducati, but if you want to connect to another manufacturer's bike, you need to buy a whole new physical unit instead of just purchasing and uploading the new brand's SW on the existing OBDStar device. Annoying, but I guess it cuts down on piracy...

One regret I have with my R1250GS is that I didn't opt for the factory Sport Suspension when I bought it. It adds an additional 20mm of travel front and rear, and I miss it everytime I scrape the bash plate on a large rock or log.

At ~60K kms, it was time to service the suspension, so I decided to upgrade to aftermarket shocks and kill two birds with one stone.

My bike comes equipped with Electronic Suspension Adjustment so I wanted something that integrates with it. TracTive has the eX-PERIENCE Suspension Kit which is essentially plug-and-play with the factory ESA while offering additional high and low speed compression settings (manually) above and beyond what the factory suspension offers.

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I am pretty much wrench-incompetent, so suspension installation is well above my pay-grade. I opted to get the shop which I bought the TracTive shocks from to install it for me. They're out in Vancouver, so a 4-hour ride there and back made for a good day-trip.

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Zero dogs are required for the suspension install, but that didn't stop Riley from offering a hand, er... paw.

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Riley is a very good boy at suspension installation *AND* customer service!
 
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