Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Reach for the Sky "acoustic"
In my opinion one of Mikes best songs. Here is a high quality acoustic, slowed tempo version, with a few melody changes as well. Thanks Pablo.
I have some hot rod parts on one of my bikes...
...yesterday while at the GNRS show, I spotted a hot rod with bike parts on it. I have the same fishtails on my E-Glide. Pretty clever, never seen that done before.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Temporary "Boom-Pow!" Taggin'
I was following this truck for a few miles in traffic today. It was funny watching the reactions of other drivers when they caught a glimpse.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Wireless speedo/odometer
I picked this up at Wally World for 20 bones, I didn't even realize till I got home that it was wireless. I haven't really missed my speedo since liberating it from the bike, but I have missed having an odometer to monitor fuel usage.
The first obstacle I encountered was how/where to mount the magnet pick-up? As you probably already know, the mounting method is engineered for spoke installation only. I rolled the bike into the middle of the garage and stared at it for a good 30 minutes. Several ideas came to mind, but none seemed worth the effort, or would be too permanent to the wheel.
Then it dawned on me, mount it to the valve stem. A piece of scrap metal, and a little time with the vise, hammer, band saw, drill and a drop of 15 min epoxy to keep it threaded in...this is what I came up with. Not too happy with the spike valve stem cap, but it allows me to get it very hand tight. The sending unit was easy, I zip tied it to the lower fork slider like you would on a bicycle.
It has large numbers and is easy to read at speed. It's not very hard core choppa' but it works, was very cheap, and it's not permanent.
It also has a back lit function, it doesn't stay on but if I really need to see it at night I can tap the button...oh, and as an added bonus, I can monitor how many calories I'm burning while riding. Hahahahaha!
The first obstacle I encountered was how/where to mount the magnet pick-up? As you probably already know, the mounting method is engineered for spoke installation only. I rolled the bike into the middle of the garage and stared at it for a good 30 minutes. Several ideas came to mind, but none seemed worth the effort, or would be too permanent to the wheel.
Then it dawned on me, mount it to the valve stem. A piece of scrap metal, and a little time with the vise, hammer, band saw, drill and a drop of 15 min epoxy to keep it threaded in...this is what I came up with. Not too happy with the spike valve stem cap, but it allows me to get it very hand tight. The sending unit was easy, I zip tied it to the lower fork slider like you would on a bicycle.
It has large numbers and is easy to read at speed. It's not very hard core choppa' but it works, was very cheap, and it's not permanent.
It also has a back lit function, it doesn't stay on but if I really need to see it at night I can tap the button...oh, and as an added bonus, I can monitor how many calories I'm burning while riding. Hahahahaha!
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