Motorcycle Tech Tips & DIY Garage How-Tos – Cycle Source Magazine
Installing a Fuel Sight Gauge
Article By: Tyler Malinky This article shows how easy it is to install a fuel sight gauge into the side of your gas tank. A sight gauge can be handy, especially if you have a small gas tank, for seeing when you are running low on gas. We show…
Beer Runner On A Budget
Wicked Willy’s Beer Runner on a Budget – Part 3 Article by: Wayne at Wicked Willy’s Choppers In this section, we will cover a couple of things including the final work of the rear end for the trike. Here we will talk about a few things missed by…
LOOK!!!!!! What Daniel Did to my Bike.
I walked into the shop and this is what I seen. Where is my Buell?? Is that my Buell??????? What the hell did you do to it? You tore apart my bike!!!! I’m gonna make it cool for you baby, Trust ME.!!!!! I guess parking my bike in the shop was a…
British Chopper Wiring
Article by: Tyler Malinky As a follow-up to our last DIY Tech Tip on clean- ing up your bike’s wiring, here are several wiring diagrams that will apply to your Triumph, BSA or other British chopper or custom bike project. This is the…
Installing A Hardtail At Home
So we wanted to throw out a cool tech article for the home shop mechanic this month since this is where so much of the scene is coming from today. We decided that there would be no better place to go for a “how to” on hardtailing a Sporty than…
Beer Runner on a Budget
Wicked Willy’s Beer Runner on a Budget – Part 2 Article by: Wayne at Wicked Willy’s Choppers Here in part 2 of our build, we are going to try and finish up our rear end for our trike. We have to put the rear end together, cut off the axle tubes…
Make Your Own Seat Pan
So you want to make a seat pan for your new chop, but don’t have the equipment to make one out of steel… then FIBERGLASS is for you. A fiberglass seat pan is not only a good choice for the DIY guy because of material, but it also gives you a mo’…
How to Clean Up your Wiring
Do it Yourself Tech Tips The following tips on wiring your bike are from Wes White of Four Aces Cycle Supply (www.fouracescycle.com) in Pacoima, California. This is a great look at how to give your bike a really nice wiring job with cloth…
Wanted
We are looking for a few cats to write some tech articles. Do you have the knowledge and want your shop to get some press? Can you handle deadlines? If so shoot Chris a email.
Chains For Dummies
Shop Tech By: Brew Dude This month’s tech article is onchains. Chains?? Probably themost neglected part of your bike isthe chain. They need adjusted,cleaned and lubricated to functioncorrectly. I prefer chains over abelt because I can play with…
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