​

https://preview.redd.it/8gyc3njjfn871.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a6ba8652894d1a9ab4e816af3b1ad3126ff81554

She'll hold...right?

I am STRUGGLING to find an exhaust collar to go over the gasket on a 1990s 250cb. I keep finding parts for a 350 or 125, and am considering ordering them to see if I can make something work. Any recommendations on alternative solutions, or if I should go with the 360 or 125 parts?

So I want to take my bike to the sawzall muffler shop at my house and cut my mufflers off but idk what jet kit I need to put in after I do this any advice and preferably a kit that wouldn’t break the bank

First season rider here. I just changed my rear tire and realized it was a tube. My cousin and inwere talking about using slime in the wheel sinve its a tube and wont mess up the rim much. Any experience or thoughts? Thx

I just bought a 2007 r1200 rtp and noticed I have speakers in my fairings. I was going to remove my fairings to remove any access cords left after it was a police vehicle and was hoping I could wire the speakers up to be blue tooth. Has anyone done this or have experience with it? No video I have found discusses how to make motorcycle speakers into bluetooth.

Short question: Can this be done?

Longer Question: Where should I be looking?

I was just linked here by a riding buddy and thought i would share the story of today's ride with you all. Pertinent information; I ride a 1980 Yamaha XS650 that needs a lot of work to keep it running well. Anyways, it was a nice day here in Northern Virginia, perfect for a ride. I set out with three friends to try and enjoy the beautiful weather on my bike. After about 25 miles, we were riding along when my bike just up and died, about 100 feet from a light. I coast to the corner and pop up onto the sidewalk, take off my seat, and find the connector on my positive wire to the battery had snapped off. I push it across the intersection to a nearby parking lot and wait for my fellow riders to return. Once they get there, I set to work with a screwdriver, 10 mm wrench and a pair of pliers. After struggling with the plastic protector on the broken connector, I finally manage to rip the plastic off. Now how will I connect my battery? Ended up sticking the exposed wire under the bolt on the battery terminal and tightening the screw. Low and behold, it starts! We ride over to the IHop for dinner, when by buddy tells me that my taillight isn't working now. I look and find yet another broken wire! Normally, I would just pop a new blade connector on and call it a day, but I was still out in a parking lot. Turns out, old plastic surrounding wires is fairly easy to tear. So I go ahead and expose some wire, slide it through one of the holes on the blade connector, and shove it back on. It worked! I go ahead and start the bike, and what do you know, the headlight stopped working, and its getting dark out. Damn electrical demons. So we decide to set off towards home, about 5 miles away, when my headlight mysteriously fixes itself! All in all, it was a good ride, and I feel like a true Macgyver yet again. Perhaps later this week, I will share pictures of my Macgyvered bike, for there are plenty more fixes on it that really shouldn't work, but do. Ride on!

I am never on the road without them. I recommend buying a bag or tub of assorted sizes from Home Depot and putting a small bundle in all vehicles you own.

So far I've used them to do the following...

• Secure gas line from petcock to carbs
• Hold seat in place at the rear when bolts decided to fall out (on a friend's bike)
• Hold clutch lever in place when bolt decided to fall out (on my bike)
• Bind hooker's hands to ankles while the hole was being dug out
• Patch broken plastics temporarily (back in my ATV days)

You get the idea...

Title says it, I think that's pretty rad adn didn't expect anything remotely close to that kind of growth. Let's keep it up, keep posting those awesome jerry rigged macgyver worth fixes adn attract more people!

Thanks to everyone who's subscribed and participated!