Archive for ‘Motorcycle Mechanics’

4 results.
Mar01

The old kickstarter…

by Rob Campbell on March 1, 2011 at 10:57 pm

I’m reminiscing here about kickstarters.  I’m not sure why I use the word “reminisce” since I haven’t had an electric start bike since I was 19 and rode a Yamah 650. The Yamaha was relieved of duty by a guy in a truck who saw fit to pop it out from under me and total [...]

  Comment
Dec23

A Christmas Classic for motorcyclists

by Rob Campbell on December 23, 2010 at 8:46 pm

This is some great stuff. Two brothers rip of their old man’s bike and get it restored, then give it to him on Christmas. You’ll get a good biker cry out of it.

  Comment

Related Posts ¬

Aug31

Tighten that chain!

by Rob Campbell on August 31, 2010 at 8:17 pm

Carl Hanlon of Guilty Customs runs a pretty right-on operation.  Smart guy with his brains and his bikes, truly a 21st century biker who hasn’t forgotten about history, either. I’d love to get him to write for Cartoon Thunder on occassion. He wrote not too long ago about some of the finer nuances of chain [...]

  Comment
Jul29

Wrenchin’, ridin’, and toonin’

by Rob Campbell on July 29, 2010 at 2:30 am

For a variety of reasons I won’t get into right now, my 1979 Shovelhead has been parked for about four years and a few months. Several months ago I started putting some of the more important parts back together and making it make those rumbling sounds I love so much. One of the first things [...]

  Comment