Motorcycle Commuting: the end is nigh

I did not take the bike to work today. I took the cage for two reasons, namely it was a bit cold (32F) and the road was coated in white. I would like to say this white coat the road wore was snow. In which case it would melt away eventually and the road would…

Symtec-Inc Grip Heaters

For Christmas, my step-father got for me a set of Symtec-inc grip heaters. This was entirely coincidental. I was going to purchase some grip heaters for myself at some point but he beat me to it. The installation was fairly straight forward and I covered it all in earlier posts: Part I, Part II, and…

motorcycle accessories – part II

Well, it’s taken me longer than I would have liked, and it’s still going on while I wait for my air compressor. However I wanted to provide an update. In part I I was able to wire in a switched +12v line and a -bat line and route it to the front of the bike.…

motorcycle accessories – part I

For Christmas I had asked for the supplies and tools to put an accessory cigarette lighter on my 2006 Yamaha FZ1. I have been using my iPhone with the MotionX GPS app to track where I ride. It’s fun but it eats up the battery. In addition, our Garmin Nuvi 350 is getting on in…