Matt and Ashley Faus

Had absolutely perfect weather for riding today.  Sunny with a high of 76.  I decided to take the bike through mountains down 236 to Santa Cruz.  Ashley and I have been meaning to take a Saturday out there for quite some time, but haven’t been able to put it together quite yet.  So, I wanted [...]

I found some better roads yesterday. I found some roads that were very twisty, yet not hairpin after hairpin of parking lot drills. I was cautious on my way, out, but then I came back on the same twisties so I was more confident and opened it up a little bit. It [...]

After nearly 2 months of my motorcycle sitting broken in my garage, I have finally gotten it back up and running!  I decided to tackle the task of replacing the oil pan myself. I decided long ago that I wanted to do all of the maintenance on my bike as another way to enjoy [...]

My motorcycle is still broken.  When I finally got around to doing the oil change I cracked the oil pan.  I was tightening the drain plug and heard a pop and felt the wrench slip.  However, the bolt was still really tight, so I thought maybe it would be fine.  However, the next morning I [...]

I haven’t ridden my motorcycle since I started the maintenance that I talked about nearly 3 weeks ago and it is really starting to agitate me.  I still need to do an oil change and possibly change the battery, but I’m ready to get back on it this weekend!
One difficult thing about having a motorcyle [...]

I just finished installing 4 new spark plugs and a new air filter in my motorcycle. This was the deepest I’ve gotten into the engine. Both the air box and the spark plugs are right outside of the combustion chamber. The one thing that makes working on a motorcycle difficult is that [...]