There are times when the sun, stars, planets, all align, and synchronicity ensues. It was just such a time when I discovered the Southern Flyer. This past Sunday found me on one of my old haunts, Highway 60, headed up the mountain toward Suches, Georgia. This section of 60 is one twisty bit of treacherous … More Featured Bike: The Southern Flyer
Chris Price is a historian, specifically, a motorcycle historian with a focus on motorcycle racing history. It’s a given then, that as the publisher of Archive Moto his motorcycle would have an interesting history of its own, and indeed it does. The story of his 75-year-old Indian Scout is a long winding road to Georgia … More Featured Bike: Chris Price’s 41 Indian Scout
Having the lining fail in the gas tank of your motorcycle can happen. There are a few different causes, in some cases it’s a bad batch of tanks from the factory, or just age taking its toll. The most common reason for failure is the ethanol in our fuel eating away at the liner while your … More How To: Replacing A Failed Gas Tank Lining
I have a confession to make, I have a “thing” for a two-stroke Yamaha, I love them! I guess it goes back to my younger days when I was just starting out with motorcycles in the early 70s. My first dirt bike was a Yamaha 175cc CT-2. The following year I “graduated” up to a DT-3, … More Featured Bike: Julian Farnam’s Yamaha RZ 350
Buying a vintage motorcycle is becoming popular these days. Some are acquired for a custom project, building a cafe racer, bobber, or chopper. Often it’s for nostalgic reasons, you had one when you were younger, or it was your “dream bike,” from those days. Maybe it’s purely for enjoyment of riding a vintage, or, as my brother’s … More How To: Buying A Vintage Motorcycle
After Victory Cross Roads/Cross Country owners waiting for almost five years, Victory has finally admitted there is a problem with the right hand saddle bag latch and has issued a service advisory to correct the defect under warranty. The advisory number is VSA-15-01 A-D, it applies to all 2010 to 2015 Victory Cross Roads/Cross Country models … More Victory Saddlebag Latch Recall
Welcome to another of our “The Basics” articles. Sorry, I could not resist having a bit of fun with title since safely lifting a motorcycle to perform a service is nothing to joke about. Improperly lifting a motorcycle can lead to severe damage to your bike, injury to yourself, or others, so it’s best to … More The Basics: How To Get It Up And Keep It Up
Occasionally motorcycle manufacturers build bikes with minor defects in design that they are slow to, or in some cases, never correct. Sometimes it is left up to aftermarket manufacturers, or the motorcycle owners themselves to solve the problem. A case in point is the current issue with the Victory Cross Roads/Cross Country right hand saddlebag … More Solving The Victory Saddlebag Problem
In our last “Diagnosing a Bad TPS” we discovered a faulty throttle position sensor on a 2012 Victory Cross Country. In this article we will cover the steps taken to replace the TPS with a new one. Of course the steps shown here are specific to this model, but, they should be similar on your motorcycle. Anyone that … More How To: Replacing A Throttle Position Sensor
It is becoming more common for motorcycles to have electronic fuel injection, also known as EFI. You will find EFI on all types of bikes, street, dirt, every manufacturer is converting to EFI. There are several reasons for this, but mostly it’s for the performance improvement and to comply with ever increasing emissions regulations. The components of … More How To: Diagnosing A Bad T P S
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