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
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
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
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
If you ride for any length of time eventually you will have a headlight fail, it’s a common occurrence. Let’s just hope that it’s not in the middle of the night as you are making your way home. If you’re lucky, it’s just your low beam because it stays on all the time. I have … More The Basics: Let There Be Light
This is my first film review, ever, so if I botch it up, I’ll try to do better on the next, if there is one. Last Sunday I spent part of what would have been an otherwise cold, wet, and dreary afternoon in an activity that was almost as good as riding a motorcycle. Sitting … More Review: The Film Why We Ride
One of my complaints with the looks of the Victory Cross Roads is the single gauge, somehow, this just does not appeal to me. In addition, the one mounted on my bike came crooked from the factory! Fortunately, when I purchased my Vic, there was a $250 parts or accessories gift from Victory for anything … More Little Red Riding Vic Part Three
When you buy a new bike from any motorcycle manufacturer it often comes with some unwanted extras, the government mandated stickers and reflectors. Even the most expensive Harley-Davidson custom CVO comes out of Milwaukee with these things stuck to them. This article will show you how to remove most of them, and if you are … More Little Red Riding Vic Part Two
One thing that became clear to me during trip in June to the Smoke Out Thirteen, was just how unsuitable my 2003 Victory V92C was for extended trips. Until then, I had only used it for local riding in the North Georgia Mountains. There were many Sunday trips were I racked up over 300 miles, … More Little Red Riding Vic Part One
I can’t count the number of times I have talked about going to the Smoke Out rally. I would always make tentative plans, then something would come up that was “more important,” usually the “more important” was something somebody else wanted me to do for them. It almost went down that way again, and I … More My Trip To The Smoke Out Thirteen
The Bikers Garage 