Shad-go

plus temps cause for bear poking

So with the temperature reaching into the plus side of zero today I was tempted into trying to fire up the Shadow (my daily driver). Having snuck it into my wife's studio for the winter I slacked off on the routine battery maintenance and today, although sitting at a balmy 10 degrees in the studio, it bit me in the ass. Couldn't wake the sleepy bear.

Wrenching Struts Response

Photo credit uwe9999

Hard-tailing a spirit with rusty wrenches does have it's advantages. For example, lowering the rear fender so that it rubbs those hairy bits off a new tire. A springer seat, however, I've not seen. I may just try lossening the suspension a touch.

750 Shadow Flipped Risers

So I flipped the stock Honda risers on on my 750 Shadow from pull back to push forward. Looks pretty bad ass, but I'm not convinced it handles as well. We'll ride it for the week and see how I like it.