by Randal Birkey | Sep 21, 2012 | Randy's Garage
I live in an older suburb of Chicago with lots of homes built in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Ours was built in 1915. It has a one car garage which I have turned into a one motorcycle garage and shop. One of the problems with an old garage is that the...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 17, 2012 | Motorcycle Rides
This past weekend on Sunday was a perfect weather day for an extended motorcycle ride from Chicago. I decided to ride out to Galena, near the northwest corner of Illinois, not far from the Mississippi River. Here is a map of my route for your reference. View Galena...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 14, 2012 | Maintenance, Modification-Installation
Re-jetting the Keihin CVK Carburetor As I have shared in earlier posts, I’ve had to learn about re-jetting the stock Keihin CVK (36mm) carburetors used on the 2008 Hinckley Triumph Bonneville because I modified the air intake and exhaust system. To take full...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 14, 2012 | Randy's Garage
I ran across this wonderful resource a year or so ago. It’s call The Blueprints. It’s a website created by a guy named Onno van Braam that contains hundreds of technical drawings and photos of many items including many Triumph Motorcycles. For example,...
by Randal Birkey | Sep 13, 2012 | Randy's Garage
Just a late night peek at my garage where all the work on my 2008 Triumph Bonneville takes place! Had to put a new lock on the door the other night… so I took this photo.
