by Randal Birkey | May 19, 2014 | Maintenance, News, Randy's Garage
My friend Jordan stopped by Randy’s Garage on Sunday, May 18, 2014 with his new(ish) red Ducati 848 Evo! Jordan also has a Ducati Monster that he rode at the Motoworks Chicago Track Day in the fall of 2013. This was my first exposure to his Evo and a chance to...
by Randal Birkey | Apr 18, 2014 | BellaCorse, D9 Bonneville Brackets, Modification-Installation, Randy's Garage
My friend Lee came over to my garage a few weekends ago as I was getting close to finishing the winter modifications and repairs to my 2008 Bonneville. This is the same Bonnie that I dumped in November 2013 and broke my ankle with (Ouch!). Anyway, those of you who...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 26, 2014 | Maintenance, Modification-Installation, Randy's Garage, Tools
Triumph Bonneville Torque Specifications In the process of rebuilding and modifying my 2008 Bonneville, I have had the need to know torque settings for various parts and pieces of the the motorcycle. The Haynes manual does not seem to have them all, or all in one easy...
by Randal Birkey | Mar 4, 2014 | Randy's Garage
In a previous post I shared about Randy’s Garage which is my 100 year old one car garage turned into my main motorcycle repair and modification workspace. Well, this winter was so cold I could not do much work in the garage so I have spent some time, money and...
by Randal Birkey | Jan 25, 2014 | Harbor Freight Tools, Randy's Garage, Tools
Recently I had breakfast with a fellow gearhead who asked how I was doing on my Bonneville related projects. After hearing about my setup between the garage (unheated) and my basement (heated) he mentioned that he had a kerosene heater in his garage attic that he...
by Randal Birkey | May 22, 2013 | Randy's Garage
I took these two photos of my garage with my two Bonneville’s parked out front last evening. This will be the last evening both can be seen like this because I sold the 1976 Bonnie last night and it will be picked up by the new owner Rich, later...
