March 19, 2016

Joining the Boxer Club

March 19, 2016/ Mosey Levy

How long have you been riding? It’s a question you hear often amongst riders and you’ll usually hear an answer based on time. I myself have been riding for about 2.5 years. How that equates to experience though, not very well. In reality, a better way to gauge experience would be mileage. It’s not the only way, there are a lot of other factors, but to me mileage is a better measurement. I've ridden around 25k miles in those 2.5 years. A lot has happened since then, and now, I join the Boxer Club.

November 15, 2015

A new F800GS for 2016?

November 15, 2015/ Mosey Levy

In 2014, BMW released a completely new S1000XR, and significantly updated several models including one of my favorites, the R1200R. This year they are looking to shake things up again, already releasing two new bikes in the past few days.

November 15, 2015

Ram Mount X-Grip Replacements

November 15, 2015/ Mosey Levy

I've had the ram mount for over a year, and I love it. It installs really easily, and does its job really well. At high speeds, excessive bumping, offroad, it holds my phone in place. you can read about my initial thoughts and install tips here. I had a little incident this week, and I'd like to share it with you....

September 26, 2015

Denali Power Hub 2

September 26, 2015/ Mosey Levy

I bought this months ago, and finally got around to installing it. Having a garage really helps, and since I'm now garage equipped, it was easier to work on the bike. I bought the power hub because I have too many electrical devices hard wired directly to my bikes battery. That and my aux lights could be turned on at any time because of the way they were wired, key in or not.

May 16, 2015

S.O.L.A.S Reflective Stickers

May 16, 2015/ Mosey Levy

Originally I had black discrete 3M reflective stickers on my varios cases. That was when the cases were new and scratch free, i was trying to keep the look clean. Over the past year the cases have taken some damage, and due to having to replace a part on one of them, i was now in need of new reflective stickers. I heard great things about S.O.L.A.S and it hasn't disappointed. It was also really easy to install.

May 16, 2015

Dainese Jacket Tear and Replace

May 16, 2015/ Mosey Levy

Last summer I did quite a bit of research looking for a great summer jacket. The summers in NYC are hot and humid. Pair that with a commuting life style, stop and go traffic, you really need something that breathes. I settled on the Dainese Air Flux. I loved it, rocked it all summer and it was perfect. Light weight, and stylish. I barely felt it on. This spring my brother in law took a little spill on his "new to him" harley sportster, while borrowing my jacket. It was a slow speed 20mph fall, and the jacket was damaged beyond enough to warrant a replacement. Looking at the damage to the jacket, and to my brother in law, i realized that the jacket wouldn't do great at any fall at faster speeds than that. I went to research a worth replacement.

May 03, 2015

10K Miles in 11 Months

May 03, 2015/ Mosey Levy

First 11 months on this bike. Not bad for my 2nd year of riding. I think I sold my G650GS with around 8500 miles. So I'm creeping on 20k miles. I took a ride out with my wife, first ride of the season with her, and hit the 10K with her on it. It felt so good to have her on the back. Some more photos after the jump.

April 27, 2015

9K Oil Change + Chain Tensioning

April 27, 2015/ Mosey Levy

I decided to do this service myself. It's my first oil change ever, and on a motorcycle as well. I also wanted to adjust the chain as it was sagging a bit. I only adjusted a chain once before, and that was on a rented vstrom on the side of the road somewhere in Colorado. The concept is the same across all chain driven bikes. After watching a few youtube videos, ordering some parts from amazon, and picking up some tools from auto zone and home depot, I was able to complete both, making me feel more connected to my bike.

April 12, 2015

Vario Madness - Review, Repair, and Modifications

April 12, 2015/ Mosey Levy

Or, Everything you ever wanted to know about Vario cases, but were afraid to ask.

One of the beautiful things about BMW's Vario cases is that they can be repaired part by part. My case was recently damaged while parked. I ordered the one part that broke and replaced it. It wasn't easy, i made a bunch of mistakes, but I now know how to take apart the entire case and put it back together. On top of that, I also added Bungie Buddies to the top of them. This post is going in to good detail on how to repair them, and touch on modifications you can add to them.

April 11, 2015

Bash Plate

April 11, 2015/ Mosey Levy

This is a boring post. Just a simple bash plate bolted on with 3 screws. The only bit of valuable information that you can get here is that the bottom of the bike has three pre threaded screw holes just waiting for a bash plate. So nothing needs to be unscrewed to install this.