by Chris Wiltshire | Apr 7, 2024 | Motorcycling
For those following along, today I re-pressure-tested the tank after using JB-Weld Silicon Gasket maker (the petroleum resistant type), along the top of the fuel-sender, and its screws, I gave it close to 36 hours to cure, it said it needed an hour. I didn’t...
by Chris Wiltshire | Apr 6, 2024 | Motorcycling
Background There is truly an enormous amount of knowledge and wisdom within the IBA community, about everything to do with Long Distance Riding and a lot more aside. When it comes to my history and touch-points with the USA based community my contacts run reasonably...
by Chris Wiltshire | Apr 5, 2023 | IBR2023, Major Posts, Motorcycling
9 weeks today, we leave for the USA to compete in the Iron Butt Association’s – Iron Butt Rally (IBR). For those of you who don’t know much about this, it’s arguably the pinnacle of long distance rallying in the world. This is an 11 day event...
by Chris Wiltshire | Mar 2, 2023 | Computing / Electronics, Motorcycling
Today I had first hand success replacing my intermittent TPMS (battery was dying on my 2017 model, it’s now 2023)… A few things to note..: The TPMS is programmed using an 8 digit hexadecimal code. You can only programme the bike to a new sensor using KDS...
by Chris Wiltshire | Sep 1, 2022 | IBR2023, Motorcycling
It’s been a very busy few months. When we entered the Iron Butt Rally (2023) kicking off in June next year, we thought we had a pretty decent amount of time to prepare for it. Being based outside of the USA comes with a fair number of additional challenges above...
by Chris Wiltshire | Aug 19, 2022 | Motorcycling
I’ve had two friends struggle to get their Shoei pinlock anti-fog visors to fit properly. When they don’t fit snugly they can be dangerous as they’ll trap moisture droplets or just condensation between the layers and it’s almost impossible to get it to clear when that...