Charlie!

This. Is. Charlie.




I saw Adri's keychain doll thing and wanted my own! So I bought gimp and asked my girlfriend to make me a gecko. She said she would if I found instructions so I looked! No luck. I couldn't find anything the search results were all over the place and had nothing to do with what I wanted. But, lucky for me my girlfriend is creative and managed to figure it out on her own modifying instructions on how to make a cobra.
So yeah! That's my story! He rides well, doesn't flop around or scratch Keke because he's made from plastic and he fits pretty well in my pocket. At least now it's harder for me to lose my key!
Here's his under, and from there I say Goodnight!





Until next time,
'Live to Ride, Ride to Live'

Stay back!

The newest addition to Kenna thus far, is my CBR 150 integrated tail light I picked up online over the winter.




The install wasn't too bad. I forgot to take pictures during, but I'll try and explain what I did and saw back there.
First off, the new light comes with a nice plug and play set-up if you were replacing the tail light of a 150. Meaning, the wires were nicely wrapped with a plastic rectangular plug that coincides with the original on the 150 at the end. Also, all wires are colour coded the same as the 125 which makes it really easy.
To start, remove the back seat and bolt holding on the tail light. Then pull it straight out. There are two snap plugs in each side to make sure you pull straight so you don't break them. Once the light is partially out disconnect the wires where the light and bike meet. It's a plastic plug style too.
From there I proceeded to cut the plastic plugs off the new light and bike.
Do this at your own risk! You won't break anything but undoing the swap will be a little harder due to you removing the simple plugs
Next, get organized by spreading the wires apart and matching the colours. If you're keeping your existing indicators like I did you'll have to cut the plastic plugs off them too. Match up all the green wires and twist them together. The other coloured wires that get matched up are the two orange ones and two blue ones from the original signals and the bike. Now connect the corresponding coloured wires from the new light to the bike. For now simply twist them together, cover them with tape and test to see everything is working properly before you continue.
Once you've decided everything works solder the wires together BUT remember to put the heat shrink sleeve on one side first otherwise you'll just have to wrap it REALLY well with electrical tape. Then put the new light back in place and remember to keep and use the rubber washer from the old light, where the bolt goes.
I used the tools that came with the CBR 125 but you can use whatever.






Here is a picture of the new light, more can be found in Kenna's Picasa photo album top left of the page.





Until next time,
'Live to Ride, Ride to Live'

Start of Season 1

The weather is increasingly getting better as the days go by which means there have a lot of opportunity to hit the road and ride! I've been out a few times now and relearning the stuff from last year. It's not that hard once you're out there. It kinda comes flowing back, 'just like riding a bike' they say, although I don't think they were referring to this kind of bike.



Morning rides are my favorite, when no one is out and the roads are all yours and your free to work on different things, turning, leaning, riding position. Obviously if I'm I can expect to see other riders, and I do. People are really friendly, which makes it hard to always give a 'hey' when riding. Half the time I'm too focused on not screwing up to flip a finger as they ride by, but I do manage to get a few in there. All and all it's been a great start and I'm looking forward to riding with other people, instead of alone... But riding is riding and I'm glad I'm doing it, alone or with a buddy it's all good!

I've added some new photos the Kenna's Picasa Photo Album. It's the scrolling image link top left side of the page. Check'em out some are pretty good! IMO
Here's one of my favorites.




Until next time,
'Live to Ride, Ride to Live'

Oil Changed!

I changed the oil on my Honda CBR125r the other day! Pretty quick and easy! Nothing special. I used Mobil for 4 stroke engines 10W-40 1L.
The run down:
Put something under the bike to catch the oil
Use a 17mm socket to undue the oil retaining bolt
Let it drain and undue the oil dipstick at the top to help it drain
Once emptied reinstall the bolt from the bottom
Using a funnel, empty the 1L of Mobil 10W-40 into the bike through the oil dipstick hole
Put the dipstick back on and turn the bike on for a few minutes 3-5
Once warmed up turn the bike off, lift it so it's level (have a friend help you) and take out the dipstick
Wipe if off put it back and check the level
Watch out that you're not spilling the oil everywhere as it will be almost to the top

Once everything is cleaned up and put away the next step is go riding!


Until next time,'Live to Ride, Ride to Live'