Laura and I thought that it would be a good idea to learn how to do some basic maintenance on our motorbikes, so we went down to Autozone and bought a socket wrench set and oil filter remover. 4 hours later, and a couple spills on the garage floor, we now know how to change the oil.
I bought a windshield for the Virago the other day. The install looked pretty easy, until I realized that I had to cut the wires on the front turn signals so I could relocate them a little bit farther down the fork. It wasn’t very difficult but it did turn an “I think this’ll take about an hour” project into a “Damn, that took three hours!” project.
Still, it’s better to know how to do things yourself — even if it takes longer than you thought — than to be stupid and pay someone else to do it.
The windshield is great at blocking the wind (was that redundant?) and rain. And bugs. Now that I have one, I can’t imagine going without it.
I also ordered a generic book on motorcycle maintenance as well as the full service manual for the Virago 535 on CD-ROM. Just a few things to prepare for the cross country trip at the end of July…
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