Well, I’ve been working on this for a while and it’ll likely take me a little while more to complete but figured it was time to share this; the 1200R is going orange!! I bought a spare set of tins, got the front and rear fenders from a 1200N and 883N tank. Then took them [...]

Sorry, not an exciting post…just a maintenance log for myself. Well, it was that time. The 1200R was overdue for an oil change with 11,622 miles on the odometer. I suspect the oil and transmission oils had been Harley Synthetic when I bought the bike (kinda remember the dealership telling me that when I picked [...]

Just put on Avon Venoms. Front axle looked liked it had been pulled recently (fresh anti-seize). The rear had some anti-seize, but looked like it had been awhile. It’s been a little flakey starting. First push of starter, nothing happens. Second push it fires. I suspect the relay. Edit – Also replaced both relays with [...]