The beauty and diversity of San Diego still amazes me after all these years. Below is a picture of the valley of the Anza Borrego desert taken from the rim of the mountains located in the Cleveland National Forest. Best experienced from the seat of a motorcycle!
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A few weekends ago I tackled some projects on the V-Star. It all started with wanting to get new hardbags. Since I wanted the hardbags low I needed new exhaust. Since I was going to put on a new exhaust I needed to re-jet the carb. You see how this goes. More details for you gearheads after the jump>
Continue reading ‘2002 Yamaha V-Star upgrades’
After seeing a few friends of mine rocking out on their scooters with stereos, I finally took the task on of developing a new stereo configuration for the Elite.
The scooter already had a stereo installed from the previous owner but there were a few things about that stereo setup which made me rarely use the system. My main gripes were:
- The speakers were installed internally behind the dash vent screens so it was hard to get good sound out of them
- There was no easy way to control the volume (I got a little tired of rolling up to stop signs with the music BLASTING from having to turn it up so loud when riding, especially since right at that time some moody sad acoustic song would come on)
So with those things in mind I set out to install a new stereo system. Here’s what I did and how I did it.
Continue reading ‘Stereo upgrade on the ‘89 Elite 250′
All you can eat Phil’s BBQ and a Padres game with the proceeds benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters…a match made in heaven! Lets see if I can actually sit through more than 5 innings before I get bored and leave.



