Twenty five thousand miles have come and gone and so has my OE chain and front and rear sprockets. I’ve been stressing about changing this out because I wanted to do it on my own, but I haven’t ever done this before. I borrowed a chain tool, watched a bunch of videos and online tutorials, and pulled out my owners manual. How hard can it be? Well it took me three hours, I had a single mystery part left over, and I spent most of that time crawling around the dirty garage door on my hands an knees. Was it worth it or should I have just paid someone to do it? Absolutely it was worth it. I now know ..read more

I never knew there was actually a name for that half torn up zip lock baggie that always seemed to make my camping trips. That little baggie held all my loose ends whenever I went out on the trail for some various camping, canoeing, biking or moto trip. But there is a name for it and it’s called the “Ditty Bag”.  Who knew? I came across this term in a Youtube video. Some random dude was explaining what he had in his day pack.  The Ditty Bag was one of those items. I have been toting around with me for years a random collection of stuff that never really fit in any other place. In hindsight, th ..read more