Ask a biker with a basic amount of mechanical knowledge about their bikes 'What is the most annoying job to do on your motorbike?' and I'm fairly sure the majority of the time the answer you'll get back is 'changing the blown bulbs'.
As I'm a fairly normal sized man, I'm not blessed with tiny little hands, unlike a certain current president, so its always a squeeze getting my mits into the tiny spaces the bike designers leave for access. Therefore changing the bulbs on any vehicles, car or bike, is a royal pain in the backside.
The 1098s has its annual MOT coming up on Friday and both of my little side lights have blown. Despite them causing less illumination than a match, this would be a fail, so I had to change them. As luck would have it, I had a brand new set in my toolbox which saved me a trip to the store. Result.
As I'm a fairly normal sized man, I'm not blessed with tiny little hands, unlike a certain current president, so its always a squeeze getting my mits into the tiny spaces the bike designers leave for access. Therefore changing the bulbs on any vehicles, car or bike, is a royal pain in the backside.
The 1098s has its annual MOT coming up on Friday and both of my little side lights have blown. Despite them causing less illumination than a match, this would be a fail, so I had to change them. As luck would have it, I had a brand new set in my toolbox which saved me a trip to the store. Result.
As expected it was a fiddly little job, but one that needed doing. As I was there I checked all the other lights, horn and tyres to make sure I'd be okay and my only concern now is my front tyre is on the wear limit, but the tread appears to be legal so cross fingers I'll be fine.
With the bikes out I gave them both a wash the noticed that the main headlight had blown on the FireBlade, which really is sods law as I don't have a spare one of those in my toolbox, so its over to the store after all.
With the bikes out I gave them both a wash the noticed that the main headlight had blown on the FireBlade, which really is sods law as I don't have a spare one of those in my toolbox, so its over to the store after all.
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