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  A garage requires different fire extinguishers for oil, electrical and chemical fires. What you see in an office may not be right “class” of fire extinguisher in your workshop. If you work with metals only, you are still of course using electrical lighting and electrical tools. Maybe even printed manuals! Similarly, if you store […]

Have you ever wondered what the difference between motorcycle and car tires is and why you can’t just use them interchangeably? Do you want to know more about them? When most people think about tires, they think about the rubber that sits underneath their car or motorcycle. They might not give a lot of thought

  The garage fridge is not a tool. It does not actively assist in the completion of a project. If anything, the cooler in the corner often conspires to defeat productivity. For me, recently, it did just the opposite. The faux-woodgrain insulated box doesn’t hold parts—it contains exactly what you think it does—and yet it

My grandson, Frank Ball Jr. and I made the run to Sturgis with a Kendon two-bike trailer, our 1928 Shovelhead and the 5-Ball Racing Crazy Horse powered mascot bike. Both quirky, flat-side tank bikes. We jammed out and rode around the rally and had a blast. Of course, he got the bug and had to

The sound…potato-potato, a rumble from within, these are all one in the same: this is Harley-Davidson. Whether young or old, once you have heard it, I believe, you will never forget it. Even more gripping is the emotion that “the sound” brings to anyone who has thrown a leg over the famous cycle and spent

    It’s easy to become complacent with shop safety, especially when the effects of letting your guard down are not always immediate. Fact is, working on cars and motorcycles can be dangerous. I was personally reminded of this truth a few weeks ago, when I put a coat of primer on my cleaned-up winter

    Looking back through photos on the computer, I have come torealize how much a man is influenced by the environment he allows himself to besubmerged into. I say this from my own experience as I am currently lookingback at the multi-faceted photo sharing sites and currently going through allthe pictures I have saved

BIKERNET BATTERY TENDER INVESTIGATION—How to use battery tenders? We are on the hunt. A friend kept his bike on a tender 24/7. But when he rode to his girl’s house and spent the night, the bike was dead in the morning. So, what’s the proper way to use a tender. Many folks recommend keeping their

          I get to ride all over the country and in all kinds of weather. I have made many changes to my 2009 FLHTC over the years and one of them was to install a Saddlemen Heated Seat. The seat was very comfortable and allowed me to ride more miles in a

  The garage is a strange place. Some projects you tackle with all the time in the world, and others are on a deadline tighter than ten-year-old denim. Anyone that has rushed to wrap up a project understands the stress and frustration that accompanies a time crunch. That’s why I decided to share some tips