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Getting started - oh the sparks

Cutting Wheel Safety – Do’s and Don’t’s when Working on a Motorcycle

Repairing a motorcycle can get extremely tedious when the part that was supposed to come off doesn’t. I learned that the hard (and long) way when I removed the flywheel from my Honda Rebel using a cutting wheel. So with my use and abuse of the cutting wheel, I feel as though I can share…

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21 March, 2014
Flywheel Safety and Tips No comments Charlie
sidecover on and wires exposed

Well, the Honda Rebel is Running…

So, I recently bought a 91 Nighthawk, to hopefully ride while I’m getting this Rebel fixed up. I finally put the pieces back together, and while at first it didn’t start because a) dead battery and b) wiring issues, but I got those taken care of and I successfully drove it for a bit today…

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14 November, 2013
Crankcase Flywheel Repairs No comments Charlie
Honda Rebel New Flywheel

Fixing the Oil Leak Step 2 – Putting the flywheel back on

I had an oil leak, and then found what I needed to do to fix it, finally got the flywheel off, and now I’m trying to put the new one back on. You’d think after all of the hard work it was to get the stupid flywheel off, that it’d be easy sailing from here,…

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28 October, 2013
Crankcase Flywheel Innovations Repairs Stupid No comments Charlie
Woo sparks! Cutting off the Rebels Flywheel -- this was a particularly impressive amount of sparks

Everyone loves pictures: Shots from removing the Rebel’s flywheel

I was going to add these to the last post that I did about cutting the flywheel off, but then I figured that was getting pretty long and they’d probably work out better if I just put them on their own post. This video in particular was mostly me just goofing off, though it’s pretty…

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21 October, 2013
Flywheel Repairs No comments Charlie
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Hi, I'm Charlie

Hi, I'm Charlie
My bike is broken. I keep trying to fix it, but more things break. Laugh with me about it.

I'm doing everything I can to keep riding as much as possible. Beyond that, I play upright bass in a band called The River Valley Rangers.

For work I help manage a team of web content publishers at Launch Digital Marketing so I'm on the internet a lot. :)

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