Tuesday 30 June 2015

Akira Project

Akira Project


#AkiraProject #Akira #KanedaBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Slingshot

Suzuki Slingshot


#SuzukiGSXR #SuzukiSlingshot #CycleWorld #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monarch Moto

Monarch Moto


#MonarchMoto #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Smoke

Image Charles LeQuerrec


Image Charles LeQuerrec


#CharlesLeQuerrec #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

MuchoMoto


Illustration by MuchoMoto
Illustration by MuchoMoto


#MuchoMoto #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Trash City

Joe Strummer and the Latino Rockabilly War

Joe Strummer





#JoeStrummer #LatinoRockabillyWar #TrashCity #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tech 21

Tech 21 Yamaha Endurance Racer


#Tech21 #Shiseido #Yamaha #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Calamity Amelie

Calamity Amelie


#CalamityAmelie #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Monday 29 June 2015

Bubba Zanetti

Bubba Zanetti


#MadMax #BubbaZanetti #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

728

728


#Yamaha #MotoPro #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

XTR Boxer

XTR Boxer

XTR Boxer


#XTRPepo #XTR #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

R1 Girl

R1 Girl


#YamahaR1 #Daidegas #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

XR 600

I don't know what this is either but I guess it's a Baja racer. In any case, it's deadly!

XR 600


#Baja1000 #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Black Eagle Girl

Black Eagle Girl































#Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Honda Scrambler

I don't know what this is but it looks like fun...

Honda Scrambler





























#Honda #Scrambler #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Toecutter Gang

Toecutter Gang














#MadMax #Toecutter #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Sunday 28 June 2015

Viet Nguyen

Illustration by Viet Nguyen


Illustration by Viet Nguyen


#VietNguyen #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Hitchhiker

Hitchhiker


#Wilke #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

RSD RD

RSD RD


#RolandSandsDesign #RSD #TZRD #BornFree #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tom Colbie Art

Tom Colbie Art


Tom Colbie Art


#TomColbieArt #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Magpul Ronin

Pikes Peak race bike.

Magpul Ronin


#MagpulRonin #PikesPeak #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Killing The Streets

Killing The Streets


#KillingTheStreets #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion





































#NeonGenesisEvangelion #YoshiyukiSadamoto #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL

Hot Dock Custom Cycles K1600 GTL


Thanks Moses


#KeijiKawakita #HotDockCustomCycles #IgniteStraightSix #BMWJapan #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Saturday 27 June 2015

Rockin' Jelly Bean

Illustration by Rockin' Jelly Bean


































Illustration by Rockin' Jelly Bean

#RockinJellyBean #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Triage X

Check out that Slabby!


Triage X





































Thanks Moses


#TriageX #SuzukiSlabside #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Tintin vs. Akira

Tintin vs. Akira





































#Tintin #Akira #KanedaBike #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Apollo vs. Tintin

Apollo vs. Tintin


Tom Colbie Art


#TomColbieArt #Apollo #Tintin #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Garage Fabulous!

Garage Fabulous!


#Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Dykes on Bikes

Washington DC

Pride


#DublinPride #DykesOnBikes #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Pride

I picked this image up randomly a while back. The only information it came with was 'Lesbians on BMW'.

Well, what more to you need to know...

Pride


























#DublinPride #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Pride

“We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.”

- Stephen Hawking

Pride











































#DublinPride #StephenHawking #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can

The exhaust noise from the stubby Laser can on the ironically named Stealth KLR is obnoxious. Personally, I don't like loud exhausts. I think they make a bike very tiring to ride. Also, I have already accumulated some hearing loss from motorcycling and I don't want any more.

It's not that I think bikes should be really quiet. The exhaust tone contributes to the sensual experience of motorcycling and I love the sound from the Laser can on my Africa Twin and the Yoshimura on the Buell. I doubt either are legal with regard to noise, but they're not obnoxious - They're just sort of horny!

The KLR is too noisy. Driving it attracts too much attention, which I don't want, particularly as I drive it off road which isn't really legal in Ireland...

So I fabricated a baffle for it a while back (you can read about that, here) and although it did have some effect, it wasn't nearly enough!

So this evening I repacked the silencer with fiberglass wool...

Did it work? I dunno yet...

Anyway, the process isn't particularly difficult but there are a couple of things that can be a challenge, Firstly, it can be tricky to get the end-caps off and secondly it can be frustrating to get all the rivet holes to line up afterwards.

The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Remove the silencer from the bike. Make a note of what's front and back and what's left and right. Use a marker if you want to. Consider that the inside is filthy so you may not want to do this in the kitchen!


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Drill out all the rivets with an appropriately sized drill-bit. These are 5 mm rivets and that's a 5 mm drill bit. Drill slowly for best results. Try not to put the hand holding the silencer in harms way.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Right! This is the first hard part. Make sure all the rivets are drilled out and use a soft mallet to tap out the end-caps. Don't put it on a bench and whale on it! And don't try to lever it apart with screwdrivers. Hold it with one hand in free space and tap the end-caps from side to side and they'll gradually drift out. If it's not working at first, tap a bit harder.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
The remains of the old wadding.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Cut your new fiberglass wadding to size with a strong scissors. This is a stubby silencer so the length needed to be trimmed. The width was fine.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Wrap the wadding around the core of the silencer, tucking it into the rim of the end can.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Secure the wadding with some stainless safety wire. The wire is snug rather than tight. I used a twisty safety wire pliers for this 'cos I have one but a regular pliers will work too.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Right! The other hard part. Replace the end caps, tapping them home with the soft mallet and making sure the core lines up. The rivet holes should all more-or-less line up. If they don't something may be upside-down or back-to-front. Use a small Philips screwdriver (about 4 mm in diameter) to get the first rivet to line up. Sort of wiggle it around till the holes line up and insert the rivet (but don't set it). Go to the hole on the opposite side of the silencer and repeat. After you've done the first couple of rivets you should find that the rest of the holes line up automatically.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
When all the rivets are in place in both ends, check again that the core is lined up and set the rivets with your pop riveter.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Job done! This took about 30 minutes but it's not a race, so take your time and be methodical and careful.


The MERCENARY Guide to Repacking Your Exhaust Can
Tools for the job - Drill gun with 5 mm bit, soft mallet, strong scissors, safety-wire pliers, Philips screwdriver, pop-riveter. You will also need some pop rivets, some stainless safety wire and some fiberglass wadding.



    



#MercenaryGuide #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Friday 26 June 2015

Black Runner

Image by NotAWizard


Image by NotAWizard


#NotAWizard #DeviantArt #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage

Katana

Check out this GSXR engined Suzuki Katana...

Suzuki Katana


#SuzukiKatana #Mercenary #MercenaryGarage