Absolutely loving that last one. "Buy an Audi TT"... Also, if you have time to put a sock on your shoe, you have time to just put your riding boots on.
Not if you wear glasses which render it totally pointless because you're glasses are still going to fog up. Which is when you go for the anti fog wipes and sprays and do both glasses and visor.
I have been using the dish soap on the inside of a visor hack since the '70s'. It works !. The trick is that you must keep buffing the inside until it feels dry to the touch.
To fit/remove bar grips - get an airline, blow air under the grip, it inflates and comes right off. No soap to get it to slide on, no hoping it will then dry out so the grip doesn't twist on the bar, no need for adhesive.... Normally an air nozzle will work just fine
Old fuses on older bikes are larger like that one, newer cars and bikes have microbladed fuses which are the ones you have :) Can confirm the hack works on my 1986 vfr, but i wont use it because it might damage the fuse.
Drill wool is more for tight places like the engine fins, as they are annoying to get to. That is why most paint the gap black and only polish the tops of the fins. When airing up the tyre, a different air connecter type is used, which has a smaller cross piece in the middle. Toilet brush breaks with your pressure, not the drill speed, but a smaller handle is better less leverage, and more pressure. The drink funnel works, and depending on the angle of the bike and the drink container used, not much, if any, should pool up on that. It's not messy, either, like the red smooth funnel. Brake clean with compressed air, your hole was bigger than it needed to be and you got less focused pressure. Just clean your visor, plenty of spotless options out there, I just use basic hand soap as I do with my glasses, should remain clean for a long time, it is the dust that gets in and makes it a focus point for the droplets to start settling from. Sock works more about hiding the laces from getting caught if you don't want to tuck them into the shoe... but playing that game of if you see that mark and saying are you a biker is fun.
On a side note, always wear boots. Apart from the head, your legs are prone to injury. My dad was a paramedic for 40 years and advised me to wear helmet and boots always. (Now a riding suit is also advised, but you know what I mean)
The paddock stand mod actually makes sense. If you're going to make the split tube arrangement permanent, you could easily attach it sturdily with a couple of pop rivets.
2 great "hacks" I guess.. 1. Foggy headlight (bike/cars/anything). Usually req a sanding kit, a lot of elbow grease and time. Hack: Bug spray. I couldn't believe it worked, just spray on outside of lens and wipe with rag. 2. Quick clean/wax paint/mirrors/chrome/everything. Hack: Pledge lemon enhancing polish. Pledge is cheap, cleans and keeps dust/dirt off for longer than expected. Bonus one I just thought of. Prob: black plastic greying due to sun. I rubbed a bit of mink oil I used for my seat on the plastic. Worked great, lasted good amount of time; and I'm in Tucson AZ where sun is harsh. Cheers
The washing up liquid/dishwasher soap hack is an old one. Put it n and leave it to dry. It's been around at least 40 years to my knowledge. If you don't have access to washing up liquid, you can use potato juice. Cut a potato in half, rub the juice on the inside of the visor and leave to dry... Both of these hacks are best done the night before giving ample time to dry.
Did not expect the bottle Hack to work 😮. It would be great to make a video about tools for wheel bearing removal. I could not find a nice video where trash tools are exposed nor good ones recommended
the sock trick... there's always an odd sock, with no apparent reason why it's mate is missing (actually, I have pets... I know they hunt socks and take them to their friends' houses, why they do it I don't know... but they do it!) And yes I'm ignoring the safety issue of a sock on a Shoe, rather than a purpose made riding boot... but I will mention that if you drop a bike onto the side of a steel cap boot it drastically changes the shape of the steel toe which can wrap around the foot like a Vice! the hose on the funnel, well as a mechanic, i have a few of these with various length and diameter hoses... because some things have to be filled through small or inaccessible holes
5:50 The problem is actually a cheap air hose. In order to fill the air up through the valve stem the needle on it must be pushed to access the inner atmosphere.
Love a good Sunday Funday moto video. Just woke up, and not even a full 1 minute later get a notification that you uploaded. Good shit man, more consistent than American Public Transit.
My hack for street shoes on a bike is to NOT use the ones with loose hanging shoelaces. Not only will you fall and damage your bike, but you'll look terribly stupid while falling down. At least tuck them away into the shoe (and then be paranoid and check if they fell out every 2 seconds).
For the "drill bit trick" you can just go down to Menards to buy a manufactured set. I use them to clean and buff my stainless steel pots and pans. I'll also be using them on my new (to me) 80' GS750 when I get it home.
That R1 came with a fuse puller as standard (in the UK anyway) for micro fuses. The slightly larger fuses were used on motorbikes that were not quite so compact.
Here's one- Fill the paint sprayer with cleaning fluid and use it to clean the chain. I don't have a paint sprayer... I have never tried it... But if somebody is willing to give it a try, just tell me whether it even works or not. 😅😅😅
I would recommend the welding blueish removal , i used to apply it by a sponge or brush and after a minutes just wipe it off sometimes needs a bit ofsteelwool but not often, depends on how nasty the pipes are. After the pipes looks as new again.
ok, last one: I don't know about socks. As a man that rides motorcycles and whose house doubles as an art studio, I don't wear white ANYTHING, including socks. I know how to save your whites from yellowing, but no one can save them from blackening from used motor oil and grease, mica powder, graphite, paint, etc. However, you did remind me of the time I tried using waterproof slip covers. I didn't have a car for 5 years, and commuted on a motorcycle in an area that gets rain 1 out of every 4 days on average. too many times, I would have to get to work at least 30 minutes early just to dry off. and it was tearing up my leather boots. rubber slip covers definitely work if your problem is your feet getting soaked and the leather tearing at the seams. However, I rode a 600 lb, 40 year old Honda that required you to roll the bike to find neutral, and often required a push start. so the $10 rubber booties would last one or two rides before getting destroyed. 🤣
Best way to clean headers is to cut a 1/2" wide strip of scotchbrite and a longer strip of rag. Put a dab of polish on the pipe and use the rag to floss the scotchbrite round it 😊
the dish soap method might depend on the brand and type of the soap. i remember my friend making a mix of dish soap and other window cleaner when washing his cars windows and he rarely needed wipers since the water just beaded off :D also i think it also depends on how clean and scratch free the surface is
For the last one just clean it, wait for it to dry and use black electrical tape. I'm going to be honest I didn't even clean mine and just surrounded it with tape and it worked flawlessly for me, but cleaning first is a good idea to get adhesive to stick.
When I was a kid, a hack was exploiting a vulnerability and gaining access to a system. Nowadays, a hack is holding the lever down on the toaster for toaster toast.
Of course i find out about the oil funnel hack 2 days after buying a new funnel (as the funnels i had were all too big). Good thing it was only a few dollars for a pack of 4
In the old days , we used to put Saliva on our finger and smear a line along the bottom edge of the Visor to prevent misting. Didn't work. Why haven't we got heated visors yet? We have heated everyting else. 🎶You got wires Going in You got wires Coming out of your skin🎶🤣😂😂
air pressure connectors are not the same around the world btw. i har a hard lesson with that when i bought cheap china airtools and tried to connect them to my compressor.. fuses also come in two sizes, you have the smaller ones on your bike, i have the more common ones in mine, shown in the video, but i have to check if they actually hat the little hook thingy to pull out old ones :D
1L/850ml bottle for the funnel would probably work better, sharper angle I'd also imagine if you already have compressor you could get cheapest possible spray gun for the cleaning trick instead of the bottle setup
Don't have the shoe problem. All gear, all the time, no excuses! I got rear ended by a truck a month ago. My boots saved my foot and ankle from being crushed and snapped.
Ironically, my Ducati paddock stand already has a vertical tube welded to it, which holds a removable bar that is placed between the spokes to lock the rear wheel. I say ironically because, while I therefore have somewhere to hold a wheel spindle, I don't remove the spindle because it's a single-sided swinging arm. 🙄
If don't need to scrub the rust it's better use wool\cotton attachment to the drill ,same goes for brush attachment for wheels,those one for detailers are constructed with metal shaft ...
I have a 24 ninja 650. I put a baby sock on my shift lever and a hair elastic doubled over to hold it. Someone stole it but I saw it on their bike a couple weeks later ride by at a stop light. They 2 fingers down signaled as they rode by. 😂
Not an absurd hack but if you're rebuilding your brakes and you've got a particularly stuck piston, use the box end of a socket wrench with a socket wedged into the piston. When you turn the box, it jams up against the socket and the piston, allowing you to spin the piston out of the caliper without damaging the sealing surface. However, if you've got a totally frozen piston like i do, good luck 😂
What to do with your axel? Save time and material... set it on a friggen paper towel. Your holder is going to eventially be contaminated with dust, dirt, and grit.
You can use a zip tie to cut another zip tie perfectly flush. With your zip tie you just put on, slide another one on top of it and then twist it around in a circle and it will cut the zip tie off. Then you can also reuse the zip tie that you just used. No tools needed
What are your thoughts on cleaning with kerosene? I’ve used it on both the chain/sprockets and wheels and find it to be more or less the only thing that really works (well). Super cheap as well, compared to all the dedicated cleaning products
lol - I've lost or broken all the funnels I've ever bought....a knife and a water bottle are always plentiful. So yeah, I knew about certain water bottles being able to screw into the fill hole. but here's one I just saw, on the same subject - using a spark plug as a drain plug. the photo I saw was the underside of a truck like mine in a group that had a spark plug sticking out of the drain plug hole. it was just a photo, and I realize what's at stake to test it, but they both have narrow/metric threading. it should be fine and you probably won't have to go buy a helicoil.
Cleaning visor with dish soap works if you use a decent brand of dish soap, in the UK, "FAIRY LIQUID" is best and did serve me well before I acquired a helmet with pinlock, I prefer open face helmet now but winter is coming so will need to go back to full face .💁♂️
My issue with the sick hack is that my boot doesn’t just have a smudge. It’s got a little dent in it. I wear steel cap leather boots and it just pushed the leather in and made a crater
Wearing normal shoes......? Bro, please look an your own footage at 15:36 , look at your loose shoelaces and tell me if it´s a good idea. What do you think happens if they meet that running chain next to them even before you think about crashing. Please wear good gear. 😇
On the fuse one (I'm literally tracking down a wiring issue with heated gear on my bike right now... kill me) [side note - DO NOT buy a 2021-Present CB125R if you like working on your own bike, there are zero service manuals outside of Honda's HOURLY subscription for them, and the dealer wont even tell you the recommended spark plug, which takes half a day, a miracle, and a few broken plastic clips to get to] Essentially: The fuse shown is _"Regular (APR / ATC / ATO / ATS) blade-type fuses, also known as standard"_ These fuses do in fact work like this, and rarely do appear on motorcycles (like the heated gear I'm working with right now) The hack would work in theory... Mini (APM / ATM) fuses are as shown, and obviously without the correct blade shape, it ain't gonna work... In practice there's usually a plastic fuse puller already in the fuse-box of _most_ things, and if not, in the multi-pack of fuses you should buy (100pcs of mini and standard will serve you for life as a home mechanic.. BUT IMHO yanking a blown fuse with pliers is fine cause the broken fuse will never work again, and costs about the same as two cigarette filters (that's exactly f-all for you non-smokers) So I don't see the issue with yanking with pliers when the worst outcome is *_"Oh no I broke my 3¢ fuse, anyways..."_* Just don't break the plastic off the blades, even then that's hard to do, and at worst gets fixed with a small pick. This ended up really long but this "hack" just was a shit-show all round (for the original creator)
The dish soap thing doesn't work. I've also used a new "C-thru" product called "D-mist" which also doesn't work for helmets. They work super well in a car. Chemically what they do is break down the surface tension of the water so it doesn't form droplets but dissipates into a thin invisible film on the inside of whatever screen its applied to... lets say windscreen. But in a helmet the concentration, or absolute humidity overwhelms it and it starts to look like trying to see the world through a waterfall. It's downright dangerous. These things work well in a workshop where you check one or two breaths and are amazed, but in the real world its a 0/10 On another note, C-thru on the outside, or even on the windscreen works a charm. That toilet brush hack looks like a winner (for certain scenarios) and I'm sure one could find a brush that'll fit into a chuck better. 10/10 gonna try that out. Coke bottle oil filler (should also work for radiators) is also pretty cool if your oil doesn't come with a pouring spout I might also try the paddock stand thing too (with PVC)
with the air, you've seen them do it in person, or online? because perhaps they just make it seem like its working due to "all sorts of air rushing". I don't see how a non-existent part would press down the valve core, but if you shove it on there hard enough, you could tear up the outer thread or bend the valve core. you've never changed one, I can tell. there's not much to them, which is why we bother capping them.
The only useful thing of the sock over your shoes would have been for you to tuck those long laces under the sock so it does (Hopefully does not) catch on anything while riding.
The steelwool drill is all good until the drill bit digs into your pipes lol.
as if, i'd put a hole right in my engine!
what a painful sentence to read
When you buy an assorted fuse kit it usually comes with a little plastic fuse puller.
or just use halfway decent needle-nose pliers...
Absolutely loving that last one. "Buy an Audi TT"... Also, if you have time to put a sock on your shoe, you have time to just put your riding boots on.
Pinlock is a Must have imo
Not if you wear glasses which render it totally pointless because you're glasses are still going to fog up. Which is when you go for the anti fog wipes and sprays and do both glasses and visor.
I always got it with my helmet...in the drawer. I've never used it :)
been using one on my helmet for 2 years now. just got both visor and pinlock changed. I have forgotten that visors do actually fog up.
@@MrBCRCi do not have this issue when wearing glasses in my helmet that has pinlock.. maybe one of us is doing something wrong
They suck at night though because it makes lights appear as though your visor consumed mdma
I've been using water bottles as funnel when putting on new oil for years yet I have never ever seen a single video about it😂
"sell your bike, buy an Audi TT" Ha
15:30 this is why im subscribed to this channel this man speaks motorcycle language
Absolute legend
Pull the axle, drop the wheel, put the axle back in. Has the added bonus of lifting the chain off the floor as well
I do, put my axle back in the righthand side (
Dat wot I do.
I have been using the dish soap on the inside of a visor hack since the '70s'. It works !. The trick is that you must keep buffing the inside until it feels dry to the touch.
I agree with the votes on the last ones..go and buy an Audi 😂😂😂
To fit/remove bar grips - get an airline, blow air under the grip, it inflates and comes right off. No soap to get it to slide on, no hoping it will then dry out so the grip doesn't twist on the bar, no need for adhesive.... Normally an air nozzle will work just fine
Glad to see this back, please do more of them.
Old fuses on older bikes are larger like that one, newer cars and bikes have microbladed fuses which are the ones you have :)
Can confirm the hack works on my 1986 vfr, but i wont use it because it might damage the fuse.
Drill wool is more for tight places like the engine fins, as they are annoying to get to. That is why most paint the gap black and only polish the tops of the fins.
When airing up the tyre, a different air connecter type is used, which has a smaller cross piece in the middle.
Toilet brush breaks with your pressure, not the drill speed, but a smaller handle is better less leverage, and more pressure.
The drink funnel works, and depending on the angle of the bike and the drink container used, not much, if any, should pool up on that. It's not messy, either, like the red smooth funnel.
Brake clean with compressed air, your hole was bigger than it needed to be and you got less focused pressure.
Just clean your visor, plenty of spotless options out there, I just use basic hand soap as I do with my glasses, should remain clean for a long time, it is the dust that gets in and makes it a focus point for the droplets to start settling from.
Sock works more about hiding the laces from getting caught if you don't want to tuck them into the shoe... but playing that game of if you see that mark and saying are you a biker is fun.
Love from Australia. You South Africans are good people
Bruh chose violence to cut the bottle. Who hurt you?
Full spa$tic
Home affairs that queue can change a man
😭😭😭😭😭
The toilet brush on a drill is a great idea for a toilet!
Yep, spread that s**t around faster and further using a power tool 😂
Great if you don't mind asshole water splashing into your face 😂
Yeah until the brush bends and sprays shitty water all over you and your bathroom.
The bottle 'hack' is a goto for all street/thirdparty mechanic shops in India. It's not a hack, it's our everyday normal😂
The pipe cleaner got me, I'll definitely give it a go in the future, thanks bro!
On a side note, always wear boots. Apart from the head, your legs are prone to injury. My dad was a paramedic for 40 years and advised me to wear helmet and boots always. (Now a riding suit is also advised, but you know what I mean)
"BullSh*t written all over it" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
3:03 The hardest areas by hand are always in tight spaces
Me:Hmm
Hmm?
The paddock stand mod actually makes sense. If you're going to make the split tube arrangement permanent, you could easily attach it sturdily with a couple of pop rivets.
I also love to see marks on my left shoe ❤
2 great "hacks" I guess..
1. Foggy headlight (bike/cars/anything). Usually req a sanding kit, a lot of elbow grease and time.
Hack: Bug spray. I couldn't believe it worked, just spray on outside of lens and wipe with rag.
2. Quick clean/wax paint/mirrors/chrome/everything.
Hack: Pledge lemon enhancing polish. Pledge is cheap, cleans and keeps dust/dirt off for longer than expected.
Bonus one I just thought of. Prob: black plastic greying due to sun. I rubbed a bit of mink oil I used for my seat on the plastic. Worked great, lasted good amount of time; and I'm in Tucson AZ where sun is harsh.
Cheers
The washing up liquid/dishwasher soap hack is an old one. Put it n and leave it to dry. It's been around at least 40 years to my knowledge. If you don't have access to washing up liquid, you can use potato juice. Cut a potato in half, rub the juice on the inside of the visor and leave to dry...
Both of these hacks are best done the night before giving ample time to dry.
I've been using this trick since the 70s. Yes. It works. Letting it dry is key.
The last one had me laughing😆 thanks for the good vids
Did not expect the bottle Hack to work 😮. It would be great to make a video about tools for wheel bearing removal. I could not find a nice video where trash tools are exposed nor good ones recommended
There is no hack for anti fog for visor, get pinlock and be done with it.
Just don't breathe 😲😳🙊
the sock trick... there's always an odd sock, with no apparent reason why it's mate is missing (actually, I have pets... I know they hunt socks and take them to their friends' houses, why they do it I don't know... but they do it!)
And yes I'm ignoring the safety issue of a sock on a Shoe, rather than a purpose made riding boot... but I will mention that if you drop a bike onto the side of a steel cap boot it drastically changes the shape of the steel toe which can wrap around the foot like a Vice!
the hose on the funnel, well as a mechanic, i have a few of these with various length and diameter hoses... because some things have to be filled through small or inaccessible holes
5:50
The problem is actually a cheap air hose. In order to fill the air up through the valve stem the needle on it must be pushed to access the inner atmosphere.
Next project ?????? 🫣🫣🫣
Almost there dude 250k sub club!!! You're doing really well 👍
Love a good Sunday Funday moto video. Just woke up, and not even a full 1 minute later get a notification that you uploaded.
Good shit man, more consistent than American Public Transit.
Love you're video's ❤
Your videos and content are on par with Fortnine. You definitely deserve more subscribers, keep it up. Very enjoyable!
My hack for street shoes on a bike is to NOT use the ones with loose hanging shoelaces. Not only will you fall and damage your bike, but you'll look terribly stupid while falling down. At least tuck them away into the shoe (and then be paranoid and check if they fell out every 2 seconds).
For the "drill bit trick" you can just go down to Menards to buy a manufactured set. I use them to clean and buff my stainless steel pots and pans. I'll also be using them on my new (to me) 80' GS750 when I get it home.
I was thinking the sock over the sneaker would just help preventing the shoelace from tangling up with the gear shifter...
That R1 came with a fuse puller as standard (in the UK anyway) for micro fuses.
The slightly larger fuses were used on motorbikes that were not quite so compact.
Here's one-
Fill the paint sprayer with cleaning fluid and use it to clean the chain.
I don't have a paint sprayer... I have never tried it... But if somebody is willing to give it a try, just tell me whether it even works or not. 😅😅😅
You missed the actual most expensive fog fix that works 100% of the time - a heated visor
I would recommend the welding blueish removal , i used to apply it by a sponge or brush and after a minutes just wipe it off sometimes needs a bit ofsteelwool but not often, depends on how nasty the pipes are. After the pipes looks as new again.
ok, last one: I don't know about socks. As a man that rides motorcycles and whose house doubles as an art studio, I don't wear white ANYTHING, including socks. I know how to save your whites from yellowing, but no one can save them from blackening from used motor oil and grease, mica powder, graphite, paint, etc. However, you did remind me of the time I tried using waterproof slip covers. I didn't have a car for 5 years, and commuted on a motorcycle in an area that gets rain 1 out of every 4 days on average. too many times, I would have to get to work at least 30 minutes early just to dry off. and it was tearing up my leather boots. rubber slip covers definitely work if your problem is your feet getting soaked and the leather tearing at the seams. However, I rode a 600 lb, 40 year old Honda that required you to roll the bike to find neutral, and often required a push start. so the $10 rubber booties would last one or two rides before getting destroyed. 🤣
That was a really entertaining video thank you
Best way to clean headers is to cut a 1/2" wide strip of scotchbrite and a longer strip of rag. Put a dab of polish on the pipe and use the rag to floss the scotchbrite round it 😊
the dish soap method might depend on the brand and type of the soap. i remember my friend making a mix of dish soap and other window cleaner when washing his cars windows and he rarely needed wipers since the water just beaded off :D
also i think it also depends on how clean and scratch free the surface is
For the last one just clean it, wait for it to dry and use black electrical tape. I'm going to be honest I didn't even clean mine and just surrounded it with tape and it worked flawlessly for me, but cleaning first is a good idea to get adhesive to stick.
I like the toilet brush for cleaning my wheels. I'm going to try that next time I clean them.
When I was a kid, a hack was exploiting a vulnerability and gaining access to a system.
Nowadays, a hack is holding the lever down on the toaster for toaster toast.
Of course i find out about the oil funnel hack 2 days after buying a new funnel (as the funnels i had were all too big). Good thing it was only a few dollars for a pack of 4
Funnel made drom cut bottlew is how most workshops pour fluids in South Asia.
Sheet of paper funnel. When you put oil in it it sticks to itself, then throw away. No mess.
great end :D
great video! loved it :)
In the old days , we used to put Saliva on our finger and smear a line along the bottom edge of the Visor to prevent misting. Didn't work. Why haven't we got heated visors yet? We have heated everyting else.
🎶You got wires
Going in
You got wires
Coming out of your skin🎶🤣😂😂
"Sell your bike and buy an Audi TT" 😂
I use coke bottles when I change my oil, too. But on the receiving end :)
air pressure connectors are not the same around the world btw.
i har a hard lesson with that when i bought cheap china airtools and tried to connect them to my compressor..
fuses also come in two sizes, you have the smaller ones on your bike, i have the more common ones in mine, shown in the video, but i have to check if they actually hat the little hook thingy to pull out old ones :D
I like the gear shifter marks on my shoes too.
1L/850ml bottle for the funnel would probably work better, sharper angle
I'd also imagine if you already have compressor you could get cheapest possible spray gun for the cleaning trick instead of the bottle setup
Cut a potato in half and rub it on the inside of ur visor, not varified but heard it works
Don't have the shoe problem. All gear, all the time, no excuses!
I got rear ended by a truck a month ago. My boots saved my foot and ankle from being crushed and snapped.
Did I just see on of my german youtubers in germany? WOW
To use a schrader valve the connector needs to push in the valve core, it won't allow any air in or out otherwise
Ironically, my Ducati paddock stand already has a vertical tube welded to it, which holds a removable bar that is placed between the spokes to lock the rear wheel. I say ironically because, while I therefore have somewhere to hold a wheel spindle, I don't remove the spindle because it's a single-sided swinging arm. 🙄
If don't need to scrub the rust it's better use wool\cotton attachment to the drill ,same goes for brush attachment for wheels,those one for detailers are constructed with metal shaft ...
Dish soap. Works perfect when done correctly😁
I have a 24 ninja 650. I put a baby sock on my shift lever and a hair elastic doubled over to hold it. Someone stole it but I saw it on their bike a couple weeks later ride by at a stop light. They 2 fingers down signaled as they rode by. 😂
Steel wool is a good idea but use a wooden dowel instead of a drill bit
Not an absurd hack but if you're rebuilding your brakes and you've got a particularly stuck piston, use the box end of a socket wrench with a socket wedged into the piston. When you turn the box, it jams up against the socket and the piston, allowing you to spin the piston out of the caliper without damaging the sealing surface. However, if you've got a totally frozen piston like i do, good luck 😂
What to do with your axel? Save time and material... set it on a friggen paper towel. Your holder is going to eventially be contaminated with dust, dirt, and grit.
1:42 Why did you put the fuse you removed in the wrong place? 😂😂
Hit that bottle funnel with a little heat from a torch and the plastic will shrink and straighten them it won't pool.
You can use a zip tie to cut another zip tie perfectly flush.
With your zip tie you just put on, slide another one on top of it and then twist it around in a circle and it will cut the zip tie off. Then you can also reuse the zip tie that you just used. No tools needed
You dent the bubble at the bottom of the oil filler coke bottle up and get almost no trapped oil.
Using the end of a "box end wrench" to bend my shift lever back into shape after I dropped the bike.
What are your thoughts on cleaning with kerosene? I’ve used it on both the chain/sprockets and wheels and find it to be more or less the only thing that really works (well). Super cheap as well, compared to all the dedicated cleaning products
My rear ad l hack is a 5a drumstick used as an alignment tool. Follows through like a sewing needle.
My oil bottles just come with a pouring accesory built in, just pull up on the tabs and waddablam
The thing with the fuses seems just stupid, atleast in cars many fuseboxes contain a tool to pull out fuses
lol - I've lost or broken all the funnels I've ever bought....a knife and a water bottle are always plentiful. So yeah, I knew about certain water bottles being able to screw into the fill hole. but here's one I just saw, on the same subject - using a spark plug as a drain plug. the photo I saw was the underside of a truck like mine in a group that had a spark plug sticking out of the drain plug hole. it was just a photo, and I realize what's at stake to test it, but they both have narrow/metric threading. it should be fine and you probably won't have to go buy a helicoil.
Cleaning visor with dish soap works if you use a decent brand of dish soap, in the UK, "FAIRY LIQUID" is best and did serve me well before I acquired a helmet with pinlock, I prefer open face helmet now but winter is coming so will need to go back to full face .💁♂️
My issue with the sick hack is that my boot doesn’t just have a smudge. It’s got a little dent in it. I wear steel cap leather boots and it just pushed the leather in and made a crater
Wearing normal shoes......? Bro, please look an your own footage at 15:36 , look at your loose shoelaces
and tell me if it´s a good idea. What do you think happens if they meet that running chain next to them even before
you think about crashing.
Please wear good gear.
😇
Yeah the last one is for real, if you dont want to get dirty just by a freakin car yo!
Hahahaha!!
These are GREAT!! Keep 'em coming :)
Just use a pinlock. Its nit that expensive and it works perfectly forever and no mess inside the visor
My favorite hack is making my own chain lube out of grease, engine oil and diesel mixed together 😂
Dish soap has abrasives in it. You should never put it around paint or clear plastic.
On the fuse one (I'm literally tracking down a wiring issue with heated gear on my bike right now... kill me)
[side note - DO NOT buy a 2021-Present CB125R if you like working on your own bike, there are zero service manuals outside of Honda's HOURLY subscription for them, and the dealer wont even tell you the recommended spark plug, which takes half a day, a miracle, and a few broken plastic clips to get to]
Essentially:
The fuse shown is _"Regular (APR / ATC / ATO / ATS) blade-type fuses, also known as standard"_ These fuses do in fact work like this, and rarely do appear on motorcycles (like the heated gear I'm working with right now) The hack would work in theory...
Mini (APM / ATM) fuses are as shown, and obviously without the correct blade shape, it ain't gonna work...
In practice there's usually a plastic fuse puller already in the fuse-box of _most_ things, and if not, in the multi-pack of fuses you should buy (100pcs of mini and standard will serve you for life as a home mechanic..
BUT IMHO yanking a blown fuse with pliers is fine cause the broken fuse will never work again, and costs about the same as two cigarette filters (that's exactly f-all for you non-smokers) So I don't see the issue with yanking with pliers when the worst outcome is
*_"Oh no I broke my 3¢ fuse, anyways..."_*
Just don't break the plastic off the blades, even then that's hard to do, and at worst gets fixed with a small pick.
This ended up really long but this "hack" just was a shit-show all round (for the original creator)
Regarding the axle. Isnt it wise to clean the axle, and then lube it everytime its removed? Taking away the whole ''keeping it clean'' part...
The dish soap thing doesn't work.
I've also used a new "C-thru" product called "D-mist" which also doesn't work for helmets.
They work super well in a car.
Chemically what they do is break down the surface tension of the water so it doesn't form droplets but dissipates into a thin invisible film on the inside of whatever screen its applied to... lets say windscreen. But in a helmet the concentration, or absolute humidity overwhelms it and it starts to look like trying to see the world through a waterfall. It's downright dangerous.
These things work well in a workshop where you check one or two breaths and are amazed, but in the real world its a 0/10
On another note, C-thru on the outside, or even on the windscreen works a charm.
That toilet brush hack looks like a winner (for certain scenarios) and I'm sure one could find a brush that'll fit into a chuck better. 10/10 gonna try that out.
Coke bottle oil filler (should also work for radiators) is also pretty cool if your oil doesn't come with a pouring spout
I might also try the paddock stand thing too (with PVC)
with the air, you've seen them do it in person, or online? because perhaps they just make it seem like its working due to "all sorts of air rushing". I don't see how a non-existent part would press down the valve core, but if you shove it on there hard enough, you could tear up the outer thread or bend the valve core. you've never changed one, I can tell. there's not much to them, which is why we bother capping them.
How often do you take your axle out? Tire changing about once every 3 years and sprocket every 4-5 years?
I used a sweat band to protect my shoes, works even better
Thank you
Putting the grinder on the bottle was possible the worst idea of all. Where are your knives?
Dish soap is supposed to be left to dry out, then you buff it off. You can feel the difference.
15:12 Guess you'll have to find a purpose for that lonely sock ;-)
The only useful thing of the sock over your shoes would have been for you to tuck those long laces under the sock so it does (Hopefully does not) catch on anything while riding.