by Benji Johnson | May 31, 2019 | Body, Motorcycle
I had bought the Victory in a wee bit of disrepair. Mechanically it was pretty stellar, except for the rear shock, but multiple painted sections had bubbled and pealed paint. Almost all of these sections were either zinc or aluminum cast components, the drive belt...
by Benji Johnson | May 21, 2019 | Motorcycle, Suspension
Initial Assessment The first time I threw a leg over the Victory and sat down I could tell something wasn’t quite right about the rear suspension. I conducted a bit of a seat of the pants test and the feeling I got was that it would compress and rebound much...
by Benji Johnson | May 9, 2019 | Body, SUV
Before I had even purchased the Jeep and was looking it over with the current owner I had noticed that the free end of the tire carrier was not latched to the bumper. When I tried to latch it to the bumper it did not move, at all. At the time, the current owner...
by Benji Johnson | Apr 13, 2019 | Body, SUV
In January 2019 I purchased a 1997 Wrangler Sport that had been very lightly used for the past 8 years or so. It had essentially just sat outside in the sun and gotten a bit cooked. As such the black hardtop had become a faded grey and the fender flares had also...
by Benji Johnson | Apr 3, 2019 | Strategy
I’ve come to find that the repair and service of vehicles is much easier and simpler once I’ve learned specific vehicle platforms. Every vehicle has its “known issues” but it takes time to obtain that knowledge and really figure out how to diagnose them...
