http://www.garagenight.tv Web video show featuring videos of four adventure riders fixing their motorcycles and giving hints and tips. If you liked Long Way Down, you'll learn something on Garage Night Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:38:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [blipit id="3194123"]The winter months are a great time to catch up on bike maintenance, so I have finally removed the rear suspension from my Cagiva Elefant 750. I bought the bike secondhand a few years ago and was prepared for the worst when I finally got round to this task. [caption ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-14-dremel-on-a-lathe-rear-suspension-overhaul-part-1/ [caption id="attachment_267" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Nick and Pete from Team Garage Night on Exercise Autumn Wander"][/caption] Here at Garage Night we're between episodes at the moment. We nearly filmed one on bleeding Etienne's DRZ brakes, but we started the night by helping BMW Noel with fitting a rear shock. He's off riding ... http://www.garagenight.tv/what-team-garage-night-did-next-autumn-wander-2009/ [blipit id="2432629"] We did it! Mountain Madness 2009 is done and dusted, with Garage Night "satellite squad" the Mushman Candidates placing FIRST in the under-650cc class and 2nd outright on points. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night"][/caption] Trent and Pete again teamed up with ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-13-mountain-madness-2009/ [blipit id="2355876"] Missed part 1 of our KTM fork conversion? Click here This is it. After two years of theorising, trial and error, parts fabrication and emptied beercans, we're ready to bolt the new forks on to Richard's Beemer. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-12-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw-part-2/ [blipit id="2093464"] We're back with our much-anticipated special project: fitting a set of KTM inverted or USD forks to Richard's BMW F650 Dakar. Now that we've got Richard's "number two bike" back on the road, it's time to get cracking on "number one" - the F650 Dakar that he rode to ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-11-ktm-forks-on-a-bmw/ [blipit id="1715745"] Garage Night TV has turned 10! Well, it's our 10th episode, anyway. In this instalment, Pete replaces the rear wheel bearings on his Honda Africa Twin 750 - and gets a nasty shock when he finds what some previous mechanic has done in this department. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-10-replacing-rear-wheel-bearings/ [blipit id="1490066"] Watch Waz and Trent dismantle the wheel in Ep 3: Sand, heat and nipples and Episode 4: Wires, shocks and smoke. A spoke wheel is a thing of beauty. Here at Garage Night, you can't tell us otherwise. Cast wheels might be acceptable if you ride a road toad, but ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-9-new-spokes-on-an-old-wheel/ [blipit id="1358913"] Missed part 1 of Chain and Sprockets? Click here With the old chain taken off and consigned to the trash, Trent and Pete remove and examine the old sprockets, install the new ones and rivet the fresh chain in place on Pete's KTM 950 Adventure. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Stick with ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-8-chain-and-sprockets-part-2/ [blipit id="1221392"] Trent and Pete are back from Mountain Madness 2008, and Pete's KTM 950 Adventure is in need of a new chain and sprockets. It has actually spat out a couple of rollers - not something I have seen before, but an obvious sign of serious wear and tear. [caption id="" ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-7-changing-a-chain-and-sprockets/ [blipit id="1167085"] A special edition of Garage Night as Pete and Trent tackle Mountain Madness 2008 in the Spanish Pyrenees ... You can be certain that whenever Austin Vince (of Terra Circa and Mondo Enduro fame) is involved in organising an event, an element of madness will be involved – and more ... http://www.garagenight.tv/mountain-madness/ [blipit id="1080781"] It's a key area of wear and tear on a bike, and especially a big trailie - so replacing the steering head bearings is one of the essential jobs you'll have to come to grips with on a long trip, or just as a long-term owner. Pete's KTM 950 ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-5-replacing-steering-head-bearings/ [blipit id="986902"] This time around we get an overview of a bike's wiring harness, or wiring loom. This spaghetti-like confusion of wires and plugs is the backbone of the electrical system - and after a ride across a partly flooded South American salt lake, the KTM's needed replacing. Pete gives ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-4-wires-shocks-and-smoke/ [blipit id="858059"] In this episode, we dismantle a front wheel, removing the brake discs, spokes and nipples - and Trent brings out the blowtorch to free up some sticky bolts. Pete builds a sandblasting cabinet, mostly out of junk, and continues work on his KTM 950, while Rich is getting close ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep-3-sand-heat-and-nipples/ Oh my poor Africa Twin (aka XRV 750, or just simply AT). Ever since the KTM 950 came on the scene the Honda has been neglected, abused and reduced to my daily commuter. It wasn't always like this though; there was a time when it was the best bike ... http://www.garagenight.tv/motorcycle-friendliness/ The previous decade, I mean ... Got together with Pete, Trent and Richard last night, and Pete had the latest issue of Motorcycle News featuring Ducati's reinvention of the Monster, the 696 (you've got to check out this Ducati promo, it's a giggle). Riding to work the same morning, I had been ... http://www.garagenight.tv/monster-bike-of-the-decade/ [blipit id="774114"] In this episode: Pete dismantles the rear end of his KTM 950, which he rode through a salt lake in South America; while Trent sets to work cleaning and greasing an all-too-neglected part of any bike: the swingarm bearings. Trent 'breaks the bead' on Waz's front tyre and removes ... http://www.garagenight.tv/episode-2-beads-and-bearings/ So here it is - Garagenight.tv is up and running. We have been toiling away shooting video, editing, getting our overalls monogrammed (they look trick!), and of course constructing the web site. In the meantime there are motorbikes and parts thereof lying dismantled or in various states of repair all ... http://www.garagenight.tv/the-garage-door-creaks-open/ [blipit id="652601"] [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="100" caption="Stick with us! Get the official sticker by supporting Garage Night"][/caption] A new show featuring four motorcycle adventurers who get their hands dirty fixing their bikes. If you liked Long Way Down, you'll learn something on Garage Night - watch these Britain-based world tourers work on ... http://www.garagenight.tv/ep1-bikes-blokes-beer/