on the road

Mechanical

It was time for a new helmet, thus this little beauty, which arrived today. It’s the Nolan N43 Trilogy, brand-new from Italy, complete with DOT certification for North America.

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I had to use a power bar to remove the oil filter, and as noted, the adapter nut came off with the oil filter.

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I rode 5,000 miles less on the Metzler 880 than on my previous Dunlop 402.

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I use synthetic oil – anything but the H-D brand when I do it myself. After all, the engine in my bagger is air cooled, and the proven high temperature protection against oil breakdown provided by synthetic oil versus dino oil gives my engine all the heat protection that it needs.

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With a 2,300 mile ride coming up on Wednesday morning, I’m starting to get a little edgy to get on the road.

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