2006 Honda Shadow Spirit 750. Customer: The oil dipstick broke off in the engine. KP: The whole thing? Shouldn't be too bad. Cust: No, a piece of it broke off. KP: *why do we get the weird stuff*. Yah we can give it the old college try. We got it out.

2015 Ducati Scrambler. Went to do a battery change and spent near 10-15 minutes looking for the seat release. Almost resorted to asking AI for help. But we kept looking and found it slightly hidden by the rear shock. Now you know where it is too.

2015 Yamaha V-Star 650. Valve adjustment and valve cover gasket replacement to stop oil leaks. Turns out the valve spacing is the same as oil head BMW'S. Interesting. 0.10mm on intake 0.15mm on exhaust And yes, you do need to remove the carbs, to remove the fake covers.

In the continuing saga of the "Top Gun" bike: Cust: bike overheating and steam is coming from under the carbs.. KP: *confused* Where? We'll have to take a look. Also KP: Oh yah. These old bikes route cooling tubes at the carbs. We'll change the o-rings there at the head.

2018 Piaggio MP3 500ie. Battery went dead and couldn't pop the seat because it uses electric release and the emergency cable is broke. We jumped power at the secondary fuse box, got enough power in it to pop the seat and now we're charging the battery. No crow bars used.

2018 Kawasaki mule diesel. Every once in a while, the universe throws us a curve ball where we think we got the tools to fix things, but the tools aren't good enough. 70ft lbs is the torque for the right pulley. Our 200ft lb gun didn't work. Got a 1000ft lb gun. Worked.

2004 Triumph 900 Tiger. Cust: Do you work on old Triumphs? Kp: yes. What year is yours? Cust: 2004. Kp: thought you said it was old. Yah we can fix it. Stator and rectifier change actually went way easier than anything from Japan.

This Aprilia looks weird.

In BMW language, the first letter tells you what it is. Cust: Can you change a fuel pump in a BMW 650GT. (No first letter given) KP: Sure can. Also KP: Hey, this is a scooter. You never said the first letter. (C) Cust: Sorry. You can still do it right? KP: Absolutely.

Our favorite MAVERICK customer decided to up his Top Gun game and get a replica Kawasaki GPZ900R like in the movie. We gave it "the once over", it's good, then showed him how to start this old bike. Him: I push the button and it just cranks KP: Set the choke Him: Ah-Ha!

Changed the shifter pawl on a Polaris Ranger 900. Everything is "keyed" for the reinstallation except for the shift gear that you line up like a diesel timing set. Finally, watching those diesel shows payed off because we knew what to do.

Biker bros in Europe these days: Mate, just waiting for the weather to clear so I can go on a spring ride. It's a bit overcast for my liking. Us in Hawaii: It rained a lot last week and it's gonna rain again.

Dropped Yamaha R6 and R1's: They get dropped in a slow crash and the wheel alignment becomes askew to the hand grips. Fix: Loosen the upper triple tree AND the handle bars clamped to the top of the fork. Then straighten like your old bmx bike. Tighten back up and done.

Pro tip: When changing the starter motor on a '69 harley (pan head) and the clutch lever over the motor won't come off, remove the primary cover and adjust the clutch super loose to get the clutch lever clear of the starter motor. So glad they got rid of this design later.

Yamaha Grizzly 650 4x4. Carb clean/rebuild became 6 hr job 1. Rebuild carb 2. Spend 1 hr making throttle plate move. Gummed up 3. ATV runs lean 4. Adjust richer x3 5. Clean again x4 6. Replace slow jet from spare parts bucket 7. Works fine 8. Pull hair out in anger

2015 Yamaha R1: Customer stats; sat for 1 year, wouldn't start, threw a ton of parts at it, took it to 2 shops still wont start. KP: The engine is rotating very slow. *hours of investigation later* KP: The timing chain tensioner is bad. Get a new one. Bike runs now.

2009 Yamaha R1. Customer stats: Bike sat for a year, wouldn't start. Bought a ton of parts, took it to 3 shops, still won't start. KP: engine is turning slow. Hey, the stock cam chain tensioner is over tensioned. Cust: I'll get a new one. Runs now.