How To Wiring Accessories on the Himalayan 450 I have been holding off doing any new wiring on the Himalayan 450 until my auxiliary lights arrived. Part of the problem was I kept putting off buying them but this bike really needs more light. The headlamp is LED and better than the older Himalayans but still needs quite
How To Givi Racks for Himalayan 450 When I first got the bike, I was torn whether or not to get another set of Givi racks so I can use the same hardcases on both bikes. You know the argument about soft vs hard bags. I already have invested in the Givi bags and racks so ultimately
How To Himalayan 450 Trail Blazer Hand Guards The Himalayan 450 does not come with any type of hand guard protection. With adventure style bikes, it is not IF you will drop it but when. I have dropped my Triumph bikes more times that I would like to admit. Having crash protection is essential. The hand guards not
GearTalk ViaTerra Crash Bar Bags When I first got the Himalayan 450, I knew I wanted crash bar bags. I have had them on all my bikes and is a great place to be able to store things while riding such as a rain suit, hat, etc. The 450 seemed to be a bit limited
GearTalk Himalayan 450 Tank Bag When I first got the bike, I did not think I would put on a tank bag. I put one on my Triumph but kept going back and forth for the Himalayan. After reading a number of posts about tank bags for this bike, I finally opted to purchase the
How To New Mirrors for the Himalayan 450 I had not planned on getting new mirrors until something happened to the old ones. Well, something happened and I had to order them. I needed to adjust the stock mirror as they were too far forward. I loosened the nut on one mirror, pushed it back, tightened, and adjusted
How To Side Stand Enlarger for Himalayan As I previously mentioned, there are a number of quick hits I had on my list of things to upgrade once I go the new bike. The side stand is yet another one of these upgrades. From past experience, having a larger footprint for you side stand is a MUST!
How To Revving Up The Himalayan Exhaust As mentioned in previous posts, there were a few changes that I wanted to make right away after getting the bike. The first two were the windshield and the horn. Next up is the exhaust system. Before bringing the bike home, I did a lot of research on this year/
GearTalk Calimoto - A Smarter Route, GPS, and Tracker I have tried many different app that will create routes, track your route, record you route, and a host or other options. The problem is that each one always seemed to fail in one major category (or another) making it difficult to use. Every time I find a new program
GearTalk Power That Phone About 6 weeks ago I wrote about the SP Connect phone mount. At that time I did not wire it up for charging as I wanted to see if I really liked the mount first. Well, I really do like it. I have always used my phone for directions along
Blog Tune Up Tuesday In Charlotte, there is a local motorcycle group called CLT Assembly. It is just a bunch of folks with all different bikes and personalities. It is actually a very fun group. One feature which I really enjoy is called Tune Up Tuesday. Tune Up Tuesday allows for anyone to fix
GearTalk Display That Phone One of the main sources for directions on my motorcycle has been my TomTom GPS. I still love it and use it all time. I use it not only for directions, but for a glimpse at the roadway up ahead (corners, etc.). Over the past 6-9 months, I have also
GearTalk Bilt Pro Tourer Air Boots I decided to purchase a pair of lower cut touring boots. I love my Forma adventure boots but I have found that with commuting to work, having a boot that looks more like a shoe relives me from having to carry another set of shoes. I have been looking for
GearTalk Dunlop Trailmax Mission Tires With well over 7K miles on my bike, my tires are starting to show a ton of wear. I will admit, the stock tires that came on the Triumph Tiger 1220 Explorer kind of suck. I believe these are Metzler Karoo Street tires. They are at best an 80/20
GearTalk Pannier Lid Organizer On my bike, I use the hard Givi cases for storage. Now I am not going to get into an argument over hard vs soft luggage but I will say that that one advantage of soft bags is the ability to have a lot of storage pockets while the hard
GearTalk ROCKBROS Side Tool Bag When I go my new Tiger 1200 Explorer, my Hepco & Becker tank bags would no longer fit on the engine guard correctly. I could probably make them fit but after inspecting one of my bags, I decided to see if I can find something else (one of my bags
How To Givi Luggage Racks for Explorer Here we go again. Yes, new bike means new racks (to see the process we used for the Tiger 900, refer to the other Give Luggage Rack story). The help we got in picking out the racks and where we got them, etc. is the same old story (keep in
How To TomTom GPS Handlebar Stem Mount With the new 2023 Triumph Tiger 1200 Explorer, the handlebar stem is vastly different. On my Tiger 900, I mounted the GPS in the middle of the handlebar stem so it was centered and easy to view while driving. The 1200 that is not possible since the handlebar stem is
How To Side Stand Enlarger for Explorer In the beginning, I did not really see a need to enlarge the footprint of the side stand. Then I went to a bike show and parked in the grass. Lets just say my bike ended up on its side. After finding a rock, I decided that bigger is better.
How To Handlebar Guards for Explorer No, this is not a duplicate post but a brand new install for the Hepco and Becker handlebar guards for my new Triumph Tiger 1200 Explorer. I love these guards. They can take a hit (believe me, my Tiger 900 tested that out many times over). They also look great
GearTalk Sena SRL2 Mesh Installation I purchased the latest Sena SRL2 Mesh intercom system for my Shoei GT II Air helmet. My older Sena was having battery issues (I was only getting about 4-5 hours of life out of the battery). And with our big trip comign up in September, I wanted more battery life.
GearTalk Klim Induction Jacket Last year I wore my Klim Carlsbad jacket during the summer. It is ventilated well but it is a waterproof and heavy jacket. With all the riding I do on the roads (work, errands, etc), I decided to get a summer style jacket that has excellenet ventilation After doing a
GearTalk Redverz Motorcycle Tent So what is this monster of tent? This tent is made by Redverz and it specifically a tent designed for motorcycle camping. It has a garage! So why another tent? For me, I wanted ease of setup along with more room AND enough coverage to stay out of the weather.
GearTalk Fix a flat! I walked by my bike and noticed that I had an aluminum nail in my new'ish rear tire. There is no telling when or where the puncture occurred and there was no indication of low tire pressure by the TPMS. The bike is in a garage and not
GearTalk New tires! Time for new tires after what I thought was a short life span! I'm running Mita E-07+ tires and after 7,000 miles they needed to be replaced. I'm very happy with the tires but just wasn't sure about the life span. I replaced
