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Tutorial - Installing KYB Sport Rear Shocks

Tutorial - Installing KYB Sport Rear Shocks
This is a simple tutorial on how to install our KYB monotube gas rear shock absorber upgrade kit. Total install time should take less than one hour.

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Repair Log - Fiat 500 Alternator Replacement

Repair Log - Fiat 500 Alternator Replacement
I’m going to tell you straight up that replacing the alternator is probably the most frustrating thing I’ve had to do on my 2013 Fiat 500. I’d like to think that if there was an easier way, I would have found it, but for now, this is the best write up I could come up with.

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Mid Ohio -

Mid Ohio AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2018

Mid Ohio AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2018

I was fortunate enough to be camping with the Cleveland Moto gang at AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days at Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. They are a wild and entertaining crowd, and I am thankful to have been able to share a campsite with them. I also got to meet some of the Motorcycles and Misfits Podcast crew. Despite using lots of sunscreen, this is the aftermath of riding around all day Saturday in shorts. Maybe next year I'll bring an umbrella to mount to my bike. Cleveland Moto had been selling raffle tickets for this bike for a few months...

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Bay Area Maker Faire 2018

Bay Area Maker Faire 2018

This is the second time I got the opportunity to go to Bay Area Maker Faire, the first being in 2016. Maker Faire is a strange and wonderful thing. There are many smaller events across the country, and "Mini Maker Faires" in some cities. Bay Area is the big one though, with even more people attending this nerd fest than the Maker Faires in Detroit and New York City. Like all of the other Maker Faires I have attended thus far, I went with TinyCircuits to sell Tiny Arcade kits and other tiny electronic gadgets. We introduced the Tiny Piano...

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