How to Clean a K&N Air Filter

With spring approaching and bringing the possibility of increased riding its a good time to begin maintenance procedures on your bike. Hench the reason for all of the recent maintenance posts. We did do videos this time so some of them are repeats with a better source of media. If you haven't performed self maintenance in the past I would encourage you to try. You'll save a lot of money and learn more about your bike in the process.

This is a re-post of a previous maintenance write-up I did last year. The difference is that we made a video of the process this time. It really shows the process much better and is easier to follow than with pictures alone. I won't get into the cost savings on this post since it was covered previously.

Here is the link to the previous post that shows the cost savings.
How to clean a K&N Filter

One item I did not cover on the last post on cleaning a K&N filter was the cost savings by following the link through my site. The dealership price for the filter is $89.99 plus tax. If you order using the links below or on the sidebar the cost is only $69.99 and you receive free shipping right to your door. A $20 savings is huge and you can also order the recharge kit and save even more and have it all shipped to your house. I'm not trying to sound like an infomerccial, I just want to help you save some money. That is one of the reasons for doing your own maintenance.

Here is the link to purchase a K&N filter and save $20.
K&N Motorcycle Filters

Here is the link to purchase the recharge kit.
K&N Air Filters & Cleaning Kit

Waco- Dr Pepper Museum & Lake Whitney Dam

A couple weeks ago we had a nice break again in the winter weather again so we took a day trip to Waco to see the Dr Pepper Museum. Last summer we went to Dublin, TX to see the original Doc's Dr Pepper museum and we thought it would be nice to see the other museum as well. There was only a small window of riding opportunity so the short ride to Waco seemed to make sense.

The museum was full of history and collectibles. It wasn't as good as the one in Dublin though. There was a lot of empty space in rooms where they only put a couple of items as if they were trying to figure out how to fill the area. Some of the business philosophies were very good though so we took pictures of some of the write ups.

We ate at some burger place that didn't impress us much while in Waco. The cooks either messed up or purposely put sugar on our fries instead of salt. The flavor was interesting but not good enough to keep us wanting for more. The burger was just some run of the mill thing that couldn't even compare to Dairy Queen let alone a specialty burger. It did the job of putting food in our stomach though. You never really know what your getting when you try a new place to eat, that's part of the experience I suppose.

On the ride back we rode across the Lake Whitney Dam. Its a nice experience to go across it. We stopped at the parks on both sides and took a break and pictures before heading home.

I didn't take video of this ride. I'm not sure why. We only took our cameras to take media memories with. There are some nice pictures of the museum and the Dam for our digital scrapbook.

Waco- Dr Pepper Museum & Lake Whitney Dam

How to Change The Oil on a Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe

As promised, the how to video on changing the oil on your Softail Deluxe! With the icy weather and frozen streets were dealing with again riding is pretty much out of the question. Although I did see a guy riding this past week on the freeway while it was snowing and ice patches on the road. That's hard core if hes riding for any length of time. Not my thing though. Wind chill temps can tear right through you and make for miserable riding. There was a short break in the weather this weekend but I contracted a bit of the Flu and spent the entire weekend drinking vegetable juice and soup to get better. Fortunately I had the video of changing the oil on Margaret's bike completed to be able to use for this weeks post.

We have some ideas on practical videos which we will be exploring as the temperature warms up. I am getting positive responses from the videos and figured we could post more that might help people begin performing basic maintenance on their bikes and saving some money. The previous posts with pictures on maintenance are good but the video of the processes is much better. Other tips like how to install grips are in my mind as well. I did do one video on that topic which seemed to go over well but it was buried in with a Fort Worth HOG Chapter event so it doesn't show well on a topic search in the blog. That one will probably be a re-post in the near future. Another idea from last summer was about how to install Saddlebag Guards on a Street Glide. We videoed it but for some reason I never put the clips together. I started thinking that it might encourage someone to install parts themselves and save a lot of money from dealership installation charges.

Again with this post I will not include the cost break down. Here is the link again for the cost breakdown and savings: How to Change the Oil on a Harley Davidson Street Glide. The basic process is the same as with the Street Glide. The only differences are in the oil fill amounts for each of the different holes.

How to Change the Oil on a Harley Davidson Softail Deluxe

How to Change The Oil On a Harley Davidson Street Glide

I've done this post in the past but it was done over the course of 2 weeks and it only had pictures. This time we made a video of the process which is much better and easier to follow. I had wanted to do something like this before but just never got around to it. We made 2 videos, one for my Street Glide and the other for Margaret's Softail Deluxe which I will post in a couple weeks. Since I broke down the savings involved in servicing your own bike in the last oil change post it wont be covered in this one. Here is the link if you want details into the savings by doing this yourself.

Previous post with cost breakdown and pictures: Oil Change on a Street Glide

Its kind of a long video but well worth the watch for the savings and piece of mind you will get by doing it yourself. The video covers how to change the oil for all 3 holes: Crank case, Transmission, and Primary.

Hope this helps! Enjoy!

How to Change The Oil On a Harley Davidson Street Glide