Piston rings are small but mighty components within your motorcycle's engine. They serve multiple crucial functions, including sealing the combustion chamber, regulating oil consumption, and aiding in heat dissipation.

However, I will not forget the random conversation I’ve just had with a stranger, not unlike myself, at a fleeting intersection of humanness, existentialism, and ontological existance on this planet.

Patrick Racing upgrades are offered through Pacific Coast Star and actually have quite a variety of options. They offer everything from complete engine rebuilds – in many cases using your stock parts - to an array of hard-to-find aftermarket parts, specifically for metric cruisers.

I know I have been blogging a lot about my rebuilt Yamaha XV 1600 and how the rides on it are going, but last night I took my other Yamaha motorbike out to the Horseshoe, near Salina, to get some pictures of it without all the attachments. The bike is a 2006 Yamaha XV 1900 Roadliner S that we picked up from a powersports dealer in Fayetteville, AR.

I became increasingly uncomfortable in this setting, not because of being a hater but because of not wanting the wrong signals to be broadcast to those “cruising” the parking lot. I stayed all of about 10 minutes there before moving on. I use to drive this route when I worked in Bartlesville but never on a motorcycle. I was curious to retrace the path of Killers of a Flower Moon country on my two-wheeled steed.