Tim's Motorcycle Diaries

Tim's Motorcycle Diaries is a blog about motorcycle travel, photography and mechanics written by former millwright & IT technician who's now a technology teacher. This is not your typical motorcycle blog. If you're looking for cruisers and biker life, this ain't that. If you're into thinking about motorbikes in technical, dynamic and creative ways, Tim's Motorcycle Diaries will take you there. If you like a post, please do share it on social media.

Saturday, 10 May 2025

Triumph 955i Stalling Issues.... Fixed!?!

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 Facebook slapped me in the face with this this morning: ...so I went on a mission. I pulled the tank (for the millionth time?) and set up t...
Saturday, 26 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Finished! (finally)

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 It took the better part of four months over the winter thanks to lots of work travel stretching things out, but the C14 is back together ag...
Friday, 18 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.2: frame reassembly after a valve job

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 Some pictures to help me put this complicated 3d puzzle back together again properly. https://www.kawasaki.com/en-us/owner-center/parts/512...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3.1 - References for putting the plugs back together again on top of the valve cover

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Tools for finding what goes where (it's spaghetti in there!). The comprehensive disassembly video shared previously:  https://youtu.be/5...
Saturday, 29 March 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 3 - Putting it back together again

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It's a slow process putting all this back together again. Even with a prolific number of photos and copious notes here on the blog I...
Saturday, 22 March 2025

Tiger Success (!) and first ride of 2025

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 Last fall I took the fuel injection apart on the 2003 Triumph Tiger 955i. It wasn't fueling properly and was unrideable. I barely got a...
Tuesday, 4 February 2025

Kawasaki Concours C14 1400GTR Valve Check Part 2.4 - Cams out, shims measured!

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 After what seems like weeks of disassembly (because it has been), the C14 valve job is finally turning the corner back towards reassembly! ...
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Timothy King
An art student in college, I dropped out to apprentice as a millwright and then an I.T. technician before going back to school for English and philosophy degrees. Now a published writer, award winning educator, relentlessly curious digital explorer and avid (though atypical) motorbike rider.
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