you are in a for a foul time when the phrases “ever see that factor in Alaska the place they yeet automobiles and vans off a cliff and individuals are down beneath cheering? I’m wondering if we may do this with this,” comes out of your mouth throughout a challenge.
That’s, by the way in which, a direct quote from Craig, aka The Bearded Mechanic, in his newest installment of The Geico Orange County Chopper Chronicles. OK, that is not likely what it is referred to as, but it surely virtually feels prefer it ought to have its personal collection identify on TBM’s channel. The complications alone, each from electrical gremlins and its eye-wateringly wealthy operating state, have earned it that a lot.
Seemingly every little thing on this bike results in one other prognosis rabbit gap that must be absolutely explored with a purpose to repair it. In any case, it is a customized bike, with a mix of each off-the-shelf and customized, one-off components. So not like a manufacturing machine, it is not as simple as monitoring down the OEM store guide and utilizing that specific bible to assist diagnose any points.
After hitting a number of lifeless ends, fortunately Craig is ready to speak to the man who really constructed the one-off customized wiring harness for this bike. Even higher than that, he was type sufficient to ship over the wiring diagram for this precise bike, so Craig a minimum of has a hope of tracing out what’s situated the place (or what needs to be situated the place, a minimum of), after which going from there.
That is clearly not at all times attainable with a one-off machine like this, since who is aware of if a) you can observe down the builder, and b) if they’re going to be keen or in a position to share it with you, for no matter motive. The celebs appear to have aligned on this one, although, which is nice information for possibly getting it sorted earlier than Craig loses his thoughts.
Does he get every little thing achieved that he needed to by the top of this video? No, however he does get someplace, and that someplace shouldn’t be the highest of a cliff in Alaska the place he intends to launch the factor with a trebuchet, in order that’s a minimum of excellent news? Ish?
