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Maintenance

Fork change and getting the KTM ready for inspections.

In Sweden we have to do annual check ups on cars and every other year on motorcycles. Since I didn’t get the KTM ready for it before heading for America I missed the inspection and it was put out of traffic. No worries about that but its not legal to drive before getting the inspection … Continue reading »

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Lowering Suspension on the Honda XL600V Transalp

Will start with the harder part, the rear end (even if we did lower the front first and that was not enough). Found online people that had extended the frame to shock link arms, but that would involve cutting and welding a cast aluminum part, and also making it very hard to go back. And … Continue reading »

Categories: Honda Transalp XL600, Modifications | Tags: , , , , , | 5 Comments

Gel Battery Upgrade for the Transalp

Since the battery that was on the Transalp didn’t hold the charge very well and Hilary wants to lay motorcycles on their side here and there we wanted to upgrade the old acid battery for a more modern sealed gel type battery. We took out the old one and measured it to make sure we … Continue reading »

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Replacing cranky high low beam switch on the Transalp

The high low beam switch was cranky and needed several pushes to work and that is annoying so we started looking into the problem by taking it apart: And what the insides look like, in the right part there is some hook that moves in some kind of plastic maze in the left part for … Continue reading »

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Rear brake protector for the KTM 950 Adventure

Another old add on an aluminum plate bent in shape, a hole to still see the fluid level. There are options that you can purchase but it wasn’t very hard to make: You will need some bolts and a piece of tube for spacer for the front bolt that isn’t fully tightened in this rear … Continue reading »

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