Motorcycles
Installing a Trail Tech Vapor Suzuki DR650 kit on a Suzuki DR350
Some of the pictures might not be very good since for part of this install an old cell phone was all we had to take pictures with, sorry about that. The choice was the Vapor model with tachometer but there is no kit for the DR350 so we choose a Vapor kit for a DR650 … Continue reading
Kick starter arm overhaul on the Honda XR400
The kick starter arm was somewhat loose and wanted to fall out so took it off, hard to see but the hole in the aluminum arm is oval: Measured the diameter: Brought it over to a place where I could borrow a mill, was a bit hard to rig it up to hold the arm … Continue reading
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
KLR’s Doohickey
Day 5, May 21th Apparently the KLR is famous for its “doohickey”, has to do with the tensioner for the chain driving the balancer shaft …it tends to break: Luckily we got some help from Martin, bought one of the KLRs from him and he had good knowledge about it and we spent most of … Continue reading
More preparation and shooting
Day 3, May 19th More preparation, we changed the oil in one of the bikes since we didn’t know when that was done last: Finishing installing the 12 volt outlet: Did a short test ride, the intercom sure is nice and so far it works great! Looked at were to mount the helmet camera, had … Continue reading