What have you done to your GS or GS Adventure today?

[Hikertrash]

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

More tomorrow!

Jim

Jim,

Where did you get this part? I want to install a USB port on my fender, but I haven't seen anything with a small enough diameter to fit between the metal hole underneath.

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by Hikertrash

Jim,

Where did you get this part? I want to install a USB port on my fender, but I haven't seen anything with a small enough diameter to fit between the metal hole underneath.

E-bay. Warning on this one. You need to wire it to a fuzebox or relay. It has an internal light that will drain your battery over time if left hot all the time.

Jim

[macadamia]

Originally Posted by oalvarez

Congrats, Mac!

Originally Posted by DucandGSrider

I lurked that post, very well done.

Originally Posted by BigDave75

Great job!!!!

Thank you, thank you, and thank you... (-:

It was a great adventure...

[Mikey10000]

Dropped it in the driveway!!! Had the bars turned too much and stalled it facing uphill. Down she goes.

Those big metal boxes and crash bars on the adventure definitely work.

[rgb2cmyk]

Originally Posted by kimokk

"I figured it would be identical and i would feel right at home.... but it felt more like hopping in bed with your girlfriends identical twin sister. Everything looked the same, and yet it felt weird, all new and different."

That's a great sig quote there if I ever saw one! Can I use it? Congrats!

Go for it. You have my blessing

[ghostryder]

Took all the crash bars off, going to send them to get powder coated. Removed the light bar and lighs as well going to sell those and get a better setup.

[JimVonBaden]

Added a relay for my aux lights and USB plug until I can get a Fuzeblock.

Took a 180 mile ride in the cold and rain.

Jim

[BTL]

Originally Posted by macadamia

I completed an iron butt ride, coast to coast in under 50 hours from Jacksonville Beach, FL to San Diego, CA, on an 2012 GS Adventure...

Nicely done. I am complimenting Ironbutt when I retrieve my Triple Black beauty this spring.

[JimVonBaden]

Made a headlight cover:





Jim

[ElMartillo]

Completed alternator belt replacement today, after going back to the dealership to get the correct part.

My Hepco-Becker engine guards made removal of the alternator cover quite an involved process, so while I had it off I cut it in half using a band saw. The gap between the two halves is minimal, and it's gonna save me a bunch of time and frustration in the future.



Cheers!

[Twilight Error]

Originally Posted by ElMartillo

Completed alternator belt replacement today, after going back to the dealership to get the correct part.

My Hepco-Becker engine guards made removal of the alternator cover quite an involved process, so while I had it off I cut it in half using a band saw. The gap between the two halves is minimal, and it's gonna save me a bunch of time and frustration in the future.



Cheers!

Nice.

Mine has both the slice and an access hole.

The slice was intentional and done when I got the bike, the access hole was made when a belt failed and tried to extrude itself through the cover. Fortunately, it happened at the crank pulley bolt. I just cleaned up the hole a bit and made it large enough to insert a 17mm socket. Its normally covered up with a bit of black tape.

[TEWSTER2]

I cleaned all the grooves in the tread on my tires with Qtips and a pair of tweezers.

[mikegc]

Originally Posted by TEWSTER2

I cleaned all the grooves in the tread on my tires with Qtips and a pair of tweezers.

Is your wife still pissed off or are you allowed back inside, now?

Mike

[FLARider1]

I like the headlight cover.......I am thinking I will be copying that one!!

[JimVonBaden]

Originally Posted by FLARider1

I like the headlight cover.......I am thinking I will be copying that one!!

Took half an hour!

Jim