My life aboard a BMW R80ST

I was going to say something about those bars not being a high up as the stock bars...but never mind I see the bar risers...looks like your bars will be at chin level...

I see the Red Cross is already in there, bless those brave souls


Seriously though, you'd feel right at home in my garage Jenna.

50mm of thread sounds great.
Go grab a cheap 28mm socket and see what is happening with the torque.

Lookin' good! I think you'll get a much better perspective from those LEDs up high. The crash bars are convenient but I've never liked how low mine sit.

Glad it's back on the road. Hopefully I'll be there next week myself!

Made a little heat shield from an abandoned stop sign someone left at my house.

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Just tiddying things up that have been neglected before I leave for the Roaming Rally. new heat sink on the icu, all electrical connections cleaned and greased ect, ect.......

my shit is in the weather. I will start swuirting it with WD first thing in the morning.
Soeaking if airplanes, my inspection isi up in june.

Hey what all gear do we need to make sure we have. We should pow wow about that. I'll bring all the tools i can find except the one we need, so just be sure to bring that one and we shoul be good.

Now that you mention it? Do we even qualify as a team anymore? I think its just me and you 8-0Maybe we can volunteer to be pre-sweeps or something. My biggest fear is breaking down in the middle of fucking nowhere. The whole object is to ride everymile and all the way home. Im almost afraid to look at anything on the PD, f fear of finding the can o worms

oh that's cool. I might have to steal that idea.

Yeah, we should. I always bring another rotor and trigger unit. On the list is tire irons, first aid kit, air pump, tubes, and tow rope. I have that shit and a biner/pully rig, don't really know the best way to use it, but I'm sure you being a climber it'll be no problem. Shit, Mike and I got unstuck on a washout with no trees around for 50'! I guess I'll be towing up on Tuesday and then we'll leave wednesday???

Gotta get new bars, i can't stand the ones I got so theyre in the mail hoping to swap out next week then change all fluids and check valves and carb sync. Then a few more weeks of commuting then I'll slap the new tires on it. Still have to shake my new bags down.

Are you texting? What does that even mean?

probably too late to mention this, but you could have used Al spacers behind the heat sheild and pop rivets to mount the shield instead of the straps. But you'll want to use blind rivets...a rivet with solid end so no gas escapes. This is Stainless shaped by hand to mimic the can shape.

Hey that's a good idea. @Jenna I've got a rivet gun and rivets if you want to do that.

*edit: I'm callin' bullshit on that pump. Have you EVER pumped a motorcycle tire with one of those things. It takes hundreds of pumps. thousands maybe. DAMHIK. I don't care where you're at in the world, it's better to walk.

I have an Omega trigger... I suppose if it goes bad Icanjust swap a regular one in. You have one? I think I have the working one of mine, if it wasnt bad when I changed it. I cant remember now :-(

I was planning on bringing all that stuff anyway, whatya know. I can work a block and fall, use em every day except never had to for a bike.

I got the Kreiga luggage on and it seems good. I'll bring extra wiring bits, and some bailing wire. Valve adjust is going to rive me nuts, I am pretty sure I have excess rocker arm slap on the right hand side... I should just check the valves, youre right. Havent riddin it much since Sandblast... maybe a hundred miles, so its basically got fresh stuff right beforeh te rally, and I jsut got new plugs and wires, and just did the lights and switches...

Schedule wise- I would love to leave wednesday BUT more likely will leave Early thursday AM. It should only be 6 hours from here to the site/check in, not including border crossing, so... I think what with returning Monday night I might have to crush it into that tiem frame. SOrry :-( I'll see about getting out wednesday. cant hurt to feel it out.

the electric pump would mean having to run the bike to keep from killing the battery on the DRZ... it only takes half a day to pump up the front tire...a whole day for the rear.

AL spacers can be found at Lowe's with all the steel cables in Hardware. May have to drill the spacers out. The blind rivets would have to be ordered. Most off the shelf rivets are open. Blind rivets are common in sail boats. May be found on Ebay..which is where i think I got these.

and where are you guys riding??? I think I missed that.

The Roaming Rally,

http://graveltravel.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=34

I like to repurpose things, and I use what I have so I don't spend any money....but thanks. This isn't fastened into the muffler as yours is, hence the straps.

YEah drunk outside by the fire and stupid phone. that would translate as:

I meant the PD needs a bath, and a good dousing with WD. A good bit of it has been caressed recently, but it needs more. Its been sitting outside for a little while.

Appropo of nothing, my inspection is up in june (which is why I did the lights) so thats just a hint to myself make sure your passport and vehicle paperwork, insurance are all up to date a well.

Yep, and don't forget to call your ins co. and get your canadian insurance card.

I did that last time, they said dont worry about it? Progressive.

Tough. I'm leaving that quote in my sig for at least a week Have fun out there! Take videos for the sorry folks stuck back home!