bikes

i made a few more smaller changes during the week. and took a few better photos. i finally (after two months or so) got the new carbon kevlar bash guard. the one that came with the bike is not bad but does not protect the sides (clutch cover and stator cover) as well as i…

we’re not quite there yet but getting pretty close. the bike now has the bigger front tank, the rear tank and the nav tower. the navigational equipment and the electrics are still missing, though. it all works well on the bench but i want to make sure the connections are bullet-proof and will survive the…

the safari is a pretty serious affair – at least for amateurs like me. it’s also going through some really remote areas where finding spare parts may be a bit difficult. and because i really really want to get to the finishing line i’m using some of my hard won project planning and management skills…

some of the safari stages will be run along beaches and through sand. no surprise therefore that four of us went to ride on a beach in an undisclosed location not far from sydney. all legal access of course. deep sand riding is a bit peculiar; it takes speed to get some stability into the…

i was not planning on selling the 350. really. it is probably the best dirt bike i ever had to that point. it really combined the low weight of a small bike with just enough torque to get me out of all sorts of trouble. especially since i added the rekluse clutch, basically an auto…

and here is the 250 with her new clothes, out in her natural habitat. the first ride in the watagans, slow and steady, just to break her in softly, but on the other hand just giver her a little bit of a workout. over the last week i’ve changed the plastics (the six days ones…

i registered the little 250 yesterday, now it’s time to make her a real race bike. for the coming 3 months she’ll have to be an enduro bike – that should not be too hard, that’s what she was built for anyway. in any case i’ll replace the cool six days graphics with plain white…

i’ve been meaning to do this for many years. and after a lot of thinking, doubting, more thinking and a lot of procrastinating i finally sent in my registration papers today. so between 20 and 27 september i will be somewhere in the western australian outback trying hard to keep the shiny side up and…