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A friend's KLR water crossing of a concrete slab in algaebraic conditions. Bike was recovered downstream 1 week later and eventually ran again.

Baja in 2012 was my 2012's first big trip. Crossed at Tecate in March, needed warm raingear. Whale watching near Guerrero Negro is spectacular at that one very specific time of year. There were 10 of us. We didn't go the whole way, just Bahia De Los Angeles and Mulege. The only mechanical in...

Once I was riding home from SF on 101 at 1:00 am, 40 miles after E, and it started to sputter. Not far before the Whipple exit it shut off and I was coasting. It would not restart. I coasted a quarter mile to the exit, then a quarter mile down the ramp, into an ARCO and stopped exactly at the...

My 2012 was much too jumpy until I implemented the trivial clutch fuse-jumper mod. I've had the fuse stuffed into the clutch switch for 5 years and it has been great. (Now the thread about that seems to be missing?)

Last time this happened to me it was my Honda CB900F boiling over regularly. Radiator caps are fairly standard, and I easily found a replacement at the local auto parts store. I checked the pressure rating printed on the cap (1.1 bar) and got one with the same rating.

I take off both wheels and bring them to the local shop where they don't charge for installation. My method uses the center stand as mentioned several times, except I lift up the front using a ratchet strap to the garage rafters. I leave clearance all around the bike in case the unthinkable were...

Once I ran out of gas at 40 miles past blinking E. This is probably because I had continued to do 80 mph on the freeway. It was 1:30 am, and as luck would have it, I coasted 1/2 mile, off an exit ramp, into a gas station, and stopped exactly at the pump. :)

Yamaha OEM grips cost $440. They are $350, plus $90 for Oxfords after they break in 18 months.

I decalifornicated my Honda 919 because they had hung the canister off the bottom of the bike as an afterthought, right where the center stand is supposed to go. I decalifornicated my KTM 500 because it was popping terribly, plus the canister was located in a space where the larger fuel tank...

Good call on the whale watching. I understand timing is critical and there's a short window. I did that a few years ago from San Ignacio, and literally hugged and petted baby whales from a 6-person dinghy. There were 10 of us, me on the S10. Leaving from SF Bay Area we only went as far as Mulege...

That is pretty brilliant. Does the remote transmit constantly whenever the high beams are in use? It seems like you'd want a relay-based one-shot circuit to deliver a pulse on the high beam wire's low->high transition. I keep a garage remote permanently in my leather jacket side pocket, and can...

I decided to take my retirement in pieces, rather than waiting until I'm too infirm to go around doing interesting things. So I retired in 2011 (age 44), un-retired in 2014, re-retired in April 2018, and will need to re-unretire in the next year or two. :) The only problem is, I'm in rapidly...

I found it impossible to repair the broken wire in a way that it didn't break again, and gave up on the OEM grips. Hopefully you still have the original throttle cable housing so you can put it back to normal before getting Oxfords? I use the Koso Apollo grips on another bike. It's pricey and...

I would probably decide the opposite -- a suitable KTM for dirt-only bike, and a Honda for street legal use. I love my 500 EXC, and it may be the last dirt bike I ever own, dual sport, tuned nicely with 3.1 gal Acerbis tank (180mi range), handguards, heated grips, rotor guards and everything...

I'll echo that, as I always do, after having wasted $350 on the Yamaha accessory ones that have blatant failure designed in, that they have not fixed in 6 years. While it's nice not having the power wire sticking out, it's even nicer not spending extra only to have cold hands and having to...

I rented a F750GS in Spain this year, and have to say it was magnificent in many ways and I was beginning to envy it. But then I remembered last year where I rented a F700GS, accidentally shorted the Powerlet outlet and the entire bike was disabled (main fuse).

Since I find the S10 easy to raise onto the center stand, I was tempted to go out to the garage and try to do it while mounted. But as I looked at it (in my slippers!), I came to my senses. I may or may not succeed, may or may not damage me or the bike, but I have no reason to do that now or...

I came down with severe back pain back in 2001 at 34 years old, despite being in athletic shape. It was also muscular pain, toward the sides and not spine related. X-rays looked fine, and months of chiropractor did nothing. The muscles were tight and prone to spasm and would trigger in certain...

If you plan to ride over sticky mud, you might want to consider raising the front fender. Otherwise, it can get packed full, as happened to mine in the two posts below from 2012. The wheel won't turn and the bike can't steer, and if you continue, the fender can snap off. I was looking for...

My dad switched from CPAP to a mouthpiece a couple years ago and it has been working for him. https://snoringmouthpiecereview.org/sleep-apnea-mouthpieces