Off season fun
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Danbot
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The toy I get to play with at work, just shot this the other day for kicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweCpxfFlZg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweCpxfFlZg
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Danbot
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Whats up boys and girls
I got me a new summer project to soak up all my spare time!
Picked up an old Kawasaki KX500 that I am going to build a hill climber out of. I've been meaning to find an old 500 for a couple years now, I only had 2 requirements: liquid cooled, and rear disc brakes. This one met both, and was free so its a good starting point!
What I ended up with is 2 incomplete bikes, the more complete one is a 1987 and the lesser is a 1985. I have 90% of the 1987 so will just need to ebay up a few things and then rebuild my way through the rest of the bike. What I cant use from the 1985 I will part out to compensate for what I need to buy for the 1987.
Gotta love how massive the cylinder looks next to the comparatively small 900cfi cylinder!
So far my list is pretty small:
ebay parts:
-sub-frame
-seat
-inner clutch hub
-coil
New parts:
-all engine / trans bearings and seals
-piston kit
-gaskets
-clutch
-plastic
I got me a new summer project to soak up all my spare time!
Picked up an old Kawasaki KX500 that I am going to build a hill climber out of. I've been meaning to find an old 500 for a couple years now, I only had 2 requirements: liquid cooled, and rear disc brakes. This one met both, and was free so its a good starting point!
What I ended up with is 2 incomplete bikes, the more complete one is a 1987 and the lesser is a 1985. I have 90% of the 1987 so will just need to ebay up a few things and then rebuild my way through the rest of the bike. What I cant use from the 1985 I will part out to compensate for what I need to buy for the 1987.
Gotta love how massive the cylinder looks next to the comparatively small 900cfi cylinder!
So far my list is pretty small:
ebay parts:
-sub-frame
-seat
-inner clutch hub
-coil
New parts:
-all engine / trans bearings and seals
-piston kit
-gaskets
-clutch
-plastic
Very nice! I would love to play in that sand-box 
I don't have any new 'toys' so to speak, but I did pick myself up something new last weekend... A 2002 Interstate 3-place enclosed trailer I found on the west side of the state. All in all it's been pretty well cared for and I have spent most of this week cleaning it up further and starting to set it up to my liking (and budget, lol) I wish I would have had this sooner, would have been nice to take a spare sled up to Revy... oh well.
Not really an off-season gizmo, but it's almost the end of the season, haha.
P.S. I peeled off the Cat stickers today and got 1 of my new Polaris stickers put on.. the other 2 go on tomorrow
Not really an off-season gizmo, but it's almost the end of the season, haha.
P.S. I peeled off the Cat stickers today and got 1 of my new Polaris stickers put on.. the other 2 go on tomorrow
You best get to peeling that arctic cat sticker off asap! Looks like a nice trailer Seth, good buy. Wow thats alot of space between the axles, Gotta be almost a meter eh?!
lol...
Thanks Dan...
haha, no, closer to a yard
Tracked real nice bringing it home 130 miles over Snoqualmie Pass, but it does hop a little bit when I do really tight turns, haha. Gonna put in a folding shelf/table thing in the nose for setting gear or other stuff on when at the snow-park, other than that, not too sure if I'm gonna add anything else or not.... Still gotta shine up the diamondplate on the outside with my powerball and do some touch-up under the back ramp... I got the front ramp all cleaned up the other day
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Nice trailer Seth. You'll appreciate that enclosed alot on those long distance trips. The extra room for tools and spare sled(s).
New mods to my bike:
FMF Gnarly pipe, Stealthy 10oz flywheel weight, Hammerhead gear shift lever, SDG lightweight seat, Bar mounted Garmin GPS, fresh Acerbis plastic, and a graphics kit. Ive been riding ALOT this summer so far, loving it.
Doesn't look like you are riding at all, not a scratch on it.
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Danbot
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Lol, that's why I took this pic directly after installing the new plastic. It will never look the same again! These kits do hold up pretty well though.. really thick decals.
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Danbot
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Here's some recent helmet cam footage dudes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxoqnnCUts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68bzjUMv9Dg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxoqnnCUts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68bzjUMv9Dg
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Danbot
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Biking season is winding down for me, here's a bunch of pics, more pics, and here's my Youtube Channel with a bunch of helmet cam movies.
Hoping for a stellar sledding season to mach my summer! What kind of trouble did you guys get into in the sun?!
Hoping for a stellar sledding season to mach my summer! What kind of trouble did you guys get into in the sun?!
There was snow on the mountians west of town this morning... too bad I didn't have my camera handy when the clouds broke.....
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Mech Engr
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Summer fun
Week in Yellowstone and a week in Glacier where we were snowed on at the end of June and couldn't get through the park East to West becuase the road was under 20+ feet of snow!! Saw snowmobile tracks at Yellowstone when traving the North loop over the pass. The entire side of a mountain was covered with them! I took my 30 foot trailer and my cummins to tow it (pictured). Wife and kids loved the trip!!
Week in Yellowstone and a week in Glacier where we were snowed on at the end of June and couldn't get through the park East to West becuase the road was under 20+ feet of snow!! Saw snowmobile tracks at Yellowstone when traving the North loop over the pass. The entire side of a mountain was covered with them! I took my 30 foot trailer and my cummins to tow it (pictured). Wife and kids loved the trip!!
