Over on DRriders, I’d seen a LED headlight mod by n2o2diver, without even seeing the headlights I knew they’d be crap, so I followed his lead and bought his suggestion for headlights.

This is where the problem began, the seller or manufacturer had changed the design a little. In his write up he had made substantial modifications to the headlight mount, I sat down and figured a way to use the LED and if for any reason you wanted to you could still use the same housing and return to stock…with his version you can’t

Take your headlight apart and remove the mount, have the adjuster screws facing the back of the bike instead of the front. and bend the original mounting tab up out of the way.

take some angle and mount it on the (new) top with a couple of bolts

and that one bolt in the middle will mount to the ‘new’ headlight mount bar – this is where the difference is in the new light design

now mount it as normal and remove the springs from the adjuster screws then screw them all the way in until they hit the light body and make your adjustment, the light is mounted and is rock solid

To fit the surround you need to make two small cuts on the inside for it to fit over the angle that you added

and there you go new headlight

its a plug and play so you low and high beam work as normal, no having to play with wiring

A lot more light for $18

After this a little test, Watts = Amps x Volts for reference – I’ll use 12.5 volts as my reference number

stock light on low beam 4.12 amps or 51.5 watts

high beam stock light 4.56 amps or 57 watts…this bike had a 55/60 bulb

new LED low beam 0.89 amps or 11.125 watts

new LED on high beam 1.60 amps or 20 watts

and to take it one step further I added a 2000 lumen LED light bar to the high beam (both on full) 2.02 amps or 25.25

…so a gain of 31.75 watts, those heated grips or heated seat or heated jacket look like a much more viable option now don’t they without having to do a stator upgrade?

I’ll do a night time light set up once the bikes are done, but from a little further back it looks like this

As I was up front I added a tug strap to help with those moments when the bike takes a nap and isn’t easy to pick up

airbox and carb mods, something had been done, but I didn’t like it, there was a bunch of 90-degree plumbing tubes and the whole thing held together with bathroom caulk…it all had to go and a complete cleanup and carb rebuild

Sadly I forgot to take a photo but the 3 odd holes are where the 90’s were!!!

and caulk had been put in the left rear mount which had filled with dirt and that fitting was destroyed and spinning loose so had to be ripped out

I recut the airbox like this, it’ll make sense later…just about the same open area as the Procycle kit suggests but I had to work with what I had. A deburring tool for metal is an easy way to clean up the edges

Carbs were really bad and dirty inside and out

bottom screws were…ahem screwed!!! Tried with a JIS screwdriver and penetrating oil, then grips, got one but couldn’t get a good purchase on the other, then Wurth Rost-off to freeze and shrink it, then reverse drill bits and finally an easy out saved the day

and what do I find inside but more silicone and lots of dirt

The pilot jets had been either put in or removed with the wrong screwdriver. They were cleaned and reinstalled with a correct pilot jet driver (@motolab to source this)

Swapped out the choke nut from the plastic one that eventually either rounds off or cracks with the Warp9 one and added a little copper anti-seize and refit the who thing after doing a complete carb clean and rebuild, new jetting and needle with the better adjuster screw from Procycle.

Bad photo of anti-seize, sorry

One other thing I do with the carb is replaced more of the JIS screws with cap head allens at the cable mounting plate so if the carb needs to come off all you need to do is undo these two and then remove the cables in one piece so as not to have to add extra work to reset the cables when the carb gets refitted…pointing at with a flat blade screwdriver

Replaced the minute piece of foam in the secondary filter (under-diaphragm vent) with a little more substantial piece that fills the filter housing and used filter oil on it as well to assist with filtration so the slide doesn’t get unnecessary wear

The last time I owned a Suzuki was back in ’87 and it looked like this…

So a little learning curve, I find the easiest way to learn is to get greasy and oily and get the bike apart. As these are used motorcycles (two of them) they have been touched my untold amount of hands – factory, dealerships, pro mechanics, amateur mechanics, owners, friends etc. The big question you should always ask yourself is – did that person(s) have zero distractions when touching the bike…even the factory can make errors.

Easy way to find out is to take it apart as much as you feel comfortable…luckily I feel ok doing this so time to really jump in

Partially stripped

after both bikes were stripped I try and do the obvious things first, the known faults, areas of the bike that regardless of what mods you do they will not change, like neck and swingarm bearings, cleaned/ checked/ greased

stock crud!!!

Brake lines, usually good for around 4 years, stock rubber ones are just average at best, DR riders were doing a deal on Galfer brake lines a while back, buy a front at 20% off and get a rear for free, score…I requested +2″ on the fronts because I’ll be adding risers and steering dampers.

Brake fluid is somewhat hygroscopic (tending to absorb moisture from the air) soa quick rebuild to make sure everything is good and then a full brake fluid flush NOT just a case of drain it out, clean and add new fluid!

I use a Snap-on vacuum bleeder that pulls with the required pressure to get all the bad stuff out and I run thru about an equivalent of a double what the system takes or until the fluid coming thru is crystal clear. The front master cylinder looks like the brake fluid hasn’t ever been touched for a long time if ever.

Next up the famed NSU loose screw issue. When I first read this I found it strange but I read it so many times it was hard to ignore, its a very simple job with the right tool that costs a huge $16.50 the EBC CT024, I have a few of these and they all kind of look the same but believe me they aren’t. The right one makes the clutch pack removal a few minute job

I put the driver on the first allen bolt holding the NSU unit in place and what felt like no pressure it came undone, as I undid it wet blue RTV silicone came out of the hole

I drilled it for safety wire, added some blue Loctite and cleaned the hole and replaced it.

do you see the blue on my finger, someone had used RTV (guessing) to hold it in and as its in a hot area and in oil it never set. It could have worked if the motor had been cold and left open for 24 hours I guess but not the right way to do it…I’d be pointing the finger at one of the numerous Suzuki mechanics that have seen the inside of this thing, clueless!!!

So I thought I’d do a quick video of the next screw I undid and watch this closely if I added any pressure to the handle of the tool you’d see my skin tighten because of excessive grip…IT DOESN’T, if you are putting off checking the NSU screws maybe this will put a fire under your ass…THREE out of FOUR screws were barely snugged tight on both bikes, the tightest of all was the one with RTV, the other 3 didn’t have anything on them.

 

Loose NSU fasteners VIDEO LINK

if you watched that are saying it looked pretty tight to me, then maybe you should read an article I wrote and watch the test video included – HERE

This is the point I was making about continuity, did the guys phone ring as he was doing this, was he distracted – who knows but he had one job to do and he failed, from this point forward we’ll call the mechanic who worked on this bike Dick Smith, his other inventions didn’t do so good so he became a Suzuki mechanic!!!

 

On the south coast of Sicily, which I was corrected in pronunciation by the locals who call it ‘See-chill-ya’, we headed to the most important town in Greece…what!!!

Yes we are still in Italy but if you know your history a lot of this part of the world at one time or another was Greek, we headed to Agrigento or as it was also known – Akragas, Acragas, Ἀκράγας in Greek, Agrigentum in Latin and Kirkent or Jirjent in Arabic, one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden age of Ancient Greece with population estimates in the range of 200,000 to 800,000 before 406 BC.

We stayed in the new city which is a maze of little streets

…but the old city is a little further down the hillside and looked on by the new city

It is so clean it almost looks like a movie set

large structures in various state of repair dot the hillside

the ruins are in very good shape and guarded very well, only a few years back this was not a tourist location and the ruins were open to anyone, luckily no damage has happened

just some small/ life size statue right? Wrong!

We ride on where the modern world is elevated with Italian style above the ancient world

We decided not to head to the city (Palermo) and instead chose Marsala, a small town with a distinctly Arab/ North African feel, again with tight little streets and distressed buildings

Of course as expected beautiful buildings and town square abound which is surprising as this town was all but wiped off the map during world war 2

Into the harbor in Palermo and THE LAST vehicle we see could not be more iconic to Sicily, well the name is anyway…wonder if it was full of Teflon Some of you might need a little google help to get the joke

We head for Sardinia, its an island I knew absolutly nothing about, we know we have a very short time there we are literally riding end to end to catch a ferry to Spain, @EvergreenE has to fly back to Lithuania in about a week to finalize her South American book deal with editors, publishers and printers.

As soon as we docked we knew we were going to regret not having enough time here. We spent a very short, few days riding some of the most amazing (empty) roads we had seen throughout the whole of Europe and we had to race along.

We stopped on one road for a break and looked down and there is this bridge and it looked like something out of fairytale…so I really gave it that look to just to enhance the feeling. Can you imagine being on a dirt bike and following that deserted rail track?

The island is lush, green, mountainous and scattered with dirt tracks as far as the eye can see…a return trip here on a dirt bike is an absolute must and a few months could easily be spent in the mountains, but for now we are stuck with pavement.

Looking down on valleys paved roads are few and far between but there is dirt down there…loads of it.

When we arrived to Sardinia our ferry was late and we arrived in the dark = one day missed, when we are leaving we have an early ferry and we were told to be at the dock at 4.30am = another day missed…but that ferry was two hours late arriving!!!

We were stuck with boring roads like this…

If you are heading to Europe or in Europe and have never been to Sardinia from what we saw I can tell you it’s amazing and not to be missed, just slightly smaller than Vermont for reference

The last day we went for an evening ride from Porto Torres (where the ferry leaves from) to what was described as Sardinias best tourist attraction – Grotta di Nettuno or Neptunes Cave. It was abandonded, and looked to have been for years…guess I read an old magazine.

Anyhow when life gives you lemons…blah, blah, blah…you find this to look at

and this…

and a sunset on a cliff so windy you need to keep your helmet on

Looking towards Spain, just 14 short hours away on a ferry at 4.30am

The ferry arrived very late into Barcelona, Spain due to high winds and rough seas. As mentioned earlier Egle had a flight to catch to go home to finalize a book so we only literally had 36 hours in Spain together.

As we aren’t big city people and also traveled a lot in Spain we decided to take a ride to see something unique. Heading due west out of Barcelona a few miles south of Zaragosa is a little town of Belchite.

To get there its all good riding thru Catalan

I’d heard about Belchite from a member on the XT660.com forum that I used to frequent when I was riding one. He shared photos of his bike riding down the main street and it looked like a good photo opportunity and a chance to get away from Barcelona for the night.

Why Belchite???

Between August 24 and September 7, 1937, loyalist Spanish Republican and rebel General Franco’s forces in the Spanish Civil War fought the Battle of Belchite in and around the town. After 1939 a new village of Belchite was built adjacent to the ruins of the old, which remain a ghost town as a memorial to the war.

The remains of the old village have been used as filming locations in films including Terry Gilliam’s 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth.

The town was fenced off which went against the photos I’d seen years earlier, eventually, we found the big door leading into the old village. Just as we got there a group was leaving and the ‘only guide’ told us it was now closed, but it would be open at 9pm, but there is no lighting at all, photographers are advised to bring their own flood lights…fail!!!

Otherwise he told us to come back the next day, but just in case also let me walk in a few steps to take a few photos…

Sadly the next day it was torrential rain, so photography was a no go so we headed back to Barcelona almost the whole way in the rain.

After dropping Egle at Barcelona airport early in the morning while it was still dark I head off north in the direction of England, I have a few days to get there and arrive before my sister leaves for her vacation, to get amongst other things the keys for her house.

I pick a reasonably direct route with a few stopovers at two friends houses for overnighters, and an Airbnb in the middle

I have never been really bothered by the weather, hot or cold I usually wear about the same amount of gear, so I head for the easiest way and I leave the metropolis of Barcelona in the dark behind me. My route takes me into the Pyrenees Mountains dividing Spain and France, and as its early in the morning as the sun is rising the skiers are appearing and surprised to see a motorcycle riding past.

I stay off the toll roads and this takes me thru lots of little towns, villages, and backroads once I have left the mountains

After spending the night at MrPopples I leave in the strongest wind I have ridden in since Patagonia in 2011, I’m getting blown from one side of the road to the other for the whole day.

Taking a break at a little village I was advised as a must see Saint-Cirq Lapopie. Sitting 300 feet up on a high cliff face above the Lot River doesn’t seem real as it comes into view. It was recently voted the best village in France and because of this it gets around 400,000 visitors a year (mainly French) but today I was the only person there. In 1199 Richard the Lionheart tried to siege the village and couldn’t get in…today the Super Tenere conquered the village and got in straight away.

As I said earlier not the best day weather wise and very small streets from Medieval times are not made for vehicles so I had a walk around its tiny streets and alleyways

If you are wondering why these shots are so edited? This next shot will show you why, it was taken in nearly total darkness as were most of the others in the village (original unedited is first) and moments later the torrential rain that had been threatening happened

I took off and headed further along high above the river and eventually outran the rain

I carry on riding north and the History of France gets a little deeper, I’m keeping to back roads and the occasional short hit of dirt

@Yannick had pm’d me and said that as I was heading north maybe I should stop by D’Oardour-Sur-Glane and take in a little World War 2 history.

I did a little research and found this line, so now you know as much as me – “On 10 June 1944, the village of Oradour-Sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in then Nazi-occupied France was destroyed, when 642 of its inhabitants, including women and children, were massacred by a Nazi Waffen-SS company. A new village was built nearby after the war, but French president Charles de Gaulle ordered the original maintained as a permanent memorial and museum.” – If you want to read more a brief history is HERE

I arrived at 4.30 (16.30) and according to the sign it should be open but the gates were closed. A lady came out and in broken English told me they were still open but closing soon, I could come in and she would leave the main gate slightly open so I could stay as long as I wanted and walk around have the place to myself to take some photos, just close the gate when you leave. She asked if I would like her to point out some areas that maybe I wouldn’t know about if I was by myself. I nodded in agreement and we walked.

As we walked up the main street of the village it seemed like a movie set and I just let her speak…”did you notice the date, it was 4 days after D Day, 6th June 1944?” She went on, it was strange because this village had never seen a Geman soldier until 1942 even though Limoge just 14 miles south was overrun with the German army and then visits were very rare and village life carried on as normal.” As she walked she pointed out building and was saying “this is Mr. xxx house, this was the bakery, this was the butcher…” the way she spoke it felt like she knew them personally but not possible as she was in her forties.

The photo above is the main intersection of the village, “all the inhabitants were brought here, women and children were sent to one side and men to the other”, she explained. “The women and children were marched just down the road to the church and 452 were forced inside”

There were only a few shots fired in the church but no-one was killed, they were locked inside.

The men were split into four groups and made to go inside buildings a good distance from each other, she pointed at a sign on the remains of the building. “This is where one group of men were massacred.

She pointed up the street, “and there, there and there were the other three places the massacre took place”.

We went back to the church and I was speechless, literally, my throat was dry and she knew it. She made it a very real experience but it was going to get a little more real. We reentered the church, “can you imagine you are inside one of 452 women and children and just heard lots of shouting then gunfire, then nothing, as a women, inside here you know that your husband, father, brother, uncle or son was now dead and you were trapped”

We stood inside the church and she said, “you are in here, terrified and then gunfire and windows smash and hand grenades and incendiary devices come flying in, the inside of the church becomes an inferno in a matter of seconds and you are trapped with no chance of escape.” Look here, she points to the wall, “do you see the color pink in the granite?”

“You see near the roof line where the granite has a natural color, well for granite to turn pink…” she walks to a wall, “it needs to be heated up to”. She puts her finger on the wall and draws 1100. “This is hard to imagine, but we know this as it has been tested, and we know exactly what happened that day because amazingly two women and one child escaped. The only survivor was 47-year-old Marguerite Rouffanche. She escaped through a rear sacristy window, followed by a young woman and child. All three were shot, two of them fatally. Rouffanche crawled to some pea bushes and remained hidden overnight until she was found and rescued the next morning.”

She went on to say, “after the massacre, the village was razed to the ground and is now left in almost the exact same condition it was that day back in 1944.”

We walked out the church and she locked the door behind us. “Make sure you get a photograph of that car, people think it’s Dr. Jacques Desourteaux car…but it actually isn’t, a lot of people are mistaken. When Dr. Desourteaux arrived at the entrance to the town, soldiers forced him to drive up the main street and stop across from the marketplace, where he joined the assembled townspeople. He died with the others that afternoon. A few weeks later, the doctor’s brother and his nephew moved the Desourteaux car to the family property, where it still lies inside the garden wall. The car on the marketplace actually belonged to the wine merchant…I’ll leave you with your thoughts” and she walked away.

I walked around a little more taking it all in, over the years I have traveled thru a lot of countries and history is everywhere, in Europe it is in your face a lot and well preserved and you can become a little blazé about it all as it doesn’t quite often seem real. If I was here alone it would have felt like a movie set with no depth, but with a local showing me around and explaining all the intricate details, made this, without doubt, one of the most humbling places I have ever experienced.

Are long-term adventure motorcyclists the ultimate minimalists?

 

This isn’t a piece about small bike vs big bike, that decision is entirely yours – this is just another way to look at it if you are on the fence about what Adventure Motorcycling possibly is or isn’t and where you can get to or not get to…

 

Having some spare time I have been reading about minimalism and wonder how it could be integrated into Adventure Motorcycling. Think of it as an alternative way to look at your set up ‘before you head out’ on that big trip. At absolute worse it may help you pack a little less.

It’s obvious that some don’t understand ‘less is more’ when it comes to riding and travel when some bikes are packed to excess – we’ve all seen the photos

This got me asking myself a question, if less is more and it can potentially make an adventure even more of an adventure why don’t more riders do it and embrace the minimalist lifestyle on the road…have a read and see what you think and then ask yourself some questions about your rational and your set up for what you want your adventure to be.

When I was thinking about this I was actually thinking of trips at a minimum of three months, but longer trips will make a lot more sense of what you’ll read below.

Less is more – do you pack for every eventuality?

Less is more – can you pick your bike up by yourself?

Less is more – does the size of your motorcycle determine where you go?

Less is more – do you like to fill up more than once a day?

Reading an article about minimalism, which then linked to something else and then something else you know when you get in that spiral and find yourself on a page that you weren’t expecting to find?

 

Ever happened to you, well it happened to me!

 

I landed on a page about minimalism (that had NOTHING to do with motorcycling) and a list of 25 reasons why you might be a minimalist. Something I’d honestly never even considered, but when I read the list and could relate to so many of the points as a long term rider with over 400,000km under his belt RTW it got me thinking.

Lightweight adventure riders are basically traveling minimalists just taking what is required to get the job done and survive. Every single thing that is required to live life to the fullest is on the bike. If anything is missing it is sourced when required.

On the other hand, the riders on the big behemoth bikes (I’ve done both so I can comment) have everything and more on the bike, don’t expect to have to buy a single thing besides fuel and food for the whole trip.

For me, every subsequent trip I take less as I learn more about what I need and don’t need regardless of the length of the trip.

So, the question is – if you were a minimalist adventure rider –  would you have MORE of an adventure.

Read the following list (again NOT motorcycle related but can be adapted) and see how you score and can relate to the 25 Reasons You Might be a Minimalist

 

1. If you have an empty attic or storage shed, you might be a minimalist.

2. If you are debt-free or paying off debt with gazelle intensity, you might be a minimalist.

3. If walking through Target or Wal-Mart makes you really uncomfortable, you might be a minimalist. 

4. If your children are mad at you because you canceled the cable, you might be a minimalist.

5. If you can’t stop giving stuff away, and your dog is worried that he’s next, you might be a minimalist.

6. If a friend asks you to go shopping, and you would rather go to the dentist, you might be a minimalist.

7. If you don’t want your parents to stop by your yard sale, because you are selling their stuff too, you might be a minimalist.

8. If you don’t have a junk drawer, you might be a minimalist.

9. If you have more free time than ever before, you might be a minimalist.

10. If you have ever used a car share service, you might be a minimalist.

11. If you are curious about living with less than 100 things, you might be a minimalist.

12. If clutter makes you crazy, you might be a minimalist.

13. If you follow less than 100 people on Twitter, or 100 friends on Facebook, you might be a minimalist.

14. If you vote with your dollars, you might be a minimalist.

15. If people who can fit all of their belongings in a backpack inspire you, you might be a minimalist.

16. If you schedule time for nothing, you might be a minimalist.

17. If you nap, you might be a minimalist.

18. If you read a book, and then give it away, you might be a minimalist.

19. If you want to have a packing party, you might be a minimalist.

20. If words like trinket and souvenir make you cringe, you might be a minimalist.

21. If you’ve thought about living in a tiny house, you might be a minimalist.

22. If there are less than 33 things in your closet, you might be a minimalist.

23. If you spend more time thinking of ways to reduce your overhead than ways to make money, you might be a minimalist.

24. If you have more resources (time, talent, treasure) to give, you might be a minimalist.

Last, but not least….

25. If you would rather spend a day with Leo Babauta instead of Oprah Winfrey, you might be a minimalist.

Maybe you agree with some of these statements or think some are silly. With all of the misconceptions about minimalism, it can be confusing to see how it might apply to your life. You might be a minimalist, or maybe you’re just happier living with less. Then again, what’s the difference?

I personally can say that 21 of 25 from the list I would put a check mark by. And years on the road have helped but also some of those 21 have kept me on the road longer than most.

Why would this help you as an adventure rider? Here are those four questions I asked at the start, but now they are numbered. If you answer YES to any or all of these you might be having a negative affect on your own adventure without really realizing it –

1. Less is more – do you pack for every eventuality?
2. Less is more – can you pick your bike up by yourself?
3. Less is more – does the size of your motorcycle determine where you go?
4. Less is more – do you like to fill up more than once a day?

Number 1. If you pack less, its is obvious you have spent less because you have less, therefore it means more money in your pocket, which means a longer adventure.

Number 2. That crazy dirt road you pass that looks interesting but on a big bike you might just have to tell yourself no. No, because if you are alone it’s an unknown and if you get in trouble who knows if or when someone would find you stranded with a dropped bike, or worse an injury because coming off your heavy bike has physically hurt you. If your bike goes into a ditch with handlebars down/ wheels up, are you stuck if you are solo? Can you drop your bike 10-15 times a day and pick it up, can you do that day after day…in sand/ mud/ bulldust/ pea gravel/ altitude etc. If the answer is no then are you really riding an adventure bike or just a bike that the manufacturer said was an adventure bike…did you just find out your were sold on advertising and maybe a sport tourer would have been just as good and probably cost you less?

Number 3. Big bikes are great but once you leave the first world countries you are shoving your wealth in people faces, you are less likely to be welcomed with open arms. You are more likely to be looked at like an alien, or a cash machine. Only the very, very best of riders can ride a big bike on a consistent basis offroad day after day. Adventure, I mean real adventure isn’t on a paved road is it?

Number 4. Fuel, I hear some riders filling up more than once a day, you’re not giving yourself chance to immerse in the cultures you have created this once in a lifetime chance to come to see (if that’s your goal) you are just riding. If you are filling up more than once a day then there is a very good chance you are riding mainly on pavement. Ride less distance, 200km a day is a lot – leave late, arrive early, travel slowly, spend less, which in turn means – more travel and adventure.

My conclusion which I actually realized months ago if not years ago, is after a year and a half back on a big loaded bike 265kg/ 585lbs I’m done with it, I am going smaller and lighter with both bike and luggage and going back to being a motorcycling minimalist and seek out more adventure and ride to more remote locations

 

The new set-up is coming in the next few weeks, stay tuned.

 

 

Motorcycles vibrate. It’s the nature of the beast, and with vibration come all kinds of issues. Maybe you have that one particular nut or bolt that just won’t stay tight, regardless of what you try – be it…

• Loctite
• washer
• lock washer
• serrated washer
• lock nut
• double nut
• nylon insert nut
• spring washer
• safety wire
• tab washers
• or the correct torque spec.

One of the main problems on a motorcycle is none of us check our bikes often enough, and to be honest that fastener might not be easy to see, reach, touch, check or adjust. It is a rare occasion that a fastener will come loose and cause a major issue, but everyone has read about an instance that their model of motorcycle had a failure due to a bolt coming out somewhere. And if you read about another non-related bike, but again the same model and the same issue arises, do you double-check yours?

One thing every failure seems to have in common is it never appears to happen at a good time or in a great location where a fix is readily available.

On one of my bikes, there is a bolt holding the subframe to the main frame. It goes into a threaded hole and is tightened down. Logic says to add a little Loctite and it’s good. Well, it isn’t, and there are multiple instances of failure and that bolt going missing. One solution is to use a longer bolt, Loctite and then add a nylon inserted nut on the other side. This all but eliminates the problem. This is on a KTM; it vibrates and even though this nut/ bolt combination now has three forms of fixing – threaded and tightened with specific torque/ Loctite/ nylon insert nut – it can still fail.

It’s not just the KTM, though. Every bike seems to have one of those issues.

So if you are headed out on the road for a long period, say a RTW or Alaska to Ushuaia or Nordkapp to Capetown or across Russia to the Road of Bones and want to not have to worry about anything coming loose or have to carry a lot of extra hardware for ‘just in case ‘scenarios, I may have found another solution. It’s one not used on motorcycles, but the question is why not?

I will point out I am not being paid for this information, not sponsored in any way or affiliated with the company. It is just an exceptional product that a lot of companies I know of have used and since implementation had zero failures. This product is available on Amazon along with a lot of other outlets.

As a former motorcycle shop owner, motorcycle builder, mechanic, manual lathe, CNC machine operator and welder I find this another very good option for your Adventure Motorcycle arsenal of knowledge.

Watch the attached video and form your own opinion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preventive Bike Maintenance: The Fastener Algorithm