Recent content by yamafitter

I know most of you have seen my ride report over on ADVRider.com on my recent trip to Patagonia but in case you have not and are interested here is the link to the thread over there... An Alternate to Shoveling Snow Enjoy.

I will be doing your trip in reverse this January. Our group will be leaving from Osorno, Chile and will spend 12 days making our way south.

Unfortunately the hip replacement is not healing as quickly as I had hoped and I can't make the trip this year. I just called Bell Motor Inn and cancelled so there is now a room available.

Ray & I will be the advanced portion of the Great White North Liberation Army. Motel booked.

You're too early for the Stanley Cup Parade on Yonge St anyways. That is one of the reasons we postponed this soiree. It was that and the fact that I don't function well with ice hanging from my nutsack.

When Ray did the tear down on Griffs ES forks to replace a leaking seal we found the fork oil quite clean compared to the Gen 1 & II forks with equivalent mileage. This is probably due to the inverted design that makes it less likely for dirt to make it past the wipers and seals. As Allen C...

Sometimes the motor can be wired for either 220V or 110V. There should be a wiring diagram on the inside of the junction box cover and just double check that the wiring is correct. You have to pull the end cover off the motor to check this next item. The centrifugal switch contacts may be...

Speaking from experience I've never been busier since retiring. Everyone thinks you just lounge around all day so you end up being the go to guy when they need help. Some of this was self-inflicted when I volunteered to take on the scoring duties for the dirt bike organization and it somehow...

When I worked at the coal fired generating plant my crew was a pretty progressive group (I know progressive has become a dirty word these days) and we used to rotate vacation picks each year. We had eight people on the crew and two were allowed off at any time so every four years you would have...

I don't do yoga but I am looking into taking dance lessons like BeemerDons did....

I might have to sit this one out unfortunately. It will probably be too early after my upcoming hip replacement surgery to ride that far across the Great White North.

I'm going in for hip replacement surgery early in 2018 and EOM may be the first trip on the FJR next year. I liked both Maggie Valley and Hendersonville myself. Maggie Valley for having the option of just going down the street to the Wheels Through Time Museum and Hendersonville for the Olhins...

Anytime I am installing bearings I like to put the bearing in the freezer overnight to very slightly shrink the bearing so that it is not quite the interference fit it would be at room temperature. I also like to use a o-ring lube on the seal lip to help with assembly. It's probably not...

You Yanks are so bad at geography I be surprised if you could even find Canada.

I'll make sure to detune my 06 AE for that.