Warchild
Benevolent Dictator
So I have my new-to-me 2021 MT10 in the garage now. This will be the start of project to turn this machine into something it really isn't designed to do: be a Long-Distance "Endurance" sport touring machine, running the deserts/mountains of the American West in non-stop 24-hour and 36-hours competitive events:
![Day1.jpg Day1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/fjrforum/data/attachments/3/3138-b363c227397991586d20d716d06379ab.jpg)
As many of you already know, the three major items any bike needs to be a proper desert runner are:
Since the aux fuel cell is the long pole in the tent here, I am starting on that now. The aux cell is a 4.3 gallon gravity-fed system. It will reside atop this Givi Rear Top Rack, which just arrived last night:
![giviTopRack.jpg giviTopRack.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/fjrforum/data/attachments/3/3139-f31fd8f7e86795c2990f1d20460b5463.jpg)
I will post up in this thread all future mods I do to make this a proper Desert Runner. I know is sounds a little crazy to some folks to force this tiny racebike into this role - and I am sure there will be times I will be thinking the same. But that is part of the fun!
![Day1.jpg Day1.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/fjrforum/data/attachments/3/3138-b363c227397991586d20d716d06379ab.jpg)
As many of you already know, the three major items any bike needs to be a proper desert runner are:
- Auxiliary Fuel Cell
- Auxiliary Night Lighting
- Hydration system
![>:( >:(](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/d6b/d6b4f421994c54e8c2ba8042ea9d1121.png)
Since the aux fuel cell is the long pole in the tent here, I am starting on that now. The aux cell is a 4.3 gallon gravity-fed system. It will reside atop this Givi Rear Top Rack, which just arrived last night:
![giviTopRack.jpg giviTopRack.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/fjrforum/data/attachments/3/3139-f31fd8f7e86795c2990f1d20460b5463.jpg)
I will post up in this thread all future mods I do to make this a proper Desert Runner. I know is sounds a little crazy to some folks to force this tiny racebike into this role - and I am sure there will be times I will be thinking the same. But that is part of the fun!