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After visiting some friends in the Stockholm region for a few days Lars caught up with me and we headed south, during the first day we drove by Vadstena, an old church region, not that many pictures but had a break near this fortress: Visited the Moped and Motorcycle Museum in Björkenäs. Ran . . . → Read More: Leaving Sweden 2014 As I said in previous post my dad was going to catch up with me. He did this morning and we headed south from Stockholm, we were trying to make it to Huskvarna in time to visit the factory museum but we saw the time would be tight to make it and have time to . . . → Read More: Bjorkenas Moped and Motorcycle Museum As usual I start the spring with some flu or cold, coughing and a sore throat =( As you know I ended up buying a brand new 2011 KTM 990R Adventure last autumn. And it sure looked good: So during the winter it was looked over and lots of parts changed and upgrades I . . . → Read More: Spring 2013 A 2005 KTM 950 Adventure was recently purchased and while looking it over a bit more closely then during the exam before purchase it was found that the points on the fuel pump was quite badly worn. A well known problem and there are several cures for it but since points were so unevenly worn . . . → Read More: Dr Bean Fuel Pump Mod Covered the disassembly in a previous post. Had a few minor problems that I covered earlier. After cleaning up all the parts, ran them through the “parts washer”: Forgot to add this seal that sits behind one of the bearings in the engine case so had to pop that bearing out, was easy since . . . → Read More: Honda XR 400 Engine Assembly Have the bike almost back together by now but will write some about the problems I had during the rebuild. The teardown can be found here. Part of this rebuild taking so long has been that I ordered parts from all over the world to save money and finding good prices and shipping took longer . . . → Read More: Honda XR 400 Engine Rebuild Problems So after last summers engine failure on the Honda XR 400 I have been working most of the winter and cause of trouble getting parts and some setbacks it has taken a lot longer then I would have like getting it back together. So when it came to the cam axle the auto decompressor feels . . . → Read More: Honda XR 400 Automatic Decompressor Removal On the new KTM 990R Adventure I wanted to add an oil pressure gauge. After some searching around I choose to go with a mechanical dial gauge. Have seen nice solutions with an oil pressure gauge mounted in the front fairing but that would be hard with a mechanical gauge to have a hose connected . . . → Read More: KTM Adventure Oil Pressure Gauge Installation With the CPR trio there is some space for a compressor under the Snap-out bracket: And beside the headlight there is room enough for the horn: Clear hose is the for horns, braided hose seen is for the oil pressure gauge installation: Some foam and zip ties to fasten the pump: . . . → Read More: KTM 990R Adventure Air Horn Installation So for the 990R I choose to go with the CPR Trio. Did not properly install the Dog House in the previous post but had it in place with the clamps that came with it: But once getting the tanks on they are tight against the frame and squeezes the clamps, and that style . . . → Read More: CPR “Snap-Out” Dog House |
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