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By Johan, on September 8th, 2012% So was going to go to the bottom with the oil leak on the KTM, for some time it has been spitting a little oil out.
Im suspecting the cylinder base gasket but hoping its the oil pressure sensor, so stripped the bike to clean it:
As you can see its quite messy:
. . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Oil Leak
By Johan, on August 23rd, 2012% So after visiting my friend it was time to head back home.
Made it home but brought a cold with me so feel a little under the weather!
First day getting home I spent on smaller tarmac roads still not much interesting happening, passing by this police force going through a stopped car, notice the . . . → Read More: Road back home
By Johan, on August 17th, 2012% Built a homemade one, did not take that many detailed pictures but did some cardboard mockups:
Once I had some size info I had some help from a local company building aluminum trailer with the cutting and bending and welding.
First raw form needed some more shaping to fit:
Clearance:
Getting there:
. . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Extra Rear Fuel Tank
By Johan, on August 17th, 2012% Day 2
Have had some requests for the GPS Track from this and it can be downloaded, called 2012 Skellefteå till Linköping.
Started day day with some slab to cover some distance and when fueling up overfilled the fuel, great start:
Some areas are beautiful:
Mixed in some unpaved but good roads and . . . → Read More: Heading south to visit a friend Day 2 and 3
By Johan, on August 14th, 2012% Since I at some weak moment in the spring promised to work the entire normal Swedish vacation I now have some time off work so going to head south to visit a friend that moved there.
First day I did not need to cover that many kilometers since first night will be spent at the . . . → Read More: Heading south to visit a friend Day 1
By Johan, on August 13th, 2012% This season has not contained as much riding as I had hoped and even the hopes and dreams this summer was quite low.
But have had to fill oil every other ride and the engine looks messier and messier even the rear wheel looks filthy part is probably chain lube but its to much to . . . → Read More: Checking the oil leak on the KTM 950 Adventure
By Johan, on August 13th, 2012% When looking over an oil leak I also went ahead and synced the carbs since its easy when everything is exposed.
For syncing the carbs I went penny tech with a wooden board and a hose with some engine oil in it, a more brightly colored oil makes it easier to view the levels but . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Synchronizing Carburetors
By Johan, on August 5th, 2012% So have been able to do some riding even if its only been shorter local rides it sure has been plenty fun!
Had some help through Facebook after some pictures from our bomb shelter ride were posted about an old road between Bastuträsk and Norsjö.
Had a request for the more detailed route of the . . . → Read More: Local riding end of July 2012
By Johan, on July 29th, 2012% Bought some spare parts for the big KTM a while back including a set of extra forks and when the stock forks started leaking I just simply swapped to the spare, finally got around to changing the fork seals in the stock set.
The set that I had on the bike did not feel in . . . → Read More: KTM 950 Adventure Fork Swap
By Johan, on July 25th, 2012% So a group of 6 brave motorcyclists set out on a quest to check out and old bomb shelter made to accommodate train carts carrying artillery.
Have put together a video from the riding:
First real break was after this wrong turn taking us to a dead end:
Not everyone of the group . . . → Read More: Checking out old bomb shelter
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