Off season fun

sks rider · Apr 11, 2011

My summer fun.

Danbot · Apr 30, 2011

The toy I get to play with at work, just shot this the other day for kicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vweCpxfFlZg

Danbot · May 19, 2011

Whats up boys and girls

I got me a new summer project to soak up all my spare time!
Picked up an old Kawasaki KX500 that I am going to build a hill climber out of. I've been meaning to find an old 500 for a couple years now, I only had 2 requirements: liquid cooled, and rear disc brakes. This one met both, and was free so its a good starting point!

What I ended up with is 2 incomplete bikes, the more complete one is a 1987 and the lesser is a 1985. I have 90% of the 1987 so will just need to ebay up a few things and then rebuild my way through the rest of the bike. What I cant use from the 1985 I will part out to compensate for what I need to buy for the 1987.

Gotta love how massive the cylinder looks next to the comparatively small 900cfi cylinder!

So far my list is pretty small:
ebay parts:
-sub-frame
-seat
-inner clutch hub
-coil

New parts:
-all engine / trans bearings and seals
-piston kit
-gaskets
-clutch
-plastic

94fordguy · May 19, 2011

Nice, looks like you got something to keep you busy then:beer;

I hadn't seen that video you posted till now:face-icon-small-blu Very nice! I would love to play in that sand-box :face-icon-small-hap:face-icon-small-hap

Danbot · May 19, 2011

Haha yup playing in a big sandbox with tonka's is basically what I do at work, love my job!

94fordguy · May 19, 2011

I don't have any new 'toys' so to speak, but I did pick myself up something new last weekend... A 2002 Interstate 3-place enclosed trailer I found on the west side of the state. All in all it's been pretty well cared for and I have spent most of this week cleaning it up further and starting to set it up to my liking (and budget, lol) I wish I would have had this sooner, would have been nice to take a spare sled up to Revy... oh well.

Not really an off-season gizmo, but it's almost the end of the season, haha.

P.S. I peeled off the Cat stickers today and got 1 of my new Polaris stickers put on.. the other 2 go on tomorrow

Danbot · May 19, 2011

You best get to peeling that arctic cat sticker off asap! Looks like a nice trailer Seth, good buy. Wow thats alot of space between the axles, Gotta be almost a meter eh?!:canada:

94fordguy · May 19, 2011

Danbot said:
You best get to peeling that arctic cat sticker off asap! Looks like a nice trailer Seth, good buy. Wow thats alot of space between the axles, Gotta be almost a meter eh?!:canada:

lol...

Thanks Dan... :beer;

P.S. I peeled off the Cat stickers today and got 1 of my new Polaris stickers put on.. the other 2 go on tomorrow

haha, no, closer to a yard

Tracked real nice bringing it home 130 miles over Snoqualmie Pass, but it does hop a little bit when I do really tight turns, haha. Gonna put in a folding shelf/table thing in the nose for setting gear or other stuff on when at the snow-park, other than that, not too sure if I'm gonna add anything else or not.... Still gotta shine up the diamondplate on the outside with my powerball and do some touch-up under the back ramp... I got the front ramp all cleaned up the other day

Danbot · May 19, 2011

Ahhh thats better!

POLZIN · May 20, 2011

Off season already? Its still snowing in New Mexico Im riding pow tomorrow ! Its been dumping for3 days in the high country! Suppposed to snow next week too!

diamonddave · May 20, 2011

Nice trailer Seth. You'll appreciate that enclosed alot on those long distance trips. The extra room for tools and spare sled(s).

Danbot · Jun 16, 2011

braaAAAP

The last pic is where my bike ended up coming to a stop after a near wipeout... almost went over the ledge... probably 30 feet down! yikes
(Sean, that's almost 10 meters eh)

Danbot · Jul 2, 2011

New mods to my bike:

FMF Gnarly pipe, Stealthy 10oz flywheel weight, Hammerhead gear shift lever, SDG lightweight seat, Bar mounted Garmin GPS, fresh Acerbis plastic, and a graphics kit. Ive been riding ALOT this summer so far, loving it.

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Z-Man · Jul 2, 2011

Danbot said:
New mods to my bike:

FMF Gnarly pipe, Stealthy 10oz flywheel weight, Hammerhead gear shift lever, SDG lightweight seat, Bar mounted Garmin GPS, fresh Acerbis plastic, and a graphics kit. Ive been riding ALOT this summer so far, loving it.

Doesn't look like you are riding at all, not a scratch on it.

Danbot · Jul 2, 2011

Z-Man said:
Doesn't look like you are riding at all, not a scratch on it.

Lol, that's why I took this pic directly after installing the new plastic. It will never look the same again! These kits do hold up pretty well though.. really thick decals.

Danbot · Aug 10, 2011

Here's some recent helmet cam footage dudes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxoqnnCUts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68bzjUMv9Dg

Danbot · Oct 6, 2011

Biking season is winding down for me, here's a bunch of pics, more pics, and here's my Youtube Channel with a bunch of helmet cam movies.

Hoping for a stellar sledding season to mach my summer! What kind of trouble did you guys get into in the sun?!

Z-Man · Oct 6, 2011

Snowing all over in the mountains right now.

94fordguy · Oct 6, 2011

Z-Man said:
Snowing all over in the mountains right now.

There was snow on the mountians west of town this morning... too bad I didn't have my camera handy when the clouds broke.....

Mech Engr · Oct 7, 2011

Summer fun

Week in Yellowstone and a week in Glacier where we were snowed on at the end of June and couldn't get through the park East to West becuase the road was under 20+ feet of snow!! Saw snowmobile tracks at Yellowstone when traving the North loop over the pass. The entire side of a mountain was covered with them! I took my 30 foot trailer and my cummins to tow it (pictured). Wife and kids loved the trip!!