Apr 15, 20204 min readKTM 990 Part 10Not a lot to do this week since I am waiting on tools and parts, but I still managed to accomplish a little on my build. First, I had to...
Apr 10, 20202 min readKTM 990, Part 9 : New Tools are the CoolestWell, the new Motion Pro Bead Breakers showed up today, so I thought I would give them a go on that stubborn rear tire. I didn't hold out...
Apr 8, 20205 min read990 Part 8, Baby StepsYeah, baby steps for sure. In addition to all the cleaning and ordering of new parts to replace worn out or broken stuff, I am having to...
Apr 6, 20202 min read990 Refresh, Part 7Yet another day of work on the bike. A pretty easy day overall, but lots accomplished. First, I went back and redid some of the work on...
Apr 6, 20203 min read990 Refresh...Where is all this dirt coming from?!It's been several days since I've updated this project, but I have been hard at work on it. Mostly, I'm cleaning, removing parts and then...
Mar 26, 20202 min read990 Adventure Refresh, Part 5 or Why am I doing this to myselfToday was another day of discovering things that are broken, dirty or just plain worn out. I had realized that in order to remove the...
Mar 26, 20201 min read2007 990 Adventure RefreshIt seems the more I work on this project, the more it becomes about cleaning. The service will require access to the top, front and right...
Mar 23, 20203 min read990 Adventure Refresh Part 3Well, with the world losing its collective mind during the Covid 19 outbreak, I have tons of spare time on my hand. Unfortunately, the...
Mar 19, 20203 min read990 Adventure Rebuild/Refresh Part 2Well, during this period of self quarantine/social distancing we all should be doing to avoid the current virus crisis, I find myself...
Mar 18, 202010 min readRefresh of a 2001 Yamaha YZ250Another look back for me. I bought myself a YZ250 2 stroke dirt bike to do some trail riding here in Arizona back in 2015. It was pretty...
Mar 18, 20203 min read2007 KTM 990 Adventure Rebuild Part 1I bought this bike from a fellow in Payson, AZ on Friday the 13th, May 2020. It had 35k miles on the odomotor and was in need not only of...