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You could just get on a plane with your credit card and passport and buy or rent everything you need when you get there. That includes the bike, riding gear, etc. etc.
Gear Up! is a 2-DVD set, 6 hours! Which bike is right for me? How do I prepare the bike? What stuff do I need - riding gear, clothing, camping gear, first aid kit, tires, maps and GPS? What don't I need? How do I pack it all in? Lots of opinions from over 150 travellers! "will save you a fortune!"See the trailer here!
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On the Road! is 5.5 hours of the tips and advice you need to cross borders, break down language barriers, overcome culture shock, ship the bike and deal with breakdowns and emergencies."Just makes me want to pack up and go!" See the trailer here!
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Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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XT600E with MIKUNI single carb doable!
Hi all. A few of you might've read that I'm fitting a Mikuni BST40 carb on my 1990 XT600E..
Here is the deal.
IT is doable, BUT.. (HOLD your breath)
Parts needed:
Mikuni BST40 carburetor
Grizzly 600 2-1intake manifold. part number: 4WV-13586-00-00 (superseeded by 4WV-13586-01-00
TWO O-rings part number: 93210-36769-00 OR you can use your stock XT's stock manifolds O-rings that fit nicely.
Grizzly 660 JOINT, CARBURETOR part number: 5KM-13596-00-00
Two clamps to lock and hold the rubber boot in place.
Now you can stop holding your breath. lol
Rear shock has to be moved a little back about 40-50mm, a mount has to be made.
For the carb to fit in its place you have to CUT some metal on where I'll be pointing on the pictures give or take a little metal lol
Tomorrow a friend welder is comming here to do the work and advise me on what has to be and can be done and what has to be "reinforced"..
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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Lol hey
Notice at the shock location... it is exactly 55mm (center to center screws) towards the back of the frame on the small gap where the top of the air box holds onto the frame (two holes on a strip of metal that is welded onto both sides of the frame).
The shock, with my YZ250 front forks, is spot on with me on the bike lol! the seat height increases a bit matching the 5cm increase on the front and I like it lol
The kickstand will have to be increased by about 15cm guesstimate..I didn't actually measure it... or get a MX one with similar needed length that can be fitted..
Stock air box: I got to check if there is enough clearance for the rear shock but for now I can only say that it has to go back about 5cm from the top mounting holes...because of this the right seat plastic panel looses it's mounting hole..
Since I want to make a fiberglass airbox-battery-CDI (or TCI?) holder and a LowerMudguard-taillight/license plate holder I'm not really worried about the stock airbox..
The "worst" part of all this I guess will probably be finding the correct carb settings..
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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pictures pictures pictures
Found a simple, easy to do, short-term solution for the carb-to-airbox air duct.
As the name says, It is a very flexible Air Duct in aluminum type of foil but is not the most apropriate because it isn't smooth on the inside of this tube, it is "wrinkled" which will probably cause some air turbulence from the airbox to the carb.
I will try to either fit some high quality aluminum duct tape on the inside of the air duct OR will be making something somewhat more difficult but also interesting thing which is.........liquid resin or epoxy glue on the inside just enough to make it SMOOOOOTH
BTW, for the most curious, I will have the rear shock fitted and welded into the new position later tonight I hope!
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
Posts: 1,544
New technology versus old technology and more power lol
plus...I needed to gain 2inches on the rear of my bike because I fitted some front forks off a 2002 YZ250 which gave me 2 inches height on the front...
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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humm... I thing I've just t he cap of the carb... it had a vent on top side which most BST40's do not have.
Since that vent had already been closed-covered it from the top and inside AND since the Grizzly carb doesn't have it, I went and cut the top vent!
Now I got a 6.5mm hole on the top of the carb cap which I have to "close" it
Any ideas on how to fix this besides getting a new cap? it's about 45USD plus shipping :confused1:
Location: XXX<-Portugal->Azores->Santa Maria (island)
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Well.. I think I've fixed it! lol
I've put a stainless steel screw that was just slightly larger than the hole and gave it a couple of turns in so it was surface with the interior.
After that I cut the rest of the screw.
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