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I've read that the stripped out hole is just the right size for a 1/2"-20 tap. If you tap that hole with a 1/2"-20 tap, you can replace the original 12mm drain bolt with a 1/2"-20 bolt. If you go this route, I'd remove the oil pan, so there's no chance of getting metal shavings inside the...

How handy are you? I can envision a spacer plate that would allow the handles to be raised, but it's something you'd have to make yourself out of aluminum plate. This is a very rough sketch of what I had in mind. I see it being made from something like 3/16" aluminum plate. The height of...

I wasn't able to remove it with a chisel either. My solution was to take the steering head to the motorcycle shop and have them remove the bearing and put on the new one. That was $35.00 well spent.

A friend and I spent two days out riding a ton of dirt and gravel roads in the Pisgah National Forest area in western North Carolina. It was a nonstop good ride, even with the sudden sleet and windstorm we got caught in up on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and a road that was blocked by a fallen tree...

I don't think that's the case, Dirt Dad. Like I said earlier, my criteria for a bike boils down just a few requirements: 1) It has to provide a good solid platform for loaded two up touring, where the pillion has some level of comfort for long distances and isn't perched on the pillion saddle...

I didn't realize it was a chain drive; for some reason I always assumed it was shaft. I think Kawasaki must have changed their marketing for the Versys. I recall once upon a time they were classing it as their ADV bike, but the most recent advertising I saw on Kawasaki's website seems to focus...

No, they are still available.

I caught that last year at some point in my never ending search for decent motorcycle documentaries. I found myself getting annoyed by the English dubbing for the two guys' voices; I would have rather had it subtitled, as the dubbing made it seem like a kaiju film. Nice cinematography though...

As weird as it sounds, I haven't ridden any motorcycle except the Super Tenere since August 2014. No test rides, no "hey, let's switch bikes", nothing.

LOL, that's the sort of systematic approach I usually take, and get endlessly mocked for.

Nice to read a first hand experience review of this bike. I actually started another thread recently on what some viable choices would be for a replacement for my 100,000 mile plus Super Tenere, and the Tracer 9GT was one that I was considering. It's especially helpful, since the review is...

I like the Transalp, and the Tenere 700. I just don't think either one would be the idea choice for a lot of two-up loaded riding. Admittedly, that criteria does narrow my choices when it comes to ADV style bike to the heavyweight class. I've looked at the Tracer 9GT, and thought the stats...

Since some projects never seem to actually be done. Here's an addition to my motorcycle/automotive toolbox dolly from way back on post #16,927, Pg 847, from a little over a year ago: I built a screwdriver rack for the dolly, so I don't have to keep fishing around in the lower box for a...