Monthly Archives: July 2006

Dual-sport weekend post mortem

Posted on July 10, 2006 by carolyn

Lots and lots of lessons learned from this past weekend’s dualsport ride. good. The XT did really well on the trip. REALLY well. It ate up those 500 miles and could have kept going on into infinity. The 30 L … Continue reading →

Posted in Trips and Travels, XT225 | 6 Comments

Gonna get dirty this weekend!

Posted on July 5, 2006 by carolyn

So, why the reason for all the XT225 mods lately? Because we’re GOING RIDING, that’s why!! A few of us over at Sport-Touring.net have dualsports in addition to our streetbikes, so we decided to do an overnight trip. Our cast … Continue reading →

Posted in The Daily Grind | 3 Comments

Installing Tusk D-Flex handguards on the XT225

Posted on July 4, 2006 by carolyn

OK, last XT225 write-up for a couple of weeks. 😉 Installing Tusk D-Flex handguards

Posted in Wrenching, XT225 | 4 Comments

Installing a tool tube on the XT225

Posted on July 2, 2006 by carolyn

Are you sick of XT225 write-ups yet? I hope not, because here’s another one, and there’ll be another one probably tomorrow or the day after. 😉 Installing a PVC tool tube.

Posted in Wrenching, XT225 | 3 Comments

Making cheap rear racks from PVC pipe

Posted on July 2, 2006 by carolyn

Since the rear rack I’d bought for my XT is backordered, Peter and I needed to come up with something for next weekend’s Sport-Touring.net dualsport ride. Here’s the write-up for our el-cheapo PVC rear racks.

Posted in Wrenching, XT225 | 5 Comments