Archive for March, 2010

Suffering from MRD (Motorcycle Related Depression)

It should come as no surprise to anyone, when something goes wrong, it kind of sets a mood that continues to cascade, bringing everything around it down to a level of misery that can’t be enjoyed at the value in which it is worth.

That kind of sums of the last few weeks for me.

As mentioned in “High’s, Low’s, and Somewhere In Between”, the KLR ended up with a leaky mechanical seal.  This in itself isn’t a huge problem. It is an easy fix, rather cheap (for the part itself), and the mechanical skill needed is somewhere around the 7 out of 10 range due to pressing seals out and back in. So nothing too entirely difficult for me.

So with the parts ordered, I waited patiently for them to show up.

And I waited

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Updates to come

Work has been taking up a good portion of my time lately, but I have some updates coming soon!

February Roundup

February has now come and gone, and we are now on our way to March! Spring is just around the corner, or if you are here in the Northwest, you have been enjoying a taste of it for some time now!
This month should be an exciting month!
We’ll have a look inside a KLR for a 685 Big Bore Kit, a 3 day weekend shakedown camping trip, and a new rider review as well as Research Overload coming up!

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