the season

'Tis the season all right... the season for freezing your arse off!

Well, to get in the spirit a bit, I hung some lights on the garage...



And improvised a christmas tree by using the contents of my recycle bin..




(ok, ok, neither of these pictures are mine.. but funny nonetheless!)

On second thought..

I think he'll come to be known as " 'Lester" for short.. seems a little less.. uh.. gross.. but funny nonetheless.

I know, I know.. it's doesn't have two wheels, so what the **&% is it doing on this blog? Well, at least you can fit a motorcycle inside of it! :D I had some visions of grandeur of riding through the winter on the TT.. and while I made it pretty far, and fared pretty well last week in the snows, I decided it was time for something with four sides and a heater.. As cheap transportation goes, you can't beat one of these tanks.. and with an upcoming (in town) move, I figured this would eliminate the need to rent a truck when that time comes around..
Anyway, I dig it.. u like?

I named it "The Molester", for obvious reasons...

'93 E150 V6 with 117k for 850 bucks..

KLR gets a new tank!

Continuing with the preparations of the KLR.. I swapped out the stock metal tank for a 6.6 gallon IMS plastic version.. while I was at it, I replaced the failure-prone, vacuum petcock with a full-manual one from a Yamaha WR400.. a perfect fit and smooth as silk..

Unfortunately, my Wolfman tank bag doesn't work so well on this tank.. So I guess I'll be switching to the Wolfman tank panniers instead.. oh well.. small price to pay for a 350 mile range!

Check out how bad ass this set up looks now!

The Tt gets some undercover tool storage!

I also had a growing need to store a few tools on the TT.. It's a simple machine with not a lot of space or ability to carry things... I had a small waterproof box installed on the rear fender housing my tools, but was back to square one when I removed it to facilitate a larger flat-cargo area.. Luckily, I had this tool tube from GTMoto laying around from the GS.. it didn't work on the KLR, so... add a couple more stainless hose clamps, and viola! undercover tool storage!

The TT gets a custom cargo rack!

So, I discovered, after attempting to strap a rather large box to the back of the TT one day, that it was in need of a little more stable cargo-carrying capacity.. I racked my brain for a couple days trying to come up with a cheap, yet functional solution for the problem.. and came up with this.. I cut the bottom off of a milk crate, fab'ed a bracket out of 1/2" aluminum square tube, and fashioned the rack on with stainless hose clamps.. pretty cheap.. pretty functional..