@jwhat If you want to chat about particular design parameters, I have managed break/fix/break/fix one rather endlessly. Mine is getting more robust w...

@bogdan Bogdan, you should be fine, if you read up a little on the handling characteristics of a rig. There is a lot of stuff on this site in the "Li...

@miles-ladue Ha Ha, or is it those C note tips? 😆

Hey Bogdan, welcome to the crazy world of hacks and opinions! For what it is worth: My Honda Africa Twin rig (CRF1100) has the same 4.5" x 18" rim ...

If you picked up two sets of these folding ramps, you would probably be fine... I bought one set for use as a wheel chair ramp for a friend to be ab...

This Harbor Fright Scissor lift looks somewhat appealing... $1,500 bucks or so, low enough profile to leave in place in a garage bay. Link This g...

This one... Now about that super charger, 2wd on demand, hack frame that isn't made out of butter, subframe that isn't made out of butter, etc... ...

Well Friends,It was a pleasant enough afternoon, so decided to conclude my round of maintenance on BBTSG by repairing my "temporary" tail/brake light ...

@miles-ladue Yeah, I could try that... The Scott oil got a little hard to find...

c't'dRemounted the wheel to the hack axel, set the stand next to it, to use the pointer, and continued to screw with spoke tension.Got it to less than...

Well Friends,It was just about perfect temps in the shop, this evening, so talked myself into at least putting the back end back together on Black Bet...

I'm pretty lucky, in that he works for one of the aerospace majors and has access to most machine tools. 😀

c't'd from aboveBrought the wheel over to Claude's shop, thinking that I might borrow an M8 x 1.25 progressive threading die. I had managed to forget ...