Horizons Unlimited - The HUBB - To keep on keep'in on

I love this "Bodger Fix"!! Straight to the heart of adventure motorcycling!!

Here are a few that kept me going....

1) Top frame bolts snapped on my klr (They were upgraded high tensile??)

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Tied the klr frame together with chord and rode it 40km back to a town, standing up, to keep the weight off the back.

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The rawness of Chilean backyard mechanics was exposed when the bolts were drilled out on a 30 degree angle. :nono:

So we hammered/forced a big bolt right the way through both (now large and obscure) bolt holes and welded it permanently... Touched up with silver paint, It was never going to brake again.

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2) Head bolts stripped...

Found a piece of metal that fits over the head of the bolt and then tied it down to anything you can find with wire...

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It was fine for two days.

Later the thread on the bolt was just extended by cutting, inserting and soldering, this allowed the use of a good 5mm of normally unused thread at the bottom of the bolt hole.

Otherwise welding on a bolt with a bigger thread and a matching re-thread....

3) Replacing sprockets and brake pads were a problem until...

Something that seems to be done all the time!!!

Is to let someone cut the bolt pattern out of your old sprocket and weld it into a new.

Brakes were the same, they just cut then glue new pads on.

SO EASY, SO CHEAP... I stopped ever trying to find originals.

4) Oh My Favorite!!! Dead dampener in the rear mono-shock... Bouncing like a Roo (kangeroo ) on speed as the southern Mexico boarder was crossed.

After a thorough search of Villa Hermosa for a replacement or repair. I ended up entrusting these three with an idea i was certainly skeptical about!!

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They removed the shock from the spring and replaced it with one from a peugeot 207 car.... After a little bit of fabrication they had it the correct length and had the right bolt holes on the top and bottom.

When on the stand, the bike extended a little high and often needed to be parked with the stand facing down the hill.

On the road in was an infinite improvement on bouncing, it rode a little differently but all terrain was conquered easily enough and this little number got me to Deadhorse, Alaska.

Mucho mas gracias amigos... :thumbup1: