Thinking outside the box...Post your Farkels!

[beechum1]

Originally Posted by FMFDOC

You should have seen what he did with the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, Dorothy, and her little dog Toto too...

You see the big green glow in the dark house up on the hill?

[TheLandYacht]

On a similar vein, I did the same with my glasses a while back. Had a set of frames I absolutely loved...except for one thing, the very tips of the earpieces dug into the backs of my ears. 2 layers of shrink tube, problem solved.

Originally Posted by AngryScot

not truly bike related, but my sunglasses failed, with the small metal wire that is used for adjusting the fit started to poke through the rubber. Happens from pushing them past the helmet foam while putting them on.
2 pieces of shrink tube and done, tougher than before and no head spikes , plus the color matched.

[TheLandYacht]

I really need that farkle!

Originally Posted by KHJPHOTO

In the old days there was this:

[HighTechCoonass]

ideas?..

Originally Posted by motoraptor

Thanks for the inspiration Frostbit. I found a trash can lid of my own and adapted it after the BMW deflectors made for freezing hands. Weird feeling to have your palms burning from the grips and your fingers numb from cold.

Anyway, they garbage lid option works beautifully for keeping the weather off and the cold out, and I think it complements the look of the bike too. Thanks also for inspiring me to stop lurking.

[karlm-c]

heres my baby. everything on it i made myself! its my daily driver, and i live in northern VT at a ski resort.

[russ81]

Love the ammo cans. I have the same ones. Can you show some more pictures of how you mounted them? It would be greatly appreciated !

[karlm-c]

I dont have any pictures of my rack on my computer, Ill take some tomorrow if i can think of it. got some more pictures though






wired for power

had to make a box for my heated grip switch, old bandaid box

spare fuel/ fuel for my camp stove (it works with reg gas)



homemade seat cushion

quick release for my seat, old door latch.

quickjack



antifog facemask

[livetosail]

Originally Posted by karlm-c

antifog facemask

If that doesn't say 'mad genius' I don't know what does.

[Urbandrag]

Not homemade but it's recycled!


Garmin Oregon 300
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Burnsmoto USB charger

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3BR Powersports USB cable for Garmins.

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Axle boot from an HPI Baja 5b. http://www.hpiracing.com/products/en/86479/

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And almost forgot!
Big thanks to Paul from Highway Dirt Bikes for the custom bracket for the charger!

[JimVonBaden]

From this:



To this:


To this:


To this:


Jim

[Shov3BR]

...or if you prefer thinking inside the box with a turnkey solution:

3BR Powersports Panel TAPP and TAPP CAPPed GPS Charging Cable



Setup mounted on HDB Top Clamp with homemade bracket (OK a tiny bit of outside the box)



Before the HDB top clamp and a bunch of other mods & farkles



How weather resistant? How about waterproof.


-Shov

[noisytoys]

Honey! have you seen my new cutting board?



Ermmmh , I thougt it ended up somewhere... badly cut, not?



Emergency rescue of the rear fork

[ThumperStorm]

Originally Posted by Newner

I ride a KLR and to strap a $400 luggage systems to my bike would break the fundamental KLR code of frugalness:

I almost went with a milk crate but I found a $5 dollar bill that was blowing around in the parking lot so I created the:

NewnerLoop!!!!

Ingrediants:

(1) One old pair of coveralls found in the trunk of my car.

(2) 3 buckles and some strapping from WalMart

(3) Some skill and expertise from my Mother who already fixed a hole on then leg of my coveralls years ago


ENJOY












Also: Before you guys tell me how awful it looks.... this is just the 1st one and I plan on dyeing black.
Furthermore, for you guys who are going to freak about water proofing, I can probably go back to Walmart and pick some rain pants that would cover the whole system.

What a great place to sew on some patches!

[livetosail]

Originally Posted by FMFDOC

Looks like a hillbilly straddling you!

Highly functional... and strangely erotic.

[Mambo Dave]

Did you have a second set of foot pegs?

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

Jim