scotty's adventure bike...............2008 yamaha wr250x: A few more bike mods..

A few mods..

Since getting the ims tank, i've been tinkering with a few other mods, getting ready for next weeks ride in Utah. Here's a few of them.

Radiator guard. Flatlands.

LED tail light, brake light, turn signal combo.

I added this to the existing brake & tail light, but removed the stock blinkers. I might add a couple more led blinkers later.

I re worked the light housing & plate holder & added a pipe standoff for my saddlebags.

Open up airbox more..

I don't know if it helps much, but i decided to open up the air box some more.. it didn't seem like the basic flapper mod gives more air flow, & i didn't see any reason to keep the whole top of the air box, if i was going to hack it up, anyway. I would gain maybe an inch if i get underwater.. an event i seldom encounter, so i just took off the top.

I used a small drill bit to take out the plastic rivets.. i didn't drill them all the way down, just the tops.

Then i popped off the top with a small screwdriver.. no problems.

Pull it off.. no snorkel, but no restrictions, either.

I was able to put my alloy tire iron/wrench combos, a spark plug wrench, Tow strap, & a small bicycle pump with CO2 filler under the seat. it doesn't block the air flow, & gives some useful storage.

Stebel Nautilus horn.
I loved my *loud* horn on my drz, so i kept it when i switched to the yamaha. I had to split it.. the pump from the horn, but i was able to put it under the shroud. I rewired, remounted it a couple of times, then ended up with the pump beside the radiator overflow, & the horn where the old horn was. You can see it in the pics below.

Left side protection.

Since i decided to leave off the scoops & shrouds for a bit, i thought some better protection for the stuff on the left side would be in order.

I put in a couple of box aluminum struts from the frame to the bracket that supports everything on this side.