Javier is assembling the engine.Not very speedy but steady.
The new piston and rings are there(0,25 from standard) and the piston rod too.
The head with new valves and retainers too.The cilinder has been burnished.
The cam chain , tensioner and guides are there.Dumper too.
So we will have a buisy week!

So the new driveshaft is there!sprocket and lock too.All Honda Japan.
It looks like the crank is gone too,to much wear(expensive little piece).
Piston and rings will be replaced too.
More pictures.......

Today,Javier took the engine from the frame.Men this one was dirty!
Oil and grease from decades,hahaha.But he enjoyed cleaning it with steam.
What can i say,BOYS TOYS.

So my trusty bike is in DAKARMOTOS NOW!
First steps where taken and the periferial things dismounted.Tank,chain,skid plate,etc.
The drive shaft and sprocket looked like Beirut after the bombing!!!!!
Completly worn out and imposible to use!
Here the first pictures.
Javier got his new working toy.A hidraulic ramp!
More to come

I like to pay a visit to the land that started my traveller spirit.
It is a mixture of weather(semidesertic) and human spirit. The geographie of mountains is the one i like most. Mixed that with RIPIO and good weather and i feel like a child with candys.
Not to speak of good food. And i mean natural grown things. Chickens that eat what a chicken should do! Allmost everything taste so good!
From tee to soup.The water has no chemical adds.
Bread is done by some Comechingon indians.They call it "caserito" and means home made.One of those with good mate and dulce de leche.......is the best way to wake up in the winter mornings.
Our house there has no gas.So we need to cook our stuff with the old iron stoven.
It has a serpentine conected to the water pipes in order to heat the warm water tank.After a few days all your stuff and clothes smell like smoked!!!!!
This time i decided to take the little C-90 up to the sierras in LA POBLACIÓN.A smal town 10 miles from SAN JAVIER.
It is a quiet allmost boring place.You can reach many natural beauties from there.I decided for two.Los Chorros and the Rancho from Chicho Ferreyra.
The first one was ok,nice little spring in the moutain base.But the Rancho was far better!
This family lives like 100 years back in time.No electricity,no water lines,no alarms(hahahah)just them and theyr sheeps.
As i allways do when visiting special people like them i bring a few edible items as a gift for their hospitality.Mostly dryed pasta or Yerba.
The rancho is very nice and clean.Roosters and chickens walk all around.It is protected by a heavy fence of espinillo(thorn bush)and wire.Pumas are regular visitors at nigth.
I will be visiting them again in the summer with my XR.
We had beautyfull days of a warm winter.Cold at nigths but dry and sunny.

So so, slowly but surely my next longer trip is beginning to take form.
I decide to go to Bolivia in september 2007.
As today it will be a solo or two bike trip. as long as four weeks.Maybe a slip into Peru? it depends on time and weather.
But first i need to do some things on my bike.
Take the engine down and replace the worn out parts that apear in the process.
73.000 miles on the 650 cc!
This days of cold are excellent for this task.So Javier we will be drinking a lot of mate and eating a few facturas.Hahahaha.
Soon other update.

And now member of this nice blog-anatics group

It must be strong as my XR starter,but how good it works!She took me every place i wanted to go with.Our old C-90 "Econo-Power" is 14 years old and still running fine.
I did many tripps to the Sierras , crossing small brooks and climbing old tracks.
Got fresh Peperina at 2370 meters high placed Rancho Ferreyra.
Had a great time at my beloved San Javier.Even my youngest son Sven had his first ripio rides with me,so he askes all the time for more!!!!

Its DAKAR time,but for sure not "the" racing.
One of those days i encounter a few RTW bikes,standing outside a bike shop.
A few days later having spark problems on my bike i decided to go there.....to DAKARMOTOS.
It was solved quick and since then i am a regular visiter customer and MATE drinker there.
Sandra and Javier run this shop that is specialized in atending the real RTW biker .From little to a moderate better prepared shop.Honesty is there brand!
Foreigners,locals with familys enjoy there hospitality.

S0 soon the bike was tested in ripio,i decided to adapt my old TESCH panniers to my new bike.So a new frame was build.It took me two weeks of cutting,welding and bending......but done!
Now i can choose the way of travelling.Soft or hard.