I just finished up putting an ElectroSport HID2 lighting kit on a Service Honda Junior R.  This bike is pretty cool.  It is a CRF250R motor stuck into a 150 frame.  We used one of our ESL960 stators, a Dakar battery, and a ESR600 regulator/rectifier to power the light.  The headlight shell is one of our Dakar lights with the HID upgrade.

This picture is straight from the camera…

As you can see, these lights are stupid bright.  Even better, these come in an optional 2 lamp bulb.  Two HID lights in a single bulb!  This install was with a single lamp only due to the small motor’s stator.  The ballasts are really compact and fit so well that you barely notice they are there.

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After Church this morning I went to lunch which was literally around the corner from the Octoberfest in Old Fort. So I decided to see how Nellie would do in the duck race.

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Friday night we decided to hit the road and check out the mountain music performers in Old Fort, a town 15 miles away.. I absolutely love the rolling green hills with farms, cattle and houses in this area. Wonderful.

The band at the Octoberfest in Old Fort, NC

We filled the filter with the washed course gravel, then the fine gravel and then the washed sand. The standing water level above the bio-sand is critical and we adjusted the quantity of sand accordingly.

Here you can see the surface of the sand

Monday I started class in Marion, NC at an organization called Equip International. They train people for mission work in various parts of the world. The various courses teach students how to drill water wells, locally make bio-sand filters for cleaning polluted water, they get a two week hands on medical training, learn about implementing community sanitary programs, etc. It is very thorough.

Our classroom

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The GS is coming apart.  All the way apart.

I was one of those kids that took everything apart.  My dad taught me how to solder at the age of 4.  I “borrowed” his tools all of the time to fix broken stuff around the house… and then proceeded to sell it back to him for half price.  It was actually a pretty good deal for all involved.  I learned that the easy part is the taking apart… the putting back together can be the challenge!

I have also learned long ago that I think a little differently than a lot of people.  I literally see things… in my head.  Wiring diagrams, heat dissipation on regulator/rectifiers, you name it.  I see this bike done already.  In three dimensions.  I can ride it already… feel the power… the pegs dragging through a corner…

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