K.P.

K.P.

by | Oct 14, 2021

Nothing beats a meal cooked over an open fire and eaten outdoors, but how do you deal with clean-up? Dirty dishes and scraps of food are sure to attract pests if not attended to. Rinsing your cook ware in the creek will leave an unsightly mess on the stream bed and...
Processing Tipi Poles

Processing Tipi Poles

by | Oct 9, 2021

I need forty poles for the longhouse I want to put together next spring, so I stopped by Trout Lake Ranger Station to buy a permit.  There are only two plots where harvesting poles is allowed and the selection isn’t great, but what are you going to do?  ...
Installing Wrayal’s Sidecar

Installing Wrayal’s Sidecar

by | Oct 2, 2020

This article first appeared in Sidecar Traveller Nr.46 October 2019 I recently spent a couple days helping a friend swap his sidecar from a BMW G650 GS to a F800 GS. The 650 was his first sidecar rig; he’d gotten a smoking deal on it and it had served its purpose...
Looking Sharp

Looking Sharp

by | Aug 1, 2020

Jason came over after work with his Edge Pro kit and sharpened our knives. I cooked while Jason worked his way through our collection of knives. We had BBQ beef sandwiches, roasted zucchini , and Wy’East rosé.              ...
Showa Coil Over Shock

Showa Coil Over Shock

by | Jun 14, 2020

The pogo stick that came on my Sputnik sidecar had a blown seal and was a source of irritation and bad handling. I had a take off someone gave me rattling around in my parts bin. Don’t know anything about it other than it’s a Showa and it came off a BMW...
steel skid plate

steel skid plate

by | Jun 14, 2020

I fashioned a skid plate from a sheet of steel diamond plate and welded it to the sidecar chassis. This prevents the sidecar from hanging up when bouncing over logs and rocks, gives the passenger a little more protection and provides a place to tie loads when I have...