with growing my skills in all new ways . The first big hiccup came at my own hand and is still something I ’ m embarrassed to admit today . While performing an oil change , I overtorqued the sump plug resulting in an oil leak . After being quoted a large sum of money and long wait for parts to replace the engine case , KR ’ s publisher Vege came to the rescue and took the bike to engineer extraordinaire Tjebbe Bruin who repaired the damage .
Vege also had a hand in what ultimately was the biggest , and importantly most beneficial , modification that the Rally has seen . After he invited me down to Tongariro to join in on the 2020 KR Christmas ride along the 42nd Traverse it became evident my dirt speed was starting to get quicker than the suspension could handle . It ’ s a pretty well known fact that Honda really skimped on the suspension of the CRF250L ( and current 300L ) Rally to keep
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