We spent two days repairing the bike in Costa Rica, mainly because of our crash. We had to do many things- reweld the Happy Trails rack (and then have the holes tapped), add the tool tube cap with a stainless steel wire (Ted calls it the "cap keeper"), replace the spacer and wiper on the rear wheel, and more.
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 Bike, up on the case stand.
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 Bike on the case stand.
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Cap Keeper | ||
 Assembling the cap keeper.
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 Attempting to cut the stainless steel wire- one strand at a time, with a hacksaw blade. The frayed ends were covered with ferrules.
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 Fully assembled cap.
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 Cap, in closed position.
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 Cap.
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 Inner details of the cap.
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Repaired rack | ||
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 Surface rust.
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Crash damage | ||
 Bent rack- pushing into the exhaust.
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 Dented case- this is where the rock hit.
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 Dent from another angle.
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 Dents and scrapes. The scrapes are from cornering, not crashing.
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 Hole in case, from hitting the axle bolt.
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 Case damage.
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Wheel, bearings, and spacers | ||
 New vs old wheel spacer.
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 Old spacer, no wiper.
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 New spacer with new wiper.
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Critters | ||
 Baby of the hostel.
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 Our helper baby.
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 Ted, encouraging Gata to hang out in the topcase.
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 Gata, in the topcase, looking for a way out.
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