I'm doing 16 things
got the license plate
2 months ago
I already got my first parking ticket. Nice.
ivan opalka's Life List
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1. walk 1500 miles
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2. Find my friend in North Korea
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3. work 4 days with my mind; 3 days with my hands
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4. exercise regularly
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5. find a great designer to collaborate with
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6. teach my younger girl to ice skate
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7. Share insights about how to use 43Things to best advantage, how it can be an aid to accomplishment, not a distraction
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8. Build a deck
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9. insulate my house
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10. Make 43 Things Faster
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11. reduce, reuse, recycle
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12. Elect Barack Obama president
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13. stop procrastinating
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14. travel the world
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15. Make 43 Things better
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16. exercise everyday
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How I did it
It made me
happy 
How I did it: I have a 2001 Honda xr400. This model has no battery or electric starter. The standard OEM stator produces only 100W of electric power. I was debating to buy an after market 200W stator. That would supply enough power to all lights, but that was adding another $150 plus installation to the price. After doing some research I have decided to by a Dakar Dual Sport Kit from http://www.electrosport.com. It has a small battery build in it to ke… Read how I did it…
It made me
happy
How I did it: Last year I was invited by my friend Daniel via his friend Dan to go and ride a dirt bike in the forest. The offer was Honda xr400 with the full protective gear. How can you resist that. Last time I was sitting on a dirt bike was 20 years ago. Due to excitement and partly due to the fear I could not sleep the night before. We went to one of the North West forests designated for off road riding. I was the first … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Bought ElectroSport Dakar Dual Sport Kit
3 months ago
Last week my dual sport kit arrived. I bought Dakar Dual Sport kit made by Electrosport through bikebandits.com. It was back ordered for a week or so. I have installed it with just a few little minor deviations from the manual. By the way I am using for now 100W OEM stator and not high power 2×100W one.
- I decide to keep and utilize my original back light. I used the back light fixture with the wiring harness that came with the kit and replaced my existing one with it.
- I wanted to attach back blinkers onto a frame and not on a plastic fender. For that I had to enlarge two existing holes at the back of my frame so the blinkers would fit there.
- I kept my kill switch wired as is without routing it through the kit.
The installation was very straight forward. I got confused only once when I was reading in the Instruction manual that this kit needs to be install using high power stator (which I did not purchased). I called electrosport support and confirmed that kit can be installed using original stator as well. From my local licensing office I found out that all I have to do now is to bring my title and new street legal one will be issued to me.
All right. I like that, now I can bring my horse to town legally..
