I'm doing 21 things
We moved 43T to virtual cloud on Monday morning. Besides problems with bounce emails all seems to be humming well. Our average time to generate a page improved and errors decreased.
Ivan Opalka's Life List
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1. walk 1500 miles
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2. Make 43 Things Faster
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3. reduce, reuse, recycle
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4. Find my friend in North Korea
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5. work 4 days with my mind; 3 days with my hands
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6. stop procrastinating
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7. travel the world
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8. Make 43 Things better
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9. exercise everyday
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10. exercise regularly
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11. swim freestyle
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12. find a great designer to collaborate with
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13. teach my younger girl to ice skate
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14. 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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15. backpack through Europe
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16. do 4 100mil bicycle rides
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17. Ride in the Tour de Cure to fight Diabetes
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18. install big bore kit on my honda xr400
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19. work harder
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20. loose weight
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21. mountain bike in Slovakia
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How I did it
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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…
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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
Did you take a part in making the app?? It ROCKS! I had no idea you got a parking ticket for your motorcycle… That’s new. How come you never update your other goals?
Love ya, Zora
I have 2001 Honda xr400. Predominantly my riding consists of single trails in the North West of Washington state. What I am trying to accomplish is to give the engine second life, without sacrificing its reliability and spending too much $$.
Considering that this is an air cooled bike with 9.3:1 compression ratio I did not want to choose a kit that would increase the compression to the levels where I had to start using race gas. The same goes for a clutch. If you increase the power too much the clutch will start to go faster as well. Keep it simple.
I am going to bore the cylinder from 85 mm to 87 mm which will increase displacement from 397 cmm to 416 cmm and install piston with 10:1 compression ratio. The kit goes for about $150.00 plus $80.00 for boring and honing of a cylinder.
