R1 World Tour 2001-2006 Quick Fits

A summary of the necessary repairs in 2001

• 14-04-2001
  Exchange rear tyre in Laayoune, Morocco.
• 18-04-2001 12,358 km
  Strengthening the frame in Laayoune, Morocco.
• 25-04-2001 13,848 km
  Glue headlight after a fall. Nouakchott, Mauritania.
• 26-05-2001 15,821 km
  Tighten clutch cable one turn.
• 15-06-2001 18,352 km
  Solder wire on to the 12 volt supply switch.
• 26-06-2001 19,771 km
  Fix tires, 13x front, 7x rear (due to my trip through Sahel – Timbuktu).
• 28-06-2001 19,771 km
  Cut off melted fairing parts, so that the two parts fit together again.
  Replace the right winker which caught a tree or bush and was only dangling on its wires.
  Replace lost bolt of the collector exhaust pipe.
• 03-08-2001 23,355 km
  Change oil and filter in Ghana.
• 14-08-2001 24,786 km
  Lubricate ignition switch.
• 15-08-2001 25,179 km
  Repair front tyre (after effect of my trip to Timbuktu).
  Clean brake callipers -pads and –pistons.
• 17-08-2001 27,244 km
  Change front tyre although it has still enough tread. (again 5 punctures, after effect of my trip to Timbuktu)
• 03-09-2001 27,526 km
  Strengthen the trunks because of little cracks.
• 11-09-2001 31,797 km
  Repair left mirror (was already broken since France)
  Change first set of sparking plugs.
• 27-09-2001 31,797 km
  I notice a small dump in the rear rim.
• 02-10-2001 32,285 km
  The right front winker says good-bye to us as I lay down the R1 in the mud.
  Tighten clutch cable one turn.
• 03-10-2001 32,352 km
  Clean brake callipers and brake pads after Camel Trophy like circumstances.
  Replace, for the second time, the lost bolt of the collector exhaust pipe by a longer one, so that I can apply a self lock.
  After 21,203 km I replace the Metzeler rear tyre in Buea, Cameroon.
  Tighten (for the first time) the drive chain. (one turn)
• 08-10-2001 32,352 km
  Magnet of the trunk protection is broken.
• 04-11-2001 36,093 km
  Change broken brake lever after a fall on a dirt road between Tibati and Banyo, Cameroon.
• 09-11-2001 36,724 km
  At a shipyard in Douala, Cameroon they argon weld a small crack in the strengthening of the frame (applied in Morocco).
• 28-11-2001 38,629 km
  Fix front tyre. One puncture caused by a splinter of steel and two minuscule punctures.
• 30-11-2001 38,736 km
  Tighten screws of the reparation on the left mirror.
• 31-11-2001 38,809 km
  Tighten screws of the reparation on the left mirror.
  Remove teared part of the lower fairing.
• 01-12-2001 38,870 km
  Change brake pads on the road from Kinkala-Brazzaville, Congo.
• 08-12-2001 38,912 km
  Tighten screws of the reparation on the left mirror. Kinshasa, Dem. rep. Congo.
  Exchange chain and cog wheel.
  Set in motion the jammed valve of the exup-system.
  Exchange front and rear brake pads for the old ones which have been newly padded.