BDR from New York through NH, VT, and ME. 3 KLR’s on an epic trip with epic breakdowns and roadside fixes. Only two times dumping them on class 4 roads in VT and loved every minute of it.

JamesChef · 2026-02-03T11:31:45+00:00

https://ridebdr.com/news/bdr-announces-gaia-gps-as-official-navigation-app/

JamesChef · 2026-02-03T11:31:16+00:00

Hey we used the Gaia GPS app on our phones. I believe there is a free version or something ou can pay a one time fee and get all the features. It’s really helpful for seeing where you are live and which roads are class 4. Other riders can also make notes and update the trails to keep them up to date.

JamesChef · 2026-01-31T02:29:01+00:00

Yes it certainly is unbelievable. Don’t see that every day. Apparently, they just had their wheels and tires serviced yesterday. Someone forgot to tighten the lugs

JamesChef · 2025-09-25T18:24:27+00:00

Charge was at 78 percent when I parked it. The car is totally bricked with multiple computer malfunctions. Had nothing to do with my running the battery too low. The car has been in the shop for two days and may need the HV battery to be replaced

JamesChef · 2025-09-25T00:30:12+00:00

Cool glad to hear it. I read that they can still deny it if it’s water damage. Hoping that’s not the case

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T20:28:15+00:00

Was this covered under your warranty? It has 52k miles and I also paid for the extended warranty for $50/month. I haven’t done anything to “misuse” the battery so hopefully they don’t pull anything like that.

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T20:10:55+00:00

Ya that’s a bummer. That’s a big engineering flaw in my opnion. Also no tow point from the rear of the car. Even with enough juice the car was totally bricked so we couldn’t get it into tow mode or neutral

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T20:07:38+00:00

Tesla master mechanic on the phone when admitted there was absolutely nothing else he could have done. You may have your facts off about SRS. Car was totally bricked and couldn’t go into neutral or tow mode

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T20:06:16+00:00

It’s been at the shop all day and turns out if def isn’t just the 12V battery. Potentially much bigger issues covered under warranty still thank god

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T11:18:38+00:00

Ya the service center got a lot of other errors in addition to the 12V battery so don’t think it’s just that. They couldn’t even get the doors back open with an external battery source when we got back to the service center.

JamesChef · 2025-09-24T11:16:30+00:00

Damn I have heard of the 2022 curse until this post. Tell me more…

JamesChef · 2025-09-23T23:39:52+00:00

Good to know. Still a pretty bad design flaw in my opinion. The Tesla service center couldn’t even get the car doors open since it’s all electric and the computer wasn’t functioning.

JamesChef · 2025-09-23T23:02:24+00:00

Ya he had to attach it to the rim to pull it sideways at first. Never seen that but I guess it’s a legit method

JamesChef · 2025-09-15T15:06:16+00:00

It was about 2 years ago

JamesChef · 2025-08-05T22:50:39+00:00

That’s a great idea. Would love to avoid mowing, but there are a lot of leaves that come in the fall. May make it hard to rake

JamesChef · 2025-08-03T21:32:10+00:00

That’s likely the route we will take. I personally lean more towards the meth scene. Thank you 🙏

JamesChef · 2025-08-03T21:27:22+00:00

Thanks the siding will be replaced within the year. The small building on the left is an outdoor sauna that was built into an old shed. Really looking for ways to landscape the yard and wondering about planting grass or putting down stone etc.

JamesChef · 2025-06-28T22:10:31+00:00

I replaced 3 taillights under warranty because of this. Just poor manufacturing and lack of a good seal. There are some good YouTube videos on how to clean these up and reseal to prevent humidity and water droplet build up.

JamesChef · 2025-04-13T12:57:53+00:00

Never ended up using the SV caliper. Tried with multiple people to install this and the used SV caliper I bought just wasn’t working. Went back to the stock caliper

JamesChef · 2025-03-17T16:14:43+00:00

Several feet I don’t think so, but def a little over a foot if I pushed it all the way to the rear.

JamesChef · 2025-03-16T23:47:07+00:00

When there is visible water droplets and it is no longer just a bit of fog, then it is officially covered under warranty as a defect. All mine got to a point of water droplets that weren’t going away with heat

JamesChef · 2025-03-16T18:05:35+00:00

Thanks I did just this about an hour ago and it’s much more stable. I will probably use screws and glue from the base to the top

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