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Our counter-top is 28" above the floor, sofa is 12" to bottom of cushion, cushion is about 4-5" thick. -e

When we were living in our van for a couple years, and water was valuable, we developed a washing routine where we used disposable wipes (intended for the inferm, sold in sealed packages at drug-stores), followed by a rinse with a wash-cloth with a little hot-water from the stove. For each...

Our hood louvers angle to the rear to exclude water when we are driving in rain; this does allow rain in when parked, however the louvers are about 1/16" thick and rain that lands on the hood away from the louvers just runs around them. It is quite possible to put a plastic tray under the...

We added hood and cheek louvers to let hot air out of our engine compartment, especially at lower speeds. The results are significant, and, while coupled with increased size in transmission cooler, also reduced our measured engine coolant, oil, and exhaust gas temperatures under similar...

Since we always have a laptop with us for GPS navigation, trip-log, work, etc, we went with AutoEnginuity USB with the FORD diagnostic and test extensions. A bit spendy, but has proven very useful when having issues out in the middle of nowhere on a modern computer-laden vehicle of the...

We went for a Honda XR250 for a few reasons: Fits 2 (though not terribly comfortable) Can hit 65mph (~100kph) 2-up on the highway if we have to (barely) Air cooled simplicity Used ones are cheap and plentiful all over Design has been reasonably stagnant for a long time, so parts everywhere and...

Cruise control masters have an additional outlet port on them for a backup emergency sensor to disable cruise control when brake pressure builds. There is already input to disable cruise control from the normal brake pedal switch, this is a redundant backup. On the Ford masters I have seen...

We have one of these in the front receiver of the van. A vice is one of the most useful tools, and I wish we had it much earlier, probably would have saved my knuckles many times over when cutting something with the hack-saw or drilling while on the trail. Had considered bolting a regular vice...

Most modern hydroboost system have an accumulator (pressure reservoir) for braking after loosing the input pressure. We have lost engine & belt on our van with vacuum brake boost and it gave only about 1.5 brake presses to deplete. Measuring with the hydroboost unit we have gave about 4...

The issues I ran into doing ours (05 E350 with similar era E450 hydroboost) were: Obtaining pressure hoses. No-one had the E450 hoses in stock, and when I finally got some there was expected to be a short adapter at the hydroboost itself. In the end it was cheaper and easier to just make...

We had a couple of recovery points built into our bumper during manufacture. We figured that if we got stuck, likely we would prefer to go back where we came from, rather than further in. They also provide good locations for stabilizing our motorcycle carrier (other folks weld additional...

We used a Baby Bjorn for the first one for about 18mo as she liked to face forward and not doing so induced much rage. After 18mo she insists on walking or just sitting on my shoulders. Its a lot slower, but she sees a lot more of the interesting creepy-crawlies and 'texture' of where we are...

We carry a Max Ax (ax with attachments for shovel, adz, pick, rake, etc) and have found it to be quite useful in all modes. Total storage space is not much more than the axe itself and a shovel head. Axe has been useful encountering tree-falls that blocked our way out after being up camping...

We have had a few nights down to -17f. We have a diesel fired furnace that put out plenty of heat, but even with that running and keeping the core air about 70f the issues we found were: -Around 10-15f or so the floor still gets to be pretty chill, (easily solved with insulated carpet & down...

I think ours cost about 1500$ with the heater-lid option (it is just a squirrel cage fan and a baffle that forces air to be blown over the stove-top). This was 6 years ago, purchased from ScanMarine in Seattle. -e

This is also a hunt we are on. Amy is currently on a lowered Ninja 250 (2" down front and back lets her touch tip-toes in riding boots), but something better for dirt roads would be good. The bikes she has tried and fit for that have unfortunately been too far down on power for keeping up on...

I've found "Proficient Motorcycling" by David Hough a very good read for actually riding in traffic and practical advise. I commuted daily, all year round, on a motorcycle in Seattle traffic for a number of years and there area a lot of things you need to learn somehow beyond MSF instruction...

Tire profile. If its not running the original stock tires they may affect the height. Also forks being raised/lowered in the tripple clamps OR front spring preload effectively raise or lower the front end (no idea if a KLR has these options for adjustment), perhaps even lighter front...

Sorry, I completely missed this when it came up. The panels do catch a bit of wind, but nothing terribly alarming. We have hit a wind-gust that was sufficient (in a canyon, 60+mph windy day, semi coming the other way) to actually pop the front of our luggage box concave, and the panels...

The pop-top sides on our van are a plasticized canvas of some sort. We do get a significant amount of condensation in colder temperatures and humid climates. Some of this is alleviated by using chemical air-dryers (calcium choloride crystals) used for damp closets and camper storage (or snow...