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@Bikersmurf The Ninja 650R is a little more woods friendly than the 600 but it's still a rush hearing streetbike noises as you fly through the woods.

I forgot I had this vid. Here's the bed lift in action....

This Covid mess has been great for just staying home and getting things done.

About this point I had most of the plumbing in and working and some of the electrical done so I figured it was time to take it on a little test run mountain bike trip in Northern Minnesota. This was the first actual road trip since I drove it home from St Louis so it was a nice little test. It...

To get the cassette toilet to fit into the shower I had to make a spacer to get it to sit above the back lip of the shower pan. Not the easiest thing to make because it being in a shower pan means the button needed to be angled to match but I think it turned out pretty good. Some...

Continuing on with the floor I threw in a layer of 1/4" fiberock because it's thin but still offers a bit more thermal mass. It's a little heavy but I'm still far below the 14,500# GVWR so I'm not too worried. The flooring is Shaw 100% waterproof vinyl so basically nothing in the floor or...

That sounds like way too much work for me :) The existing wiring is a little overkill but it's all there and easy to tap into for new circuits so I didn't see a need to change it. I'm curious what you're referring to when you say old technology though? Maybe I missed something that should be...

Next on the build list is the in-floor heating. I was debating whether or not to remove the 3/16" diamond plate aluminum floor but then I came across this in-floor heating system that I thought would benefit from having that thermal mass below it. My thinking was since there is 1" foam...

Thanks. I think the actuators themselves will hold the bed up just fine and I'll have stops and a half wall for the bed to sit on when it's down. The actuators have internal limit switches so the plan is to have it hit the limit switch just as it puts pressure on the down stops which should...

I like the idea of being able to use the "garage" area while I'm in the box so I decided to make a lift bed so I can still use the area and still access the rear doors from the inside. I didn't get any pics of making the bed frame but it's made out of 2"x2" alum square tube and I'll use 2"...

Here are a couple pics of the divider wall behind the drivers seat. That area behind the seat is where the calorifier (water heater), water filter and other misc items will go (and obviously a bunch of electrical) so I'll enclose the whole area eventually.

I'll add these fancy renderings because I already whipped them up to explain.... The top and bottom are aluminum channel something like this. The sides are similar but different. The u channel in the first pic is hidden under another layer of formed aluminum that I added to finish off the...

Continuing on with cutting holes in things it was time to install the fresh water tank. There's a ton of extra space under the floor so I decided to cut a hole and fab up an aluminum box to mount the tank as low as possible. It worked out that there is stock square tubing all the way around...

Thanks... Yeah I added another 1/2" on the ceiling and ended up adding another 1" to the walls to cover up the aluminum frame for just that reason. The other day I saw how well it worked because I could barely touch the aluminum tubing in the ceiling around the fan (no trim installed yet)...

Do people prefer full size pics or thumbnails? Let's give thumbnails a try. So there's a ton of wasted space up in the wind deflector so I figured I'd open it up so I could use it. The bummer is there's a 1" gap that needed to be filled to make water tight. It's filled in now but time will...

Next was installing the MaxxAir fan. Of course the fan is 14" and the roof supports only have 12" between so I had to do some more cutting. I just took some 2" alum channel and added some 3M VHB tape to the mounting surfaces and screwed it in place. It's plenty strong. And...

Here are a few shots I took tonight from underneath of the supports and welded aluminum box I added for the entry step and cubby. The alum channel is under the step and the cubby is the part at the top of the first pic... if that helps.

Thanks. Yes the blue foam is original.

Adding the door was a bit of a dilemma because I wasn't sure if I wanted to replace the big window on the passenger or go with a more unorthodox drivers side door. After reading some negatives to a drivers side door I realize those negatives didn't really matter to me so drivers side it is. It...

You can remove the heater hoses without draining the radiator although some antifreeze will come out of the heater core and hoses so have a 5 gallon bucket ready. You'll need a hose coupler to connect the two hoses to each other after you remove the heater. For the AC you'll need to have the...