Here is a link to my first real ride on the 690.
I was carrying camping and cooking gear.
The bike was flawless and I've got my suspension adjusted finally to suit me.
I road with friends "Dingweeds" "Dr. Rock" and "Francine" on that ride.

http://www.bigdogadventures.com/3Stephideaway.htm

I've had more parts come in---so have did a few more things.
Tightened my shifter bolt too 

I had never had any HDB (Highway Dirt Bike) handguards but always wanted a set because they looked
real beefy and had a neat top handlebar clamp that they attach too and it also has places to put swithches
and lites---and power plugs.

There was a good size tap in the kit and I couldn't for the life of me figure out what it was for
There were no instuctions (not that I would have read them anyway)------but I figured it out.
How clever is this??? Is this what I was suppose to do ? Or was that tap for the engine block of
as 53 Chevy

But as you can see----after tapping--you insert the insert and that is what your handguards bolt in to----nice !!!!






Top Clamp----the handguards bolt to the front and you have all kinds of holes for---------stuff.
I just have one rubber water proof switch in there which I bought from HDB and it will turn my heated grips on.
I wired them into an unused circuit behind the headlight (fuse #8) that was only hot when the ignition was on.




Next I installed some Mondo Moto auxilliary lights----I made a short bracket and mounted them to the same bracket
the turn signals were mounted to. This worked out great and was really easy and quick.
I slottled the bracket on the bottom so it would slide behind the nut that holds the turn signal on without disconnecting the turn signal wire.
These are awesome and make you very visible---and make daylight out of dark at night.
And in broad daylight they do not bother oncoming traffic---but they will see you.
At night you have to turn them off to oncoming traffic------they are many times brighter than the headlight
and draw very few watts--way less than the stock low beam.






I wanted the switch to contro the Modo Moto LED lites very handy---for riding in traffic.
I almost mounted that switch on the HDB handlebar clamp--that would have been very un-handy.





This may or may not be the permanent place I put my gps.
You can't see it in the picture---but I found and old tubing mount I made for my old KTM520 and
it's bolted to the HDM top clamp using the lower two bolts.
I can mount my 276C or 60CSX gps to this mount.









I'll probably put a set of Double Take Mirrors on this bike---I have an extra set.









My luggage is in the works----I just stuck this Wolfman "Tailpeak" bag on here for a day ride.
Fits great--------but is over the gas cap of couse and will have to be removed to fill up.





Luggage
I'm a huge fan of Wolfman products and have 2 pairs of expedition saddlebags that I'll eventually mount one of them on this bike.
Wolfman use to make expedition racks for this bike---or I should say he had someone make them and he is no longer doing that.
But.............I called him and he is just selling off all his parts and he sold me everything I need to mount my expeditions to this bike.
It was the last he had---no use hollering at him for another---it's all he had.
I will have to just do the welding and painting---but I was tickled to death to get these parts.
I haven't got these parts yet---so it will be awhile before I get that done.
But at least I can ride the thing now.

BigDog