Getting to know my bike. Part 1- Disassembly

In light of the leaky waterpump on my return trip from Moab, I thought it was high time to get to know my bike inside and out. Thus, I started today with disassembly of all the body and cockpit parts. The ultimate goal is to replace all the wear-tear items due for replacement (after all, the bike has 68300 or so miles on the odometer now). This project will take probably a few months, so I thought i'd document progress and share experiences.

However, between the total on-bike mileage of the trip (estimate about 2500 miles) and the abuse it took on all the trails; the waterpump leak and some minor body damage is all that happened to it. In other words, one tough bike! Stay tuned....