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klr650-digest        Tuesday, January 18 2000        Volume 02 : Number 1327



Re: (klr650) Charging System
Re: (klr650) Sprocket question
(klr650) Valve shim diameter
Re: (klr650) Valve shim diameter
(klr650) Re:  The Snow birds have landed
(klr650) <KLR> Warm Up problem...
(klr650) <Parts> KLR
Re: (klr650) Box Stock KLR Touring?
(klr650) Re: klr650-digest V2 #1326
(klr650) KLR (box stock travel)
Re: (klr650) <KLR> Warm Up problem...
Re: (klr650) Box Stock KLR Touring?
Re: (klr650) NKLR Crash Poll Stories
RE: (klr650) Two Bikes?
RE: (klr650) NKLR Crash Poll Stories

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 18:35:51 -0800
From: "Arne Larsen" <nookie@telus.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Charging System

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From: <Tombarn@aol.com>
Subject: (klr650) Charging System


> Has anyone tried to upgrade the KLR charging system?...or is this an
archive
> issue?
> Tom B.
> A14

You will find archive info about this.  Or check this site...
Erics - http://www.angelfire.com/ga/ericjazz/index.html

Cheers,

Arne
KLR650 Listmeister
Eh 13

www.mac-d.com    MAC-D Homepage
http://members.dencity.com/candidcamera   My Motorcycle Rides Page



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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 21:40:03 EST
From: Cdekmg@aol.com
Subject: Re: (klr650) Sprocket question

Hey Juan, intuitively, I'm thinking the 650 sprocket is thicker to withstand 
more torque/stress. I'd stick with-it, catastrophic sprocket failure under 
hard acceleration sounds really bad.
Charles (who has no real technical knowledge of sprockets)
A-14 

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:24:22 EST
From: Cdekmg@aol.com
Subject: (klr650) Valve shim diameter

Howdy,
I looked in the archives, tons of valve stuff, but I couldn't locate the 
outside diameter measurements for the shims. Can anyone tell me this or 
direct me to the right place in the archives?
TIA!
Charles
A-14 (471 miles)

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 20:24:20 -0800
From: "Fred Hink" <moabmc@lasal.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Valve shim diameter

It's 29mm

Fred



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> Howdy,
> I looked in the archives, tons of valve stuff, but I couldn't locate the 
> outside diameter measurements for the shims. Can anyone tell me this or 
> direct me to the right place in the archives?
> TIA!
> Charles
> A-14 (471 miles)
> 
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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:35:26 EST
From: TLrydr@aol.com
Subject: (klr650) Re:  The Snow birds have landed

      
        Dave one of the snowbirds from the big north (Canada) Pulled his 
truck and trailer in my back yard, Odessa, Texas, Says Me and my ridding bud 
(Both on pretty stock KLRs) are going to Old Mexico for a few months, He says 
watch the truck for me....  Sure wished i could have gone, 
  I was glad to help out a fellow KLR rider, and i will get the hot scup from 
them in a couple of months, 
      Yea , I am going to go next year. You guys just hide and watch, Next 
year .
                                                                              
      Mike

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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:35:03 -0800
From: Brian <brbo@uniserve.com>
Subject: (klr650) <KLR> Warm Up problem...

Hey all,,,

We made it back from Baja, and what a trip.... I recommend it to all,,,
worth every minute,,, and with 40+kg of luggage plus me, the KLR was the
machine to conquer it.... Online pics should be available soon,,,

Fortunately both Vik and I had over 3000 km of virtually perfect KLR
performance,, other than the K&N filter choking itself on all that fine
desert sand.... and my sagging chain (my fault)....

One concern now that I am back home however, is that now every time I
start the bike up from cold at an outside temp around 5'-9'C (40'F -
above freezing), at sea level, no engine mods different from before the
trip, the bike will only run with the choke at 100% 'on' for no less
than 8 minutes - the engine reaches well above normal operating temp. If
I even touch the throttle it dies instantly anytime during that first 8
minutes. If I even consider turning down the choke even 1%, it also
dies. But once the initial ?? warm up ?? happens it runs just fine at
idle and running down the road at any speed. During that first 8 minutes
there is no abnormal choking or stuttering, it's very odd - I've never
had this problem before, I rarely had to warm it ever. I've filled up
with 94 octane, cleaned fuel filter, cleaned the air filter thoroughly,
and spark plug, nothing made a difference. Anyone out there experience
the same problem and found a fix ??? Any help would be much
appreciated...

hasta luego,
Brian
'98 A12, 22.8km


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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:35:11 -0800
From: Brian <brbo@uniserve.com>
Subject: (klr650) <Parts> KLR

Hello again,

I am looking for a Dual Star Center Stand for a KLR 650 at regular
height... If anyone is looking to get rid of one in decent shape contact
me off list..

Thank You !
Brian


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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 22:49:25 -0600
From: "John Houchins" <jhouch@radiks.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Box Stock KLR Touring?

John Buffett wrote:

>creature comforts are lacking to say the least.  I know about Corbin,
>Russell and other after market seats and comfort stuff. My main questions
>are;
>
>1. Did anybody ever just throw some bags on and take off on this thing in
>its stock state?
>
>if so then
>
>2. How long a trip did you take, and what was it like?

Yes, 2000 miles. It hurts like heck on the stock seat. I got a gell pad that
straps on
over the stock seat, 15,000 and still using it. The stock seat is too soft
and after a few hundred miles you are sitting on the plastic seat pan. There
is not enough Motrin
in the world to fix the pain. I go about 400-500 and wimp out for the day
with the pad.
Gel pad by SPORTSMED, about 20 dollars.
>
>I know there is probably no such thing really as a totally stock motorcycle
>but I think you can get the spirit of my question which is about simple,
and
>frugal touring without torturing oneself. Realistically, I won't be going
>very far on the stock seat. I was just wondering about other peoples
>distance adventures on this thing in its nearly virgin condition. :-)


I'm basically stock, stainless steel front brake line and better  brake
pads, not much else.
Say it loud and say it proud. I'M ALMOST STOCK!!

>Regards;
>
>John Buffett
>Northern Ontario, Canada
>Where it's 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit as I type this
brrrrrrrrrrrrrr.


John Houchins A-7 15,000 in Omaha Nebraska, almost tropical up to 40 above
tomorrow.
I love my gel seat!


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Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 23:57:06 EST
From: Candental@aol.com
Subject: (klr650) Re: klr650-digest V2 #1326

If you wish to have two bikes and not give up a KLR as one of them, try to 
find a Yamaha TDM. You don't have to shell out the big money for a Tiger or 
the likes,and you still have the sportyness, but the upright riding position. 
I've seen used ones from $2400 to $3600 They are fast, ride on a rail, and 
have long travel suspension, nothing like a Triumph or GS, but then you still 
have your KLR.  Don



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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 03:08:52 -0800
From: "Steve/Amy Becker" <sabecker@netins.net>
Subject: (klr650) KLR (box stock travel)

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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:01:49 +1100
From: Ted Palmer <tedp@replicant.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: (klr650) <KLR> Warm Up problem...

Brian wrote:
[...]
> trip, the bike will only run with the choke at 100% 'on' for no less
> than 8 minutes - the engine reaches well above normal operating temp. If
[...]

Try draining and flushing the float bowl if you haven't already.

Mister_T


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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:20:46 +1100
From: Ted Palmer <tedp@replicant.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Box Stock KLR Touring?

John Buffett wrote:
[...]
> 1. Did anybody ever just throw some bags on and take off on this thing in
> its stock state?

Nothing that impulsive.

> if so then
> 2. How long a trip did you take, and what was it like?

Until recently, the only mods to my 600B1 were a Gearsack rack and
bag, Gearsack saddlebags and a platinum spark plug (and occasionally
a 16T front sprocket).

My longest stint on the road has been about 16 hours from Sydney to
Noosa, cruising on the legal open road speed limit of 100kmh.
I _was_ walking a bit funny at the end of that leg of the trip, but
I wasn't entirely crippled by the stock seat.

Mister_T


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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 22:37:22 +1100
From: Ted Palmer <tedp@replicant.apana.org.au>
Subject: Re: (klr650) NKLR Crash Poll Stories

Matthew Danda wrote:

> FYI:
> The instructor at my MSF course said that most motorcycle accidents occur
> when the motorcyclist is alone.
> Usually on corners, where the rider approaches too fast and runs off the
> road.

As I heard it (during a Honda Australia Rider Training course), in the
majority of those crashes where the rider ran off a corner, the bike
was actually capable of taking the corner at the speed used, but the
rider wasn't (or rather did not believe he/she/bike was).

Mister_T


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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 07:36:20 -0700
From: "Cyd Lantz" <cydlantz@msn.com>
Subject: RE: (klr650) Two Bikes?

Sounds like a job for the Money Store to me!  You have to remember: bikes
get lonely sitting in the garage.  The more bikes you have out there, the
happier they all stay.

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> Subject: RE: (klr650) Two Bikes?
>
>
> This is also my current quagmire.
>
> I *love* a lighter thumper that rules the backroads, is inexpensive,
> reliable, easy to work on, comfortable, tough, with lots of available
> aftermarket parts, goes good on the highway, and bridges the street/dirt
> gap.  This IS the KLR.
>
> But I also *love* to twist it, hear the rumble of that triple, cruise
> comfortably at 150kms, carry a passenger and camping gear, cover vast
> distances each day, embarass most bikes off the line [hey I admit it] and
> ride a unique, powerful motorcycle.  And that IS the Triumph Tiger.
>
> But I can only afford one.....and I just don't know what to do!
> And Spring
> is just around the corner!
>
> Wolfdan
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 09:43:28 -0500
From: "Scherer, Michael" <MScherer@freemarkets.com>
Subject: RE: (klr650) NKLR Crash Poll Stories

I learned early that if you think you can't make the turn.... you wont.

Biker Mike


>>Matthew Danda wrote:

>> FYI:
>> The instructor at my MSF course said that most motorcycle accidents occur
>> when the motorcyclist is alone.
>> Usually on corners, where the rider approaches too fast and runs off the
>>road.

>As I heard it (during a Honda Australia Rider Training course), in the
>majority of those crashes where the rider ran off a corner, the bike
>was actually capable of taking the corner at the speed used, but the
>rider wasn't (or rather did not believe he/she/bike was).

>Mister_T


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