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klr650-digest       Saturday, February 13 1999       Volume 02 : Number 035




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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 07:23:35 -0500
From: Stuart Heaslet <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650)NKLR Hitched Heifer

>Here's the kicker...I've seen a LOT of really NEAT trailers behind bikes
>and I want to do something kinda different...I want a large plastic
>(roto-molded?) or fiberglass COW - (about 4-5 feet long?).  You know,
>lying down with it's legs folded under it.  I'd paint it black'n'white
>like a Holstein.  It would have to have a hollow body so I could cut and
>hinge an opening in its back so I could use the body for storage.  I'd
>attach it to this flat-deck trailer and go touring...
>
>Anyone aware of such a critter ?

Hungree,

Just can't help myself here.  What about using one of those cows that kids
ride on outside of the supermarket?  The legs aren't folded, but you could,
er, mount the Holstein on its back with all four of its legs pointed
skyward.  Open the cow up for max storage and you'd have a fine trailer for
the Wing, plus some travelling posts to anchor an awning.

Stuart

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 05:45:34 -0700
From: "Fred Hink" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Nolan N100, melonhead

- -----Original Message-----
From: Mike Magier <[e-mail]>
To: KLR650 List <[e-mail]>
Date: Friday, February 12, 1999 5:46 PM
Subject: (klr650) Nolan N100, melonhead


>Anyone know if the N100 is available in XXL? I wear XXL in HJC helmet, and
>am thinking of upgrading. I especially like the flipup chinbar concept.
>Anyone using this helmet on the list? Is it as practical as it seems?

Mike,

The N100 only goes up to a XL (7 5/8 hat size).  Gino and others are using
this helmet with good results.

Fred

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:17:53 -0500
From: "WDSRC" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) website update

The SwampFox DSR pictures and story has been added to the WDSRC website.
http://www.geocities.com./Baja/Canyon/5245

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:36:49 -0800
From: Dave Wormmeester <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) the price of torque

    Whats up with the price of 1/4" drive torque wrenchs?  I would like
to properly
torque the bolts that hold down the right intake cam cap, but my 3/8"
drive torque
wrench won't clear the frame.  Prices so far range from $150-$200 for
1/4" drive.
I can get 3/8 for $29.99.  Am I looking in the wrong stores?  Does
anyone make
short sockets?  Grind one down?  I can't be the first to run into this.
What clever
ideas have you listers come up with.

Dave W
Grand Rapids Mi.

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:41:12 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Environment

Stuart, if you use 23 rim locks on each tire you dont need air and that would
allow another sapling to germinate. then if you raise the compression and
change the cam and ignition timing you could run straight grain alcohol which
the farmers could produce at  say a buck a gallon and sell at 80 cents a
gallon and we could pay more taxes to subsidize the process then we could all
work longer and put our factories in full production which will produce more
CO2 and the sapling will grow even better.
Now where were we?

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:47:47 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Wilderness posts..

OK...now that we have had ample time to aim a few salvos and maybe raise a
couple of good  points may we return to being a community of motorcycle
enthusiasts?

Again, anytime that you choose to use this forum to discuss anything that is not
KLR specific please put NKLR in the subject as a courtesy to others.

Please...and thank you...

Kurt (List administrator)

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 10:19:49 -0600
From: "J.P.Zucht" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Dynojet

Kurt Simpson wrote:
>
> >The guy at Dynojet told me that in spite of not wanting to change the stock
> >can (I need the bike as quiet as possible), I still will get a very
> >worthwile increase in low end response if I install the kit exactly as the
> >directions say.  Now, I have no reason to doubt this guy, but he's selling.
> >You guys are riding.  Anyone out there have this set-up?  And is it worth it
> >to jet knowing that the stock can stays on?.  I could care less about gas
> >mileage, I'm looking for some better performance on a quiet bike.
>
> This is exactly what Jake Jakeman did...(see Bill's webpage and article) he put in the
> smallest jet (136) and now claims improved performance and mileage close to that of a
> Helix....

Hmm...what suggestions if I were to keep my stock pipe (I drilled out
the baffle some, so it sounds kinda nice).  I would like to 'up' the
performance, but the replacement pipe it the big-ticket item, I guess.

What would be the best jet improvement for a stock setup ?

(I took the 'door' off the right side of the air-cleaner-box and she's
definitely LEAN - hesitates at roll-on)

hungree

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:47:47 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Wilderness posts..

OK...now that we have had ample time to aim a few salvos and maybe raise a
couple of good  points may we return to being a community of motorcycle
enthusiasts?

Again, anytime that you choose to use this forum to discuss anything that is not
KLR specific please put NKLR in the subject as a courtesy to others.

Please...and thank you...

Kurt (List administrator)

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:53:03 -0500
From: "Brian Schoonveld" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) drilled baffle

- ------->  keep my stock pipe (I drilled out the baffle some, so it sounds
kinda nice)

How do you do this, and will it up the performance much?

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 09:41:23 -0800
From: "Robert Morgan" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) klr650 colors + HITCH ??

I saw one on the sidewalk in front of the meatmarket.  I think a big plastic
Big Mac would have more room and certainly a lower c.g.
Morgan

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:53:17 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (klr650) (no subject)

I have a couple of pretty basic questions about shifting. When accelerating,
should the clutched be eased in to engagement or quickly released? When
traveling at speeds of over 50 mph, what is the procedure for down shifting
without causing the tachometer to surge way up into the 5000rpm range. I just
started riding in October and and needless to say that I am just learning but
don't want to destroy any internal gearing stuff on my 98' KLR650 (still
stock). Another thing just came to mind..............what is the avaerage rpm
when traveling at speeds in excess of 60mph?  Please be patient with my simple
questions!

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:07:28 -0600
From: "Douglas Stoutenborough" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (no subject)

I don't try and gear down above 50 mph with the KLR .. I just gear down
around town... either let up on it , or brake above 50. my tach reads about
4k I think around 60..... if your gearing is stock  they are all the same..
I have a 99.... you can cruise your klr at 80mph all day long with no
problems to it..... (maybe your drivers permit however) . For a DP bike the
klr is very much a great highway bike. This should be up around 5 to 5200
rpm... @ 80 mph..... I have checked my speedo and it is about 4 - 5 mph fast
at say 70 mph... I checked it with my gps which is very true ......
Doug
99 klr
97 gl-1500 se (which is also fast about the same as the KLR)
                          on the speedo

- -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 11:56 AM
Subject: (klr650) (no subject)


>I have a couple of pretty basic questions about shifting. When
accelerating,
>should the clutched be eased in to engagement or quickly released? When
>traveling at speeds of over 50 mph, what is the procedure for down shifting
>without causing the tachometer to surge way up into the 5000rpm range. I
just
>started riding in October and and needless to say that I am just learning
but
>don't want to destroy any internal gearing stuff on my 98' KLR650 (still
>stock). Another thing just came to mind..............what is the avaerage
rpm
>when traveling at speeds in excess of 60mph?  Please be patient with my
simple
>questions!
>

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 11:56:28 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Shifting and RPM

|I have a couple of pretty basic questions about shifting. When accelerating,
|should the clutched be eased in to engagement or quickly released?

It is probably a moot point..the real issue is use the clutch sparingly...it
doesn't have to be precise as long as you are in the correct gear...neither
lugging or overrevving...many people don't bother using the clutch at all for
upshifting...it doesn't work quite as smoothly as some bikes with the KLR's
notchy shifting but it works nonetheless...downshifting is a little trickier..

When
|traveling at speeds of over 50 mph, what is the procedure for down shifting
|without causing the tachometer to surge way up into the 5000rpm range.

Just put in the clutch, dab and let it out...the quicker the motion the less
pronounced the effect....

|stock). Another thing just came to mind..............what is the avaerage rpm
|when traveling at speeds in excess of 60mph?  Please be patient with my simple
|questions!
|
       According to lister Pat Hensley's very fine
      GearCalc shareware (freeware to KLR list people) program here is what we
can expect:

      Stock 15x43=Final reduction ratio of 2.8667, with my 76.5 circumference
rear tire (measured)
      that yields 59.8 MPH at 4,200 RPM and 5,696 RPM for 80 MPH.

      With 16X43 (this is what I use)=Final reduction ratio of 2.6875, with same
rear tire yields 62.9 MPH at
      4,200 RPM and 5,340 RPM at 80 MPH.

      By way of comparison, Jake Jakeman runs a 15x39=final reduction of 2.6000,
with same
      tire yields, 65.8 MPH at 4,200 RPM and 5,166 at 80 MPH.

      When I go off-road and feel I have to swap out sprockets, I'll run a
14x43=final
      reduction of 3.071 with same rear tire yielding 55.1 MPH at 4,200 RPM and
6,183 at 80
      (NOT).

Kurt  (keep the questions coming)

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 12:15:08 -0700
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Story's story Installment #3  NKLR

Series of trip reports from Story Leavesley of Boulder CO:  Dual-sport ride
on BMW R80 GS Nov 1998-Jan1999. Courtesy of lister Robert Runyard
[e-mail].  Robert notes: ôI will be posting some photos of
several of the places he mentions, since I was in most of the same Chilean
locations within the last two years.
(http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Island/3451/  )

Installment #3

Hola amigos,

Right now I'm on the ferry from Quellon on the island of Chiloe to Chaiten
and the Carretera Austral.  It's a five hour ferry so I've got some time to
compose email but I don't know if I can even send it.  A couple of days ago
while in Villarica I tried to send some email.  My calling card worked
perfectly and I got my ISP's server but my modem wouldn't pick up the line.
I don't know what the problem was but I'll try again somewhere else.  I'm
afraid the phones down here may not accomodate my modem.
The last few days we've ridden relatively few miles but the scenery has
gotten more beautiful.  We rode to the town of Villarica and got some photos
of the active volcano.  Mark did a little work on his luggage bolts which
had worked loose and I explored the town.  We stayed at a backpacker's hotel
run by a couple who had bicycled around the world!  They were interested in
our trip and we talked a little about biking in various places.
The next day we rode a couple hundred miles to Puerto Montt and booked this
ferry from Chiloe to Chaiten.  We stayed in another small backpacker's hotel
not as nice as the previous ones.  These backpacker hotels are usually just
some rooms in the family's home.  Sometimes you even share their kitchen and
bathrooms.  The owners are always helpful and it gives you a feel (although
slightly skewed) about how the people live here.
Yesterday we got up early and caught the short ferry onto Chiloe.  We headed
south to the middle of the island and took a dirt road to the beaches on the
west side.  The road was very bad in places with lots of potholes and
washboard, and it started to rain as soon as we started down the dirt.  On
top of that,  they were doing some road repair and they had dumped
truckloads of sand onto the road.  In places the wet sand was 6-8 inches
deep which was very difficult on the heavily loaded BMWs, but we both
managed to make it out with only a few heart-pounding moments.  Towards the
end of the road we came to a large river where they were repairing or
building a bridge.  The only way across was by boat and a fellow offered to
take us across in his small boat but I wasn't going to risk my bike in that
thing so we turned around and rode back to Chonchi for the night.  The
backpacker's hotel we stayed in last night looked like an old inn with large
rooms, 10 foot ceilings, and a private bathroom.  There were about 6 guest
rooms but we were the only guests.  It's still early in the tourist season
but I wonder how these people can stay in business when we only paid $20 for
the two of us for the night.
Most things are not that much cheaper here either.  We pay about $5-$10 for
a simple dinner, a cerveza is $1-$2, and gasoline is about $2 a gallon.
Next time from the Carretera Austral...
- - Story

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:32:43 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (klr650) Need help in Florida

Was riding today for 20 min. at approximately 65 mph when the bike started to
lose power.  I pulled in the clutch and the engine died.  As I coasted, I let
the clutch out and the bike fired up and ran fine for about one more mile and
then the same thing happened again.  As it started to hesitate, I opened the
throttle wide open and the bike accelerated strongly for a few seconds and
then died.  This time it would not fire back up.  I had my cell phone and
called my brother to pick me up with his truck.  I have plenty of gas in the
tank but I tried the reserve position of the petcock after the first
hesitation thinking at the time that I might be low on fuel.  While I waited
on my brother, I pulled the fuel line off of the petcock and pushed the
starter button thinking that fuel might flow out with the vacuum created by
the starting action of the motor.  No fuel came out.  Is this normal?  The
bike is a 1988 model with 13,000 miles and is completely stock engine wise.
Any help as to where to start would be appreciated.  I have some ideas, but I
know there are a lot more mechanically experienced people on this list than I
am.

Thanks,
Greg, A2

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 16:53:09 -0500
From: grimone <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) unsubscribe

unsubsribe

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:15:02 -0500
From: Stuart Heaslet <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Environment

At 10:41 AM 2/13/99 -0500, [e-mail] wrote:
>Stuart, if you use 23 rim locks on each tire you dont need air and that would
>allow another sapling to germinate. then if you raise the compression and
>change the cam and ignition timing you could run straight grain alcohol which
>the farmers could produce at  say a buck a gallon and sell at 80 cents a
>gallon and we could pay more taxes to subsidize the process then we could all
>work longer and put our factories in full production which will produce more
>CO2 and the sapling will grow even better.

>Now where were we?


We were gathering for a 12-step meeting in the woods, sir.

Stuart



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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 14:59:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Rex Hefferan <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Colorado Springs - Spring Get-together

Dual Sporters,
   My wife and I have decided to coordinate another get-together for
April 30 thru May 2nd here in Colorado Springs. Details and other
Information can be found at the web page listed in my signature below.
I'll be writing additional ride reviews for this area at that site in
the next couple of months.
   If anyone would like rooms or camping details please email me
direct with your needs and we'll try and help.
   Hope to see you then.
==
Rex, A7

For Colorado Springs Dual Sport ride info:
http://shell.rmi.net/~avbb/cos.htm



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