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klr650-digest           Monday, May 3 1999           Volume 02 : Number 360




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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 11:13:38 -0700
From: "e. rhoads" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) KLR tweety be gone?

> My exhaust is a chirpin'
> Don't know what to do
> Got me no options
> cept to sing the Tweety blues
>
> Kevin

=====   I asked about this (a while back) but the KHI guy didn't know what,
actually, caused it....and by the way, there's no packing in the stock can
to blow out, so that's not it either.   ....interested in hearing my guess?
...sure you are ;)   I think it's a minor change, due to heat,  in some
critical internal dimension that jeeust happens to go "tweet"

eric

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 11:15:50 PDT
From: "Brian Hillman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (KL600) mikuni performance carb

Mister_T wrote...
>Considering my B1 has a stock fixed position needle, it's possible
>that Brian's B1 already has a DJ kit.
>Hey Brian, does your main jet have 136, 140 or 150 stamped on it?
>

unfortunately, I didn't look, But I am going to try your suggestion on the
carb needle. It is not adjustable though, so I believe it is stock. I
already have a UNI replaceable air element and a supertrapp exhaust running
15 disks. Are their any other brands of jet kits suggested, and does
elevationa matter much. I am in Souther California at sea level.

Brian

>
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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:52:36 -0400
From: Mark <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) PaTRA DualSport Ride

Penn. Trail Riders Assoc. will host their fifth annual Dual Sport ride June
13th in the Bald Eagle State Forest of central Pennsylvania. The event features
a mix of trail(single & two-track) and dirt road. The road sections feature
vistas of the scenic mountains of the  Bald Eagle State Forest. If you are
lucky you might spot some wildlife, bear, deer and turkey have been seen in
past years. For more info check out PaTRA's website at www.pamall.net/patra.
An entry form is included on the website.
Mark (FWD from Dave, Sec. PaTRA)
B2
A2

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:58:08 -0400
From: "R. Kaub" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Trip Report Allegheny #1 NKLR

I gonna do this in installments to keep the posts relatively short.
Also, to avoid confusion, my wife and I did this in our Honda.....CR-V. :-)
We had an absolutely great two days.  Sunny and warm BOTH days, which is
sorta unusual this time of year.

Getting There:
From Hallstead, PA in the extreme northeast corner of the commonwealth.
1.  Route 17 in New York (20 miles from me) has very little traffic once
you pass Corning, NY.  I mean very little.  I mean goddam none.  It's
almost spooky. Nice interstate, very boring.
2.  Interstate 81 and 80 (81 at my doorstep) has lots of traffic AND
construction all the way.  Very boring, very frustrating and millions of
trucks.
3.  US Route 6.  Takes me about an hour on nice, rural two lane roads to
get to 6. Well maintained two lane winds its way across the commonwealth.
Lots of neat little towns and places to stop for a break. There are even
rest stops every so often which is unusual for an old highway. Though they
are clean, they are quite basic (outhouses).  Moderate traffic in and
around larger towns including trucks.  Lots of harley-dudes on a nice day.
Goes right to and through the Allegheny Forest so it's hard to get lost.
We went out on 17 to get there quickly and returned mostly on Route 6.
When I do this on my bike, I'm gonna use Route 6.

It's about 200 miles from my house to the eastern edge of the forest.
That would be a nice day ride for me.
More to come in Allegheny #2.
Thanks.
Bob Kaub

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:20:37 -0600
From: "Pokluda, Gino F" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) My toolist

This is my toolist.  I know some of it may be redundant, but it's what I
carry. The tools fit nicely in a Case Harper tool wrap.  The balance fits in
a small fleece bag and the whole thing fits in a Chase harper barrel bag
which slides nicely into one side of an Aerostitch competition size tank
pannier.  I do carry long tire irons and a bicycle pump in my back pack when
touring or of road riding.  All tools are Husky from Home Depot and the
entire kits costs about $120.00 to assemble (including clutch and brake
levers, moto pump, tire irons, etc..)

Gino

3/8" ratchet
3" extension
needle nose pliers
small robo-grip pliers (Sears)
screw driver with interchangeable tips
Box end wrenches (mm): 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17
8" crescent wrench
allen head sockets (mm): 5, 6, 3/16 (US) for Moose skid plate bolts
Sockets (mm): 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 19
Spark plug socket (from oem toolkit)
Spoke wrench ( from oem tool kit)
Tube of  Loctite
JB weld
Small roll of duct tape
Misc. zip ties plastic and velcro
Clutch lever and brake lever
4ft plastic tubing
fuses
tire patches
tire patch glue
valve stem tool
CO2 Motopump
6 cartridges

the folowing are carried in my back pack when riding

Long re-curve tire irons
bicycle pump

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 09:01:01 -0600
From: "Pokluda, Gino F" <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (klr650) KLR tweety be gone?

>>As the quality of the various aftermarket
exhausts seems pitiful, this option doesn't thrill me either.  What's a boy
to do, I'd rather not call my A10 Tweety.  Sing it with me:<<

Kevin,
KLR guru Eldon Carl has successfully liberated the gases and bird noises
from the stock KLR muffler by drilling two 1/4" holes in the end of the
muffler.  Unfortunately, this also toasts your rear fender to the
extra-crispy end of the spectrum.

If you want a more expensive alternative, albeit good looking too, spring
for a Laser Produro road can.  At about $300.00, they are very pricey, but
are mechanical, quiet and beautiful stainless steel.

Gino

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:32:37 -0600
From: "Vik Banerjee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) T- shirt Update NKLR NMCADV

Hi all,

T-shirts are coming along.  I will be getting the proofs tonight and the
first batch will be made up by Wednesday evening.

I have more orders than shirts so I just wanted to explain how I'll be
prioritizing delivery.  If you don't one from the first batch the second
will start right away and should be ready next Tuesday - so no worries.

T-shirts will be distributed as follows:

1) received orders with payment - first come first served
2) people I meet in person (Seattle & Moab)

I am not going to hold orders based on e-mails, but I will use the e-mails
as a basis for making more shirts.  The reason I am making small orders is
that I have to give several hundred dollars per order and if I don't sell
them I just got a really cool - if similar wardrobe!

If you ordered long sleeve or XXL or medium I will hold your order until the
second batch when I'll make these ones up for you.

I will only have between 15-25 shirts at Moab as I am riding my KLR down and
would like to bring my sleeping bag and tent...loll.

Cheers,

Vik

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:43:04 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Not Disappointed....

The dealer said
>that breakin procedure did not need to be strictly adhered to
and it is
>the good thing because 4k RPM is not even 65 MPH.
>
I don't consider dealers a very good source of information.  The
most important thing in the break in period is to NOT travel at a
constant RPM, and when you are on the highway, that's what you
are mostly doing.  I hope you took this into considereration.

Jeff

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:45:35 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) NKLR

>Tucked in
>behind our big dirt biker facade,  are a collection of very
soft,
>sensitive men.
>
I think sometimes intelligence and politeness is sometimes
mistaken for sensitivity in men.  Excuse me, I'm going to make my
wife get me another beer.

Jeff

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: dan shaw <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) bearing grease

hey everyone!
can anyone recomend a good bearing grease for wheel bearings? i need
something that will be good for my bike which i keep outside and ride
alot in the rain.
thanks
dan

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 12:54:12 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) ShimCalc works.

>The bottom line is that ShimCalc works.  I'm going to the next
thinnest
>shim on each valve and I should gain a clearance of .002" on an
inch on
>each valve.  I couldn't grasp the basic concept of Kawaski's
labeling on
>the shims.  The obvious factor I overlooked is that a 265 shim
is 5 mm
>thinner than a 270.  And 5 mm is equal to .002".  To myself I
say --- DAH!
>I nailed this evaluation!
>
I think that what you mean to say is that the 2.65 mm shim is .05
mm thinner that a 2.70 mm shim.  A shim that was 265 mm thick
would be about 10.4 inches thick !

Jeff--The Metric Man

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:00:20 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) FW: '95 KLR

>--where can I get an engine cutoff switch, I broke mine off
yesterday
>(while pushing up the bike--I was under it). This is the one on
the
>RHS handlebar.

I believe that the only place you can get this is from Kawasaki.

>--I'm anxious to take care of essentials before I ship the bike
over, any
>advice would be appreciated re prepping. I will get a valve
adjustment
>(the bike's done 13K miles). Will the coolant freeze in the
cargo hold?
>--I'm 5'9", should i lower the bike?

If the coolant is properly maintained, it should provide freezing
protection down to -22 degrees Farenheit, or -30 Centigrade.
But,....before shipping, I'd drain all of the fluids, gas, oil,
and coolant.  You can probably get away with leaving the brake
fluid in.
>


Jeff

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 15:00:44 -0500
From: "Polston, Doug" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) throttle housing position

At what location should the throttle housing be at?

The housing that throttle cables goes into is set at about 1 o'clock.
This makes the cables take a sharp bend down before going into the
alignment loop just off of the instrument cluster. Is this normal?

Doug

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:13:13 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) KLR tweety be gone?

>If you want a more expensive alternative, albeit good looking too, spring
>for a Laser Produro road can.  At about $300.00, they are very pricey, but
>are mechanical, quiet and beautiful stainless steel.
>
>Gino


Gino, I just did a quick scan through all my old issues of KLRDSN and couldn't find any
write-ups on the  Laser Produro...did I miss it? More importantly, (since I've seen yours..the
only thing I didn't like is it was sooo quiet) who is the distributor...my web searches aren't
hitting anything...

Kurt

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:29:51 PDT
From: "Brian Hillman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) klr600 rear shock

Well, I just gct a call from the shop that is rebuilding my rear shock and
got some bad news. It seems that the shaft if pitted, and that I am looking
at $400.00 to revalve the little beast now that the shaft has to be sent out
and reground. Any body have any bright ideas?? I saw the L.Roeseler
Progressive on Freds Website, and called to leave a message. It only 418,
for 18.00, I might as well buy a new shock

Brian

58 kl600-b1


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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:39:43 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) bearing grease

>
>hey everyone!
>can anyone recomend a good bearing grease for wheel bearings? i
need
>something that will be good for my bike which i keep outside and
ride
>alot in the rain.
>thanks
>dan
>
I'd recommend using boat trailer wheel bearing grease.  Its
waterproof, and very durable.  You must completely clean out all
of your old wheel bearing grease first though, before repacking
with it.  I'd recommend it for your swingarm too.

Jeff

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:44:46 -0700
From: Christopher J Beasley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Broken supertrapp.....

James,
Perhaps you could elaborate a little here for the benefit of all the listers, such as myself, who are currently
suffering with a supercrapp exhaust.
Thanks!
beez


JAMES RUGGLES wrote:

>      Eric, if you don't get any satisfaction out of supertrapp let me know , when we were riding last weekend
>  I noticed  your muffler, and at the time it looked to me that the  method used to capture the muffler core
>   would create stress risers in the muffler housing . I feel like I could fix that for you, and it would be a pretty
>  simple fix. Let me know I'm willing to help!!
>        Jim R

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 14:46:11 -0600
From: "Vik Banerjee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Broken supertrapp.....

For the record I have an IDS on my KLR with about 1500kms.  It fit fine,
came with all the parts, sounds great and hasn't projectile exploded its
guts.

Maybe I just haven't used it enough, but at this point it seems fine.

Cheers,

Vik


- -----Original Message-----
From: Christopher J Beasley <[e-mail]>
To: JAMES RUGGLES <[e-mail]>
Cc: klr650 <[e-mail]>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: (klr650) Broken supertrapp.....


>James,
>Perhaps you could elaborate a little here for the benefit of all the
listers, such as myself, who are currently
>suffering with a supercrapp exhaust.
>Thanks!
>beez

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Date: Mon, 3 May 1999 13:50:47 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) klr600 rear shock

>Well, I just gct a call from the shop that is rebuilding my rear
shock and
>got some bad news. It seems that the shaft if pitted, and that I
am looking
>at $400.00 to revalve the little beast now that the shaft has to
be sent out
>and reground. Any body have any bright ideas?? I saw the
L.Roeseler
>Progressive on Freds Website, and called to leave a message. It
only 418,
>for 18.00, I might as well buy a new shock
>
Sounds like the better deal.  For that extra 18 dollars, you have
a known quality, increased performance shock.  You also have
better peace of mind, not having to worry about the quality of
work from a shop, regardless of how qualified their machinists
may be.  You will have a warrantee and the ability to return it
if you don't like it too.  Geeze, I almost wish my stock shock
would give out so I can get the Progressive.

Jeff

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:02:23 -0700
From: Christopher J Beasley <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Axle Wrenches

I ordered the KLR set about a week ago.  I have lots of craftsman wrenches but
elect not to bring them on the road.  The kicker for me is that the dual star
wrenches are stamped out of flat stainless steel stock.  This means that they
will pack up really small and light.  I havn't received them yet but hope before
Moab that they will be in my kit.
Cheers!
b


R. Kaub wrote:

> Has anyone bought and used the KLR axle wrenches from Dual Star?
> How about some info on them.
> Can buy two Sears combination metric box wrenches (17x19mm and 20x24mm)
> that will give me ability to remove both axles for about 1/2 of the price
> of the Dual Star set.
> Thanks.
> Bob Kaub

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Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 14:21:58 -0700
From: Christopher J Beasley <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) superbrace fork brace

Hey folks.
I have placed an order via www.motorcycletrailer.com for a superbrace forkbrace
for the KLR.  Anybody actually have one of these?  Does it fit?  I'm starting to
think it might be vaporware.  I'm still thinking of making my own but my brother
has his bridgeport taken apart at the moment.
Cheers!
b

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