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From: owner-klr650-digest@lists.xmission.com (klr650-digest)
To: klr650-digest@lists.xmission.com
Subject: klr650-digest V2 #432
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klr650-digest Tuesday, May 25 1999 Volume 02 : Number 432
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:09:56 -0400
From: John Smith <shepard@drexel.edu>
Subject: Re: (klr650) What's in a name... (NKLR)
Did Kato ride a motorcycle in the Green Hornet TV show?
- -Brian Shepard
Arne Larsen wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Basinet <geobas@home.com>
> To: Jeff & Lisa Walker <jlwalk@prodigy.net>
> Cc: Arne Larsen <alarsen@rapidnet.net>; KLR 650 <klr650@lists.xmission.com>
> Date: May 24, 1999 8:43 AM
> Subject: Re: (klr650) What's in a name... (NKLR)
>
> >
> >
> >Jeff & Lisa Walker wrote:
> >>
> >> I guess that means I
> >> >can also call the bike "Kato" (which just happens to be our
> >> cat's name) for
> >> >short.
> >> >
> >> Kato was Inspector Cleuso's servant in the "Pink Panther", the
> >> guy that always jumped out and attacked him when he wasn't ready.
> >> That's who I think about anyway.
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >
> >
> >Wasn't that also the name of The Green Hornet's manservant? It used
> >to be on radio.
> >
> >George (listening)
>
> Yes. Played by Bruce Lee.
>
> Arne
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:10:34 EDT
From: K650dsn@aol.com
Subject: (klr650) (NKLR) I called it
Not to blow my own horn or anything, but in the Jan-Feb issue of DSN on page
10, I wrote...
"With the 1999 640LC4, KTM has upped the ante in the dual sport market. They
have been the first company to successfully meld competence, style and value
into a dual sport motorcycle and did so without compromising its abilities
and shrouding the machine in vulnerable plastic. This is "dual sport of
year" material, here folks. Unlike its rough-hewn predecessor, you can take
the 640 out to the boondocks, ride it hard, drop it, take it home and wash it
and it will still look good enough to park in the living room and ride to
work the next morning. That, my friends, is dual a sport."
Now may I call your attention to the special "10 Best Bikes of 1999" insert
in the July 1999 issue of Cycle World. Check out the Best Dual Sport Bike
category. The envelope please...... and the winner is 1999 KTM 640 LC4.
Am I good or what?
Gino
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:33:01 -0700
From: Tobin Lampson <jazranch@jetlink.net>
Subject: (klr650) headlight
Kurt/Y'all,
Help! As this is written a fellow klr rider wrestles with his
burnt headlight, in the dark in Ca.. Fuses are fine, high beam
indicator works, all other lights work.
Question: Whats the quickest way to get the headlight out?
Working while I write Toby Lampson
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 20:38:52 -0700
From: "Ersin Sivrican" <ersin@ucla.edu>
Subject: (klr650) Place to go
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Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:35:59 EDT
From: K650dsn@aol.com
Subject: Re: (klr650) headlight
In a message dated 5/24/99 9:26:36 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
jazranch@jetlink.net writes:
<< Question: Whats the quickest way to get the headlight out?
Working while I write Toby Lampson
>>
The way I've always done it is to remove the fairing using the bullet
connectors from the turn signals to disconnect them, the two upper screws,
one lower fairing screw and the two bolts on the fairing frame. After that,
the headlight is easy to get to.
Gino
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:44:24 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <ajax@xmission.com>
Subject: (klr650) Re: headlight
>Kurt/Y'all,
> Help! As this is written a fellow klr rider wrestles with his
>burnt headlight, in the dark in Ca.. Fuses are fine, high beam
>indicator works, all other lights work.
> Question: Whats the quickest way to get the headlight out?
> Working while I write Toby Lampson
Just going from memory Toby...but if I remember right...after half
disassembling the fairing I found that I could just squeeze my fat hand in
and pull the headlamp out from the inside...
Kurt
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 03:47:39 +0000
From: Sarah Barwig <sarah@weddingchannel.com>
Subject: (klr650) LA off road
Well, if you're into desert stuff, go over the San Gabriel mountains
(using the 2 is my preferred route) and out some more (pick up a map of
the region - it's off your Thomas Guide) and there's the El Mirage dry
lake bed. It's huge and well marked on most maps I've seen. The lake bed
itself is boring, but the edges is where everyone goes to play.
Well, except for those who opt for the Orange County/San Diego edge of
things. I've heard marvy comments about out Mt. Palomar way.
Heard a rumor on some list or another that the forestry roads up in the
San Gabriel's are open for the season. Mebbe there's a good map of those
- - I could swear I'd seen a website along those lines a few months back,
but the bookmark is blowin' in the wind.
If you're feeling particularly adventuresome, drive all the way out to
Mojave (eschewing the El Mirage experience) and go on past the 3 blocks
of town. On your left about 10 miles out of Mojave, you'll find the
dreaded Jawbone Canyon. I've been there just once in a truck and all
I've really got to say is it made me think about buying a bike that
could go there by itself, as opposed to my CBR which was really good at
getting me out there really fast, but turned its nose up (well, actually
down, rather hard) at the sight of sand...
Anyone else know any better places?
Sarah
- --
Sarah Barwig
Developer
WeddingChannel.com
(213) 599-4144
888 S. Figueroa St., Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA, 90017
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:04:15 -0700
From: "Rob Gendreau" <gendreau@ccnet.com>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Low front fender
Somebody asked:
>>Okay, help me out; what does a low front fender do for my KLR? Handling?
>>Performance? Gas mileage?
YMMV, but it makes the front of my bike seem a little less whippy in winds
and at speed on the freeway, especially around tall vehicles. Doesn't seem
to sail as much; the front end seems more planted. It's got enough clearance
so that I should be able to off-road on stuff that isn't wet and that won't
adhere to the tire. Looks OK too. I'm resisting the urge to bolt in a small
toolbox where the upper fender once attached to the clamps....
- --
Rob Gendreau
Oakland, California
gendreau@ccnet.com
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:13:59 -0600
From: "Bruce Hedquist" <bruhed@earthlink.net>
Subject: (klr650) Stranded in a Frog Strangler
If I remember correctly somebody else had this problem but I can't find it
using the search engine.
Goes somethint like this: I am returning from a great day in the dirt. 90
miles of pavement to go. Seriously black clouds ahead. Gully Washer. Bike
is running great then starts to sputter. Suddenly it's totally dead as if
the ignition is switched off.
Pulled over, I check my gas. Only about 1/3 down. Close the cap. Choke it
and it starts right up. Idles like a charm. So, on the road again and back
into the rain. 5 miles down the road same thing. Open tank, choke, it
fires up. This time I run out of the rain and hit dry road again. No
further problems.
A good buddy with a 99 has had a similar problem. Mine's an A6. He thinks
it has something to do with the gas vent tube sucking water into it since it
exits fairly close to the ground with the battery vent, etc. He suggested a
tee in the line so it can breath even when in very wet conditions.
Any other ideas or a known solution? We don't get a lot of rain her in New
Mexico but these gully washers are pretty common when it happens.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 21:21:43 -0700
From: "Arne Larsen" <alarsen@rapidnet.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Really NKLR, really
- -----Original Message-----
From: K650dsn@aol.com <K650dsn@aol.com>
To: klr650@lists.xmission.com <klr650@lists.xmission.com>
Date: May 24, 1999 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: (klr650) Really NKLR, really
>In a message dated 5/24/99 7:42:23 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>eroads@teleport.com writes:
>
><< >
> > Perfect! I'll be sure to pack my Richard Simmons wig and leotards =^)
> >
> > Arne
> >
> >==
> Arne....and it might be a good idea to bring a backup bar of bath size
Dial
> soap, I know I am.
>
> eric
> >>
>
>
>I think he should bring an umbrella!
>
>Gino
Don't even go there Mister!!! =^)
Arne
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 22:19:21 -0600
From: "Kurt Simpson" <ajax@xmission.com>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) I called it
>Now may I call your attention to the special "10 Best Bikes of 1999" insert
>in the July 1999 issue of Cycle World. Check out the Best Dual Sport Bike
>category. The envelope please...... and the winner is 1999 KTM 640 LC4.
>
>Am I good or what?
>
>Gino
you are good, no doubt...but what about your spring industry
announcements...when I can I buy the TT850 Gila?
Kurt
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:35:05 -0000
From: "Eric Jasniewicz" <ericjazz@mindspring.com>
Subject: (klr650) Pirelli MT-21 review
1) - Tires are fantastic off-road, have amazing bite.
2) - Work just fine on the street, but I have toned it down quite a bit
3) - Front tire has cupping that must be seen to be believed
4) - I EAT TIRES! (Ask Bill Wright) I've got 1800 miles front and rear,
they've still got some meat left. Majority of this was on-road. I would
guesstimate 2500 miles rear, a little more for the front. But again, I
don't think there is anyone who eats tires like I do.
5) - If you want to have some fun in the dirt, I recommend them. If you
don't plan to spend much time in the dirt, get the Gripsters and take it
easy on those occasional dirt rides. Please note I am referring to "real"
dirt, not gravel roads and the like. Muddy, nasty stuff, places where you
see CR's and KDX's.
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:14:46 -0700
From: "Arne Larsen" <alarsen@rapidnet.net>
Subject: (klr650) Valves
Brian and I started our valve adjustment today. Yes we had Eldon's article
and the shop manual on hand, but even then there were a few points of
clarification that had we known... After a few "discoveries" that probably
have as much to do with the laymen performing the adjustments (us), we
managed to figure things out.
POINT 6. of the article - really only applies to pre - '96's as far as
"checking" is concerned. Did you know that the word "cap", washer, and
spring is really the big-ass "bolt", washer, and spring assembly that
attaches to a cap that bolts to the engine (with two smaller bolts) and is
sealed with a cheesy paper gasket. Did you know you don't need to remove
the whole thing? That in fact you shouldn't? I didn't... oh well. At
least I can now successfully align my cams in reference to each other and
TDC, should I ever need to do it again. BTW, it was very handy to have
another untouched KLR near by to reference from =^).
Did you know that there is a difference between the pre and post '96's as
far as the cam chain slipper assembly is concerned, and that this difference
actually has a bearing on the procedure one might take? I do now...
We were able to swap a few shims between the two of us which was great. Our
own little shim bank. =^) One of my shims, that does need to be changed,
has NO numbers on it. I'm assuming that it was installed incorrectly with
the numbers up, and they have been worn off. Got to find a micrometer
tomorrow.
I have a question that I would really appreciate an answer to - kind of a
consensus thing...
HERE IT IS: While the more common finding seems to be that the exhaust
clearances tend to tighten up over time/milage, does the opposite hold true
for the intakes??? Do they loosen over time???
Exhaust Specs - .006 - .010
Intake Specs. - .004 - .008
My exhaust clearances (with 725 kilometers on the bike) were both .005 -
too tight. I'm re-shimming them to .007 as per Eldon's recommendation.
My intake clearances were .005 and .004 - both within spec, albeit at the
edge of the range. So do you see the reasoning for my previous question?
If the intakes loosen over time, then I should not have to be concerned that
mine are at this end of the range - as they've got room to grow (so to
speak). If they were both in spec at .008 I would be concerned. Is this
thinking correct?
Thanks,
Arne
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:29:44 -0700
From: Tobin Lampson <jazranch@jetlink.net>
Subject: (klr650) light fix
Kurt/Gino/All,
First time I directly used the list for a fix, what can I say,
simply marvellous! Thank You Very Much, to all responders of the
headlight call..... In effect it is enabling a long time friend, Chris
Beck, to hookup with our group of six and head to Moab!
Certainly cheers and beers are in order..... more later.
'Let the Good times Roll!' Toby 'Slide'
------------------------------
Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 23:47:33 -0700
From: Tobin Lampson <jazranch@jetlink.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) LA off road
YES-
Sarah, the areas you mention are great. I spent a certain amount
of my youth in a couple of those places. We used to ride 5 horse mini
bikes from the intersection of hwy2 and hwy138 to El Mirage. Did you
know of the 'hill climb' near there?
Hwy2 is great in the spring. The desert still affords a surprising
amount of riding in that area. I was just out there a week
ago warming up for moab.
Through the list, Darrel, Bob, and I have become riding buds.
Perhaps we all could go for a run in the second half of June?
Happy Trails, Tobin Lampson(VTA AREA)
Sarah Barwig wrote:
>
> Well, if you're into desert stuff, go over the San Gabriel mountains
> (using the 2 is my preferred route) and out some more (pick up a map of
> the region - it's off your Thomas Guide) and there's the El Mirage dry
> lake bed. It's huge and well marked on most maps I've seen. The lake bed
> itself is boring, but the edges is where everyone goes to play.
>
> Well, except for those who opt for the Orange County/San Diego edge of
> things. I've heard marvy comments about out Mt. Palomar way.
>
> Heard a rumor on some list or another that the forestry roads up in the
> San Gabriel's are open for the season. Mebbe there's a good map of those
> - I could swear I'd seen a website along those lines a few months back,
> but the bookmark is blowin' in the wind.
>
> If you're feeling particularly adventuresome, drive all the way out to
> Mojave (eschewing the El Mirage experience) and go on past the 3 blocks
> of town. On your left about 10 miles out of Mojave, you'll find the
> dreaded Jawbone Canyon. I've been there just once in a truck and all
> I've really got to say is it made me think about buying a bike that
> could go there by itself, as opposed to my CBR which was really good at
> getting me out there really fast, but turned its nose up (well, actually
> down, rather hard) at the sight of sand...
>
> Anyone else know any better places?
>
> Sarah
>
> --
> Sarah Barwig
> Developer
> WeddingChannel.com
> (213) 599-4144
> 888 S. Figueroa St., Suite 700
> Los Angeles, CA, 90017
------------------------------
Date: Tue, 25 May 1999 00:29:37 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <jlwalk@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Stranded in a Frog Strangler
Sounds more like your air filter became saturated with water.
Not much to do about that, except dry it out, and make sure you
have it properly clean and oiled. You might check the integrity
of your airbox, to make sure no water is coming in from anywhere,
except where the regular air intake is. This is the largest
reason why I will never drill out my airbox for less intake
restriction.
Jeff
>If I remember correctly somebody else had this problem but I
can't find it
>using the search engine.
>
>Goes somethint like this: I am returning from a great day in the
dirt. 90
>miles of pavement to go. Seriously black clouds ahead. Gully
Washer. Bike
>is running great then starts to sputter. Suddenly it's totally
dead as if
>the ignition is switched off.
>
>Pulled over, I check my gas. Only about 1/3 down. Close the
cap. Choke it
>and it starts right up. Idles like a charm. So, on the road
again and back
>into the rain. 5 miles down the road same thing. Open tank,
choke, it
>fires up. This time I run out of the rain and hit dry road
again. No
>further problems.
>
>A good buddy with a 99 has had a similar problem. Mine's an A6.
He thinks
>it has something to do with the gas vent tube sucking water into
it since it
>exits fairly close to the ground with the battery vent, etc. He
suggested a
>tee in the line so it can breath even when in very wet
conditions.
>
>Any other ideas or a known solution? We don't get a lot of rain
her in New
>Mexico but these gully washers are pretty common when it
happens.
>
>
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