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klr650-digest         Tuesday, August 24 1999         Volume 02 : Number 765



Re: (klr650) Countdown to Moab  NKLR
Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!
[none]
Re: (klr650) Babe who wants a Ducati
Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!
(klr650) Response: (NKLR)Synthetic Oil usage
Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!
(klr650) NKLR: SJ rating
(klr650) Re: klr650-digest V2 #759
Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!
RE: (klr650) Countdown to Moab  NKLR
Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!
Re: FW: (klr650) (NKLR) I'm Confused

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:14:21 -0700
From: "Vik Banerjee" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Countdown to Moab  NKLR

- -----Original Message-----
From: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
To: KLR  650 <[e-mail]>
Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:29 AM
Subject: (klr650) Countdown to Moab NKLR


>Hi everybody, I have a countdown to Moab on both of my web sites, courtesy
>of Fred. And they say 288 days till Moab. So which is it? 284 or 288? I
>would hate to show up after everybody has gone home.
>Mark Wilson

Okay Mark I will sacrifice myself and stay an extra week on either end in
Moab just to be sure you find someone there...=)...the things I do for this
list!....=)

Cheers,

Vik


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:19:05 PDT
From: "Paul Christenson" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!

>The following are two e-mails from best friends of mine, a VFR800 owner and
>a ZX-11 owner.  I would appreciate if listers could respond to the first
>completely unprompted attack on Kawasaki's.

He probably just got dusted by someone on a Ninja 750, then realized he
could have had one for $500-$1000 less than the VFR.


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:23:46 -0400
From: Ian Cariolo <[e-mail]>
Subject: [none]

I'd like to extend my thanks to those on the list who responded to my query
regarding brush guards for my KLR600. It just so happens that I was just
leafing through my Chaparral catalog, and there are actually brush guards
MADE for that bike (Acerbis).

Thanks again.


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Ian Cariolo
1985 VF700F Interceptor
1986 Kawasaki KLR600
Duxbury, MA
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:40:51 +0000
From: Sarah Barwig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) Babe who wants a Ducati

[e-mail] wrote:

> Sorry Sarah

You said I was the only one!!!!!!

Sarah

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:46:38 +0000
From: Sarah Barwig <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!

Thanks for the reminder that even at our worst, we never sink to these
depths on this list... As for replying to flames from another list...,
well, I got tired of responding to the flames, so I dropped a lot of
those lists...

Sarah

Di or Eddie C wrote:
>
> The following are two e-mails from best friends of mine, a VFR800 owner and
> a ZX-11 owner.  I would appreciate if listers could respond to the first
> completely unprompted attack on Kawasaki's.  The address to respond to is
> [e-mail]
>
> Thanks for your support and humour.
>
> Eddie
>

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 10:57:19 -0700
From: "Darrel & Deanna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Response: (NKLR)Synthetic Oil usage

Gino wrote:
Is it normal for synthetic oil to be burned off/leaked out with normal
usage?
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My experience says that switching to syn oil after
extended use of conventionals tends to lend itself
to higher than usual oil burn.  Also, I've found that
syns used in engines used to convs causes oil pan
gaskets to go away (probably other gaskets as well).
Darrel, A12
L.A.


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:13:26 -0400
From: Mark McCoy <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!

How do I respond, since I have a VFR and a KLR?....  I also have a Yamaha and used
to have a BMW and have concluded that all of these companies are capable of making
quality products and I am more worried about finding time to ride them (other than
back and forth to work, well lately I have been able to ride the KLR to Lowes a
lot) than worrying about which is best.  I think both of these guys should log out
and ride!

MMc

Di or Eddie C wrote:

> The following are two e-mails from best friends of mine, a VFR800 owner and
> a ZX-11 owner.  I would appreciate if listers could respond to the first
> completely unprompted attack on Kawasaki's.  The address to respond to is
> [e-mail]
>
> Thanks for your support and humour.
>
> Eddie
>
> Kent Sperm wrote:
> Date: August 17, 1999
> From: Kawasaki Motorcycles North America
> Re: Recall Info
>
> Dear Valued Customer,
>
> Please be advised that the following recall notice has been issued for
> Kawasaki motorcycles:
>
> Year: ALL
> Models: ALL
>
> Reason: It has been brought to our attention that our entire motorcycle line
> has been made entirely of putrid dog shit. If your bike is still functional
> (a rarity for sure), then please be advised to stop riding it at once - due
> to lousy craftsmanship and shoddy materials quality, your bike WILL FAIL.
> Not to mention that it will leave a parts trail for other motorists to
> dodge. Because of the potential road hazard that Kawasucky motorcycles
> represent to the entire motoring public, you should immediately come to your
> senses and get a real bike.
>
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>
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>
> All right, you simple fucking maggot fuck.  I have restrained myself
> recently about all of this run the other guy's motorcycle down business,
> what with the stress of the new job, the move, the pathetically small penis,
> and the nerve-wracking task of how to appear that your Honda can keep up
> with Harleys, but enough is enough.  My bike has never done anything to
> yours.  Not to inspire this kind of hostility.  All it has ever done is look
> down its snout at the little guy, and feel nothing but sympathy and empathy.
>   It looks at other motorcycles and sees saving graces.  Sometimes comfort,
> sometimes an impressive top speed, sometimes all-around usefulness.  But all
> it can think of when it sees VFRs, is how low the motorcycle can sink, when
> it is forced to strain not only under its own weight, but with the weight of
> all the overfed, overeducated, and underinformed fucking yuppie wanna-bes
> and their notebook computers that buy them.  The digital display dashboard
> is Honda's attempt to make the truly fucking geekified, pentium loving
> megahertz bragging Erkels feel at home.  Which, of course, is the only place
> they ever fucking are.  And as for the cheesy, puny so-called bodywork that
> I assume  is held in place with Crazy Glue (developed by Honda), it is
> obvious that the designer for the Helix Honda motorscooter just went way too
> far this time.  Now we come to the engine.  Finally admitting their mistake,
> Honda is, of course, giving up on the fucking V4 engine, even for their race
> bikes.  No amount of money, engineering, or development can keep them
> competitive in their Vespa class.  Turning instead for their true
> inspiration, Honda has acknowledged the wisdom of Harley-Davidson, and is
> attempting to develop a V-twin racebike.  Well, good luck.   I truly wish
> them the best. It will be the endcap on a terrible section of the
> motorcycling timeline, where Honda's addictive mind-numbing chemical
> installed in handgrips, absorbed through the skin, making writers and
> reviewers think Hondas are in any way, superior to any other brand of
> Japanese (or American, for that matter) motorcycle, has finally come to an
> end.  What, however, will become of the owners of all of these rolling
> mistakes, abortions under the motorcycle development principle?  We must
> face the fact that they, too, will become orphans, abandoned by the company
> that once conditioned them. I foresee a life of petulence, crime, and
> eventual cyclecide, where they hopefully will take their bikes out of the
> view of the general public. I wish you the best, my friend, struggling as
> you will to ride off into the sunset on a Honda.  Please just try and keep
> it the fuck out of my way.
>
>                    Love,
>                          Tony.
>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 11:18:49 -0700
From: "Darrel & Deanna" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) NKLR: SJ rating

For the lister inquiring "bout the use of SJ oils in motorcycles:

Motorcycle Consumer News did an article on the negative
effects of using SJ in bikes.  But only the lower weight multi-
grades.  At the time, the higher grades still contained the
zinc/phosphorous packages...Since then though, the higher
grades are now dropping the additives that bikes need.
Hence, Mobil 1 "tri-syn".  Back issues of MCN are available
at www.mcnews.com   (I don't work for them, just a MC
consumer).  Darrel, A12 "avenger"


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:26:20 MDT
From: "Gord Hunt" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (klr650) Re: klr650-digest V2 #759

Hey guys I'm new to the list. I have a 1984 KLR 600 that I put handguards on
about a month ago. I looked at the Acerbis and the Maier. I bought the Maier
Universal XC Pro Handguards (www.maier-mfg.com) and I like them. They
mounted really easily I only had to trim a bit of plastic off them where the
brake line comes off the master cylinder. They look just like the acerbis
ones and the white color matches the white plastic on my bike perfectly.
They seem very strong and there is no way you would break a lever if it fell
over as they do not flex at all ! They provide pretty good wind protection
although I'm thinking of adding the spoilers for them for even more
protection. They only cost me $40 Canadian so that's about $10 American
(just joking) (their probably about $30 American)

Gord Hunt

1982 Yamaha SECA 750
1984 Kawasaki KLR 600
1980 Can-Am 400 Dirt Bike (Widowmaker)



>I'd like to add some brush guards (of the handlebar sort) to my '86 KLR600.
>I've been to ALL the manufacturer's sites who make such a thing. What I
>need to know is this:
>
>
>1. I need guards that are a pretty universal fit
>2. I'm not ready to get into the aluminum type yet
>3. Does anyone have some mounted that fit this description?
>4. I'm looking for white ones. Anybody have some they'd like to unload?
>5. How much wind protection do they REALLY provide?
>
>And yes, all of the above was in an effort to get a recommendation.
>
>
>I checked the archives for makes/models already.





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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 12:46:57 -0700
From: "Jeff & Lisa Walker" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!

> quality products and I am more worried about finding time to
ride them (other than
> back and forth to work, well lately I have been able to ride
the KLR to Lowes a
> lot) than worrying about which is best

Ah yes, home improvement time is it?  Ask me about my nightly
visits to Home Depot when I remuddled my kitchen.

Jeff


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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 13:14:00 -0700
From: Russell Scott <[e-mail]>
Subject: RE: (klr650) Countdown to Moab  NKLR

Will KLR's run in the year 2000?  I hear they may have a problem adjusting
to a four digit year.  I hope my gas tank doesn't explode on New Year's
day.  With all the other Y2K disasters pending, I hope Kawasaki was on
their toes with this one.

Russell Cal Posse <--  When all else fails, set your date back on your
computer, and your KLR's onboard processor.

- -----Original Message-----
From:    Todd Teicheira
Sent:    Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:44 AM
To:    [e-mail]; KLR  650
Subject:    Re: (klr650) Countdown to Moab  NKLR

probably both as this a Y2K, leap year, election year kind of calculation.
(g)
todd
A9
Bend, OR

- ----- Original Message -----
From: <[e-mail]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 12:27 AM
Subject: (klr650) Countdown to Moab NKLR


> Hi everybody, I have a countdown to Moab on both of my web sites,
courtesy
> of Fred. And they say 288 days till Moab. So which is it? 284 or 288? I
> would hate to show up after everybody has gone home.
> Mark Wilson
> http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/track/6419
> http://www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/index.html
> KLR-650 A-13 Warthogg
> Stone Mountain, Ga.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kurt Simpson
>
> > >P.S.  How many days to Moab 2000?
> >
> >
> > 284....
> >
> > Kurt
> >
>
>
>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:31:36 -0400
From: Mark McCoy <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (klr650) (NKLR) Unleash the Hounds!

You only had to go once a night?!  You must be very organized!  When I
get done I am thinking about having a gathering for a ride at my house.
It will be titled "Come See Why Mac Didn't Ride This Year".  The 45L
Givi top case works great on trips to the lumber yard or the carryout,
both important parts of any remodeling project!

MMc

Jeff & Lisa Walker wrote:

> > quality products and I am more worried about finding time to
> ride them (other than
> > back and forth to work, well lately I have been able to ride
> the KLR to Lowes a
> > lot) than worrying about which is best
>
> Ah yes, home improvement time is it?  Ask me about my nightly
> visits to Home Depot when I remuddled my kitchen.
>
> Jeff




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Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 08:27:26 +1000
From: Ted Palmer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: FW: (klr650) (NKLR) I'm Confused

john wrote:
[...]
> so, for those of us w/ 84-86 KLR-600's have what=B1,B2, and B3's?
> or are those reserved for the Tengi's?

A1 = 1984 kickstart-only model.
B1 = 1985 (and up) had electric start and better alternator.
B2 1986 up to B9 1994 had colour variations and a different ignition
advance spec.

Mister_T


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