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Subject: [DSN_klr650] One missing bolt.... and bad luck
> So I finally get some nice weather to do some off road riding here in
> upstate NY. Too bad the bolts that keep the handlebars attached to the
bike
> had loosened after only 450 miles. It is no fun having the bars rotate
> forward when you are approaching a washed-out stream bed. Oooopppsss!
Down
> I go ! Man this thing is heavy !
> Things got worse last night while riding with a few four wheelers on
some
> abandoned train tracks. I lost sight of the wheelers and missed a turn in
> the tracks - WHAM ! - Forty mph into a fence and heavy brush. So, as I
am
> flying over the handlebars and thirty feet into a corn field, I'm thinking
> that something must have gotten damaged this time (worry more about the
bike
> than myself!). To my surprise, nothing but a few more scratches and alot
of
> brush sticking out all over the place !

ouch
Glad you're O.K. Greg.
If you want to "unpersonalize" her again... Dualstar has lots of body parts
for Y2K KLR's at very good prices.
Cheers,
Arne