buell headlight retrofit

[Christopher Eckert]

You dont get that much extra mpg by over inflating the tires, about 10% over listed air pressue gets you some milage but then it stops buying you anything. Over inflating will cost you some breaking and turning grip though. Changing tires can do a lot. When I went to two single center bead front tires on my mpg experimental bike, see www.getbettermpg.org, the milage jumped up more than I expected. I road on a single thin strip of rubber with those tires so there was no tread patern involved until I turned. That lowered the rolling resistance a lot. Gear Up!!! running the engine at lower rpm and going real easy on the acceleration helps a lot. also get into high gear fast and early with out accelerating really hard. That with a steady hand while accelerating is the hands down biggest bang for the buck in saving gas. It also orks with every vehicle, not just the bike. Less barn door. You wont make a KLR aero dynamicaly clean but you can remove big energy drains. someone on the list already saidarms and legs in and they were very correct. Park it nose into the wind on a windy day and sit on it. Moves you legs and arms around and see how much you feel it pulling on you. Beyond those two things you arent going to get much aero dynamic help on a klr unless you plan to wrap a fairing around it I plan to put together a second set of wheels for the KLR, rear with higher gear sprocket and both with lower rolling resistance tires. Those would be for trips or if I am not going to play ride for a while. It isnt so hard to swap wheels for the weekend. Get off the throttle early, clutch in or neutral and coast down to stop lights. Every time you use the brakes you burn off energy you used gas to store. I have been working on a rear wheel with a one way drive like on a bisycle wheel. With it I can kill the engine when I am coasting. Without it the wheel is turning the secondary side of the tranny but not the primary which is where oil is pumped, not good if you plan to spend lots of time coasting. I have neutral between 4th and 5th for now and I just remember to run the engine from time to time on long down hill runs. Lower weight oil and lesser strength valve springs wouldent be something to do to a daily rider. It will help to think in terms of energy conservation rather than fuel economy. It makes it easier to pick out when you are tossing gas away. There is a video availabe at www.craigvetter.com that talks about some extreme stuff that you can do. It is kinda cool to see how much they accomplished in the 80s

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Arden Kysely" wrote: > > Pump up your tires, back off the throttle, keep your air filter > clean, and your elbows and knees in. 8~)

[Bradley Scheirer]

A friend of mine bought a KLR with this mod already done and it does look very sharp. He moved to Arizona so I can't get any pics Brad

----- Original Message ----- From: David C. To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 10:52 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Buell headlight retrofit Anyone seen or done this? Looks pretty slick. http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=279508 Dave C [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]