sidestand switch suicide

[Todd]

Getting ready to purchase new tires for my 04' KLR650, didn't care for the stock tires and my current set of Avon Gripsters didn't impress me with longivity or wet pavement traction. I ride about 90% street and the balance is dirt and gravel roads. Thanks for your input. Todd

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Todd" wrote:

> Getting ready to purchase new tires for my 04' KLR650, didn't care for > the stock tires and my current set of Avon Gripsters didn't impress me > with longivity or wet pavement traction. I ride about 90% street and > the balance is dirt and gravel roads. Thanks for your input. Todd

How dirty do you get with dirt? I'm assuming you were happy with the Gripsters for your purpose other than wet traction. If you want wet traction, the gold standard for that appears to be the Michelin Anakee. One thing I'll note is that the Euro tyres seem to be re-formulating for softer rubber/shorter life/better wet traction, apparently more people are commuting by motorcycle now that gas is $8 a gallon over there and want something that has better wet traction than the old long-lived rubbers had. So I seriously doubt you'll be able to find anything any longer-lived than the Gripsters. One note on the Euro-rubbers -- AIR THEM UP TO THE MAX ON THE SIDEWALL WHEN ON PAVEMENT. They are very sensitive to air pressure. They'll last like iron when aired up to their max. Run the owner's manual pressures in the things, they'll overheat and eat up their rubber lickity split. They typically have thicker carcasses than the Asian tires and require higher pressures to keep from overheating, since thicker carcass = not as easy for heat to escape from inside the tire to outside the tire. This is especially true for the "tubeless" tires, tubes add even more heat to the equation and the tires aren't really designed to deal with that (though it's okay to use them as long as you AIR UP to keep the heat down). Air down for off-pavement, air-up for on-pavement. Clear? -E

[D Critchley]

I am in the process of having a new Anakee installed on rear of my camel. The old one just finished a trip of 15,000 km, giving it a total of 19,500 km. During the trip it went through a lot more rain and heavy winds than I really was looking for, and stuck like s__t to a blanket. All pavement, air pressure maintained at 40 to 42 psi. Of course, the green ones are easier on tyres than the others. DC E.L. Green wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , "Todd" wrote: > > Getting ready to purchase new tires for my 04' KLR650, didn't care for > > the stock tires and my current set of Avon Gripsters didn't impress me > > >

[Michael Martin]

OK, I got home from the trip and hooked up the sidestand switch on my A19 and ran the test. Jeff is correct. I can shift into gear with the sidestand down and the engine doesn't shut off until I let the clutch lever out a little bit. Mike Martin, Louisville, KY

--- On Tue, 7/8/08, Michael Martin wrote: From: Michael Martin Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Sidestand switch suicide To: "Jeff Saline" Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 9:21 AM You're probably right, Jeff. I'm on a trip to Colorado on my ST1100, now, and will check the KLR when I get home. The operation I described does apply to the ST, because I sometimes kill the engine by lowering the sidestand. Sorry if I mislead y'all. Mike Martin, Louisville, KY --- On Mon, 7/7/08, Jeff Saline wrote: > From: Jeff Saline > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Sidestand switch suicide > To: mmartin36@yahoo. com > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Monday, July 7, 2008, 8:29 PM > On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 17:06:51 -0700 (PDT) Michael Martin > writes: > > It's supposed to run with the sidestand down only > if the transmission > > is in neutral..If the transmission is shifted into > gear with the > > sidestand down, the engine is supposed to die. > > > > Mike Martin, > > Louisville, KY > <><><><><><> <><><><> > <><><><><><> <><><><> > > Mike, > > My side stand switch has been by-pass for a few years. But > I thought it > didn't shut the engine off until you let the clutch out > a small amount. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads. org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Save on Security Cameras. Click Now! > http://thirdpartyof fers.juno. com/TGL2141/ fc/Ioyw6i3mYHqRj xc1m0ZqIUI2EHtlm eY9ciSEsYIR5gyKI XuiyOnL4d/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]