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klr6502k
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hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

Post by klr6502k » Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:15 pm

has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? or any other hollow axle nuts? i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr. klr6502k

Tengai Mark Van Horn
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hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

Post by Tengai Mark Van Horn » Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:13 pm

At 6:15 PM +0000 9/23/08, klr6502k wrote:
>has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? > >or any other hollow axle nuts? > >i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr.
Thanks for including your motive. My initial knee-jerk thought when I saw the subject was that you wanted you "reduce unsprung weight." :rolleyes: Mark

D Critchley
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hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

Post by D Critchley » Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:49 pm

This is a normal arrangement for the "trailtail" trailers. I am thinking of getting one this winter a a winter, (off-season), project. DC Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:
> > At 6:15 PM +0000 9/23/08, klr6502k wrote: > >has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? > > > >or any other hollow axle nuts? > > > >i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr. > > Thanks for including your motive. > My initial knee-jerk thought when I saw the subject was that you > wanted you "reduce unsprung weight." :rolleyes: > > Mark > >

Spike55
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got muffler?

Post by Spike55 » Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:01 am

I took my '06 in to the dealer after getting the third recall postcard from Kawi. One muffler bolt was missing. I had already lost and replaced the exhaust pipe bolt down by the starter motor within the first 2000 miles. Don R100, A6F --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote:
> > smthng else wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > I know it's been said before, but I apparently didn't heed the > > warnings enough, so I'm tossing out there for anyone else in my > > shoes... > > > > I was cruising home from the office, when I hear what sounds like
a
> > ratted out import car with no muffler. It gets a bit louder... > > louder... louder... But I can't for the life of me figure out
where
> > it's coming from. By this time it's REALLY loud and I start to > > notice... everyone is looking at me. > > > > I look down and see my exhaust hanging down, just about scraping
the
> > ground. I rapidly pull over and it falls off completely as soon
as I
> > come to a stop. > > > > The moral to the story is to loc-tite your exhaust bolts. I
didn't do
> > mine, but I did check them several times. Obviously that's not > > enough. They were still painted from the factory and hadn't
budged,
> > so I figured they were good. They were for the first 4900 miles or > > so. ;) > > > > It melted the rear brake line a bit (will be replaced by dealer),
but
> > no other damage that I can see. It took a fair amount of time and > > some creativity to get that catalytic cooled down and then duct
taped
> > to the rear rack to get home. :S > > > > --Jonathan "smthng" Kalmes > > Springfield, VA > > 2005 Yamaha FJR1300ABS - "Blue Bayou" > > 2006 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon - "Teflon" > > 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650 - It's here, but it hasn't earned a name
yet. ;)
> > http://smthng.info http://smthng.info> > > > > "Shake well... some settling is natural." > > > > > Guess you missed the recall, if you were on the KLR, this happened > a year ago almost, mine was totally missing and I replaced them
myself
>

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