ice breaker. nklr

[bali_blu]

On the first day of an 800 mile trip around the Olympic Peninsula, I dropped the KLR ('07, 19,500 miles) on a trail meant for, ahem, smaller bikes... although the guide book said it could be done on a GS! Anyway, the impact to the radiator caused the fan blades to separate from the fan motor. I ran it like this for the remainder of the trip (insert witty comments here_______________________). I kept it relatively cool by stopping often. However there were enough instances where I could not/would not stop due to safety or fun factors. Whatever. By the time I reached home, I had burned 1/2 quart of oil due to the minimal cooling afforded by the compromised cooling system/radiator. Note: this bike has NEVER burned oil. And I ride it relatively hard with a 14 tooth in front (regularly run over 5000RPM). So, I have no specific question, but am open to comments and theories as to any harm that may have or will come my way (or my bikes way for that matter). Thoughts? Roger

[Spike55]

If the engine overheats, you could warp the heat and cause the head gasket to leak. 1. Leak could be be in the antifreeze system: a. Check your levels in the radiator and the overflow tank. b. Look for oil in the antifreeze - a leak in one direction. c. Missing antifreeze means the leak is going to the outside - do you smell antifreeze 2. Leak could be in the oil system: a. You may be experiencing that problem if you never used oil before. Keep us informed about what you find. Don R100, A6F

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "bali_blu" wrote: > > On the first day of an 800 mile trip around the Olympic Peninsula, I dropped the KLR ('07, 19,500 miles) on a trail meant for, ahem, smaller bikes... although the guide book said it could be done on a GS! Anyway, the impact to the radiator caused the fan blades to separate from the fan motor. I ran it like this for the remainder of the trip (insert witty comments here_______________________). I kept it relatively cool by stopping often. However there were enough instances where I could not/would not stop due to safety or fun factors. > > Whatever. By the time I reached home, I had burned 1/2 quart of oil due to the minimal cooling afforded by the compromised cooling system/radiator. Note: this bike has NEVER burned oil. And I ride it relatively hard with a 14 tooth in front (regularly run over 5000RPM). > > So, I have no specific question, but am open to comments and theories as to any harm that may have or will come my way (or my bikes way for that matter). > > Thoughts? > > Roger >

[V III]

Sounds like you interrupted a drug-cartel meeting... whew! ________________________________ From: "roncriswell@..." To: transalp1@... Cc: KLR650 list DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 12:58:55 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Ice Breaker. NKLR I had a similar experience walking into a serious Latino Bar / Restaurant here in Texas looking for good ole TX Mex food. What I walked into was place filled with mean looking hombres probably just across from Mexico or Central America and not the standard good ole boy local TX Mexicans. Everyone was staring at me especially the hombres in big white cowboy hats. The waitress nervously asked in broken English if she could help me and my wife? I would like 2 orders of tacos I said. She looked around at the hombres who I guess signaled it was OK so we got to eat hurriedly but it was a very quite restaurant.. I have also been the only white guy in a all black night club besides my son who was the keyboard player for a band composed of mostly black guys, one Cuban and 2 whitey's so the band did a lot of gigs in all black clubs. Interesting to say the least as I usually felt all eyes were on me.... but everybody was cool. Humans are a funny breed. Criswell

On Jul 23, 2009, at 2:32 PM, transalp 1 wrote: > > There used to be a bar on a seedy street here in Columbus called > the L&H > Saloon. > Ft. Benning savvy folks will know all about "Victory Drive". > Anyhow, I rode my white with red/blur stripes 1989 Honda Transalp > right up > to the door one afternoon > and waded into crowd, right up to the bar. I was a stranger in a > strange > land & wearing the wrong "uniform". > I had on a red & blue HRC off road jacket & carrying a multicolored, > full-face helmet. > You know those scenes in a movie where a guy goes in like this and the > music stops? It was almost that bad. > The waitress was the parts lady at the local HD dealership and > recognized > me, sort of. "Can I help you?" > I told her I had double prints of the the previous weekend's > Christmas Toy > Run (sponsored by the local Iron Cross chapter). > "Hey, everybody! This guy's got free pictures of the Toy Run!" > It took 3 seconds to be surrounded by happier folks clamoring to > find a > photo of themselves. > Talk about a mood changer! > I was not a member of the group. Yet, I'm pretty sure a few things > got put > away or back on safety. > I went home pictureless but otherwise intact. > =) > eddie > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]