is ims pulling my chain?

[Robert Morgan]

I have these pegs. The right spring is beefier. The left one works fine. I figured the difference had something to do with Coriolis force and the ability to make much tighter turns to the right in the Northern Hemisphere, thus requiring a much stiffer spring on the right side. However I have not had time to venture south of the equator since I mounted the new pegs so this remains an untested theory. Morgan Hey, 'splainin stuff is what I do, just trying to help.

----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Vervaeke To: KLR-650 List DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 2:10 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] IS IMS Pulling my Chain? > Hello: > > Boy, I'm just full of questions today. Okay, here's another weird > one. > > I replaced my stock 99 KLR650 pegs with a pair of IMS Pro Pegs. > Big bucks, about $90 or so from local dealer. > > Mounting pegs. > > Right peg is perfect. The peg is fine and the replacement spring > to hold the peg in place is much beefier. Nice. 2 minute job. > > Left peg is not perfect. The peg is fine but the spring is not > as beefy as the one on the right. Looks almost like the stock > spring. It's puny and while it does push the peg back into place > it's sort of anemic (read OEM). > > Call IMS. IMS says "We'll ship you out a new left spring today". > Wow, great service. > > Two days pass. > > Package arrives. Open package. What's inside? You'll never guess. > A little bag with Kawasaki written on it. Says "Genuine Parts" > "92144-1567" "Spring, Step RE (OB). What the heck? I compare it > to the left spring I already have and it's the same. > > Call IMS. Wait 5 minutes for the right guy. > > Explain situation. He says "We use what Kawasaki sends us". I explain > again that I purchased IMS Pro Pegs for $90 f**king dollars and I > don't want a Kawasaki OEM spring. I want one like the big burly one > on the left. He shrugs. He says there's nothing he can do. I ask > once again: "who makes the springs on the right, it's not at all like > the OEM right spring?". He says: "Kawasaki". > > When I ask him why he didn't tell me that a week ago when I called > to complain about the spring he just grunts. > > Okay, so here I am. I'm pissed. I'm guessing I have few options: > > 1. Fred: Do the IMS pegs you have at the shop have a big beefy spring > on the right and a little stock looking spring on the right? > > 2. Fred: Do you know where I can get a burly left spring? > > 3. Anyone else out there deal with this or even notice it? > > Thanks for listening. > > Tom > A13 > > PS: The really funny thing is that the background music/speech you > hear while waiting on hold for the correctt IMS guy for 5 minutes goes > like this: "If there's anything we can do to improve our products > just tell our people. We're here to make you a satisfied customer". > > There's irony for you. > > > > ===== > ========================================================= > Tom Vervaeke, Colorado, USA |Email: tom_vervaeke@... > '99 Kawasaki KLR-650, 5.0K |Ph: 719-495-2152 (home) > '96 BMW R1100GS, Black 61.5K|Ph: 719-590-2133 (work) > Colorado DualSporters Group |Ph: 719-650-4578 (cell/riding) > Try: http://www.egroups.com/group/Colorado-Dualsporters ========================================================= > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > > >