nklr-gas containers-dump question!

[Norm Keller]

Actually, the KLR fairing is installed with an intended angle in order to compensate for road crown. If you check bikes shipped to Oz and new Zealand, you will notice that they have the fairing angled in the opposite direction. HIH Norm P.S. Since this is vendor Friday, I have a bridge for sale. Any takers? (VBG) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[kestrelfal]

Norm, PLEASE, sell something else if you need money. Don't ruin your handsome smile. Sincerely, Fred

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Norm Keller" wrote: > P.S. Since this is vendor Friday, I have a bridge for sale. Any takers? (VBG)

[Don S]

Yeah...that's the ticket. I already knew that. I was just waiting to see if anyone else did. Should have known Norm had that gem of knowledge socked away in his mental archives. Next question please. Don Norm Keller wrote: Actually, the KLR fairing is installed with an intended angle in order to compensate for road crown. If you check bikes shipped to Oz and new Zealand, you will notice that they have the fairing angled in the opposite direction. HIH Norm P.S. Since this is vendor Friday, I have a bridge for sale. Any takers? (VBG) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Wood" wrote:

> > Hello All, > > I'm new to the group and a new 07 KLR650 owner. I've wanted one of > these things for a long time and finaly got one. I'm stoked. > On the maiden ride I noticed the fairing is pointing a couple of > degrees to the left when riding straight. Is this common? I inspected > the mounting hardware and braces and can't see any thing that is > obviously bent. I don't think it's affecting anything except my mind > when I glance down at it. > > Tony

Hi Tony, Bent only a couple of degrees? You got a good one. Take the windshield off and it is less noticeable, and, enjoy the addtional benefit of having the the buffeting from the 'spilt-wind' off the windscreen hit you in the chest, instead of dumping the wind on your chin/helmet. I took mine off 16000 miles ago, and have never missed it (and mine is slightly twisted to the left also). revmaaatin.

[hal gainous]

where is the bridge located? and hoe much?

----- Original Message ----- From: kestrelfal To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: 12/16/2006 7:38:03 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Fairing Norm, PLEASE, sell something else if you need money. Don't ruin your handsome smile. Sincerely, Fred --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Norm Keller" wrote: > P.S. Since this is vendor Friday, I have a bridge for sale. Any takers? (VBG) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Norm Keller]

>I took mine off 16000 miles ago, and have >never missed it (and mine is >slightly twisted to the left also). >revmaaatin.

Rev: I've noticed that most clergy tend to be twisted to the left. (Running for cover) Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Norm Keller]

>where is the bridge located? >and hoe much?

In my bedside drawer. It used to correct my wisdom teeth but they had to be extracted because they were rejecting me. Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "usa1911a1" wrote:

> > Join the group. Most of us don't point in the direction we are

riding. The

> fairing being out of whack is normal and in most cases is just

ignored by

> the owner, myself included. It bothered me for a day...then I got

over it

> and just changed the gas. > > Capt. Bob in Durham, CT. USA >

Tony, I noticed that after my KLR (and me) contributed deeply to the local Dr.s and hospital last summer ($=the price of 6 new KLR's), I don't pay much attention to a small distraction like a tweaked fairing. I suspect that my shorted collar bone no longer aligns up with much of any thing, except Tylenol or Aleve. OTOH, if you are noticing the tweaked fairing, you are either not riding fast enough or you are not concentrating on where you are headed! SIDEBAR COMMENT--MSF gouge: Look where you want to go, not at what you want to 'miss' i.e. ignore the faring while you are riding!!! Looking at the fairing while you are riding will get you in trouble. Not to be the bearer or wish bad news on you, if you ride the bike much, there are many, many other subtle 'tweaks' in your future, in any sphere not previously 'protected'. As you read the list, you find that there are those that armor up their bike, and those who wished they did. Two/three very good farkles (even if you are only using it for an urban assault vehicle) are lever protectors (aka barkbusters, etal) the left mirror perch to protect the left switch group, and the mirror isolators. I have field tested mine, hard down in the field on both sides, more than I ever intended, and I still have the original switches, mirrors, etc. Those armored items work just as well in your garage, at the stop light, and at the parking lot or your church on Sunday. (The armor works just as well on Saturday nights for my Catholic friends.) Some farkle is just 'sparkle'--it makes the owner feel good-- but these three items are the real deal IMO. The mirror isolators don't do much for the vibration in the mirror, but will allow the mirror- stalk to flex ~30degrees rather than break off the perch or bend the mirror. yes, Virginia, I field tested that one also, even on a plate glass window... Which is the moral to another story...never park the KLR close to anything you would not want it to fall on. The KLR choir now may sing: A-Men. revmaaatin

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Greg Roeder" wrote:

> > Tony, > First let me say WOW, I'm jealous of your collection of bikes. > Second, welcome to the group. I have never been part of any other > topic driven group that has been so useful. My '07 is the second > bike I've ever owned and I would definitely consider myself a

noob.

> My fairing is off kilter a little bit too. And, my bike buzzed, > rattled, clunked, and made all kinds of hellish noises when I

bought

> it. I thought I had screwed up big time. But, now with close to

1k

> on it, life is indeed good. I definitely think I am developing

some

> kind of very strange and probably unhealthy codependency with > my '07. I even named the damn thing Camaxtli since it is Aztec

Red.

> Anyway, welcome, and if you're ever near SW Missouri lets roll! > Greg; Willard, MO; '07 Aztec Red >

Tony and Greg, The best cure for hearing all that KLR racket is to use soft earplugs inside a good quality full face helmet (and of course, ride faster). If you have installed the alum skid plate, the racket is even louder! It (the racket) is also why you rarely see any KLR riding the bike without a helmet (besides them being smart enough not to ride without a helmet) is that all the thumper racket scares them so bad, they won't ride the bike! Greg, If I get to SW Missouri this summer, I will look you up. I have people in Jasper, Barton and Green counties. revmaaatin.

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Norm Keller" wrote:

> > >I took mine off 16000 miles ago, and have >never missed it (and

mine is

> >slightly twisted to the left also). > > >revmaaatin. > > Rev: > I've noticed that most clergy tend to be twisted to the left. > > (Running for cover) > > Norm

Norm, Come out from under the porch: That is [sadly] a fair observation. They are twisted to the left because the no long feel the need to read the maintenance manual or feel obligated to follow the instructions if they did read it. It is called 'enlightenment'. Some dead guy name Voltaire suggested it... and it is being re- packaged, for sale in just about every thing we see, do, feel, eat, drink, etc. so, what is the cure for being 'left-bent' clergy that only read the commentary for their weekly message-inspiration? As one of my profs correctly suggested; "The Bible sheds a lot of light on the [biblical] commentary." To bad so few of our [Christian] spiritual guides don't read the manufactures handbook. revmaaatin.