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[dsn_klr650] one missing bolt.... and bad luck

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2000 11:44 am
by Arne Larsen
From: Subject: [DSN_klr650] One missing bolt.... and bad luck
> So I finally get some nice weather to do some off road riding here in > upstate NY. Too bad the bolts that keep the handlebars attached to the
bike
> had loosened after only 450 miles. It is no fun having the bars rotate > forward when you are approaching a washed-out stream bed. Oooopppsss!
Down
> I go ! Man this thing is heavy ! > Things got worse last night while riding with a few four wheelers on
some
> abandoned train tracks. I lost sight of the wheelers and missed a turn in > the tracks - WHAM ! - Forty mph into a fence and heavy brush. So, as I
am
> flying over the handlebars and thirty feet into a corn field, I'm thinking > that something must have gotten damaged this time (worry more about the
bike
> than myself!). To my surprise, nothing but a few more scratches and alot
of
> brush sticking out all over the place ! :) ouch
Glad you're O.K. Greg. If you want to "unpersonalize" her again... Dualstar has lots of body parts for Y2K KLR's at very good prices. Cheers, Arne

[dsn_klr650] georgia bmw rally at hiawasse

Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2000 11:19 am
by ephilride@aol.com
> > Anyone going? ANyone have a website url for more info? > >
http://www.bmwoga.org/ May 5-7,2000.