Wilsons Sandbox

> I have cleaned the AIR filter,spark plug, added a battery (it was rewired to > not use one), replaced the Gas tank filter, cleaned the carb (main & idle > jets). Amazingly the carb looks prettly clean. Checked the little boot > over the choke cable.

> The only area I didn't open up was the enricher > dirphram (thinking that if I remove it, it will need to be replaced).

> So I changed the subject heading but i feel it was needed. > > I can understand how some listers are not interested in any landuse issue or > what is going on with the national forests or where ever. I also know that > the issues here on the East of the Mississippi are different from those on > the western side, mostly due to total population and those pressures on the > lands. Remember, out west is still pretty much wide open, here in the east > it's filling up quite quickly. > > However, It is relevant KLR content and effects many listers, nay, all > listers as it is an attack on motorcycling as a whole. And as a large group > we must defend the whole, whether it affects you directly or not. It's like > saying that it's okay for a country to attack Rhode Island because it > doesn't effect me in Kansas. > > How are these issues relevent to KLR? The KLR is a dual sport motorcycle, > and people use their KLRs for a wide variety of things. Some will load up > with luggage and head out to Moad, some will just pull out of their driveway > and head for a local forest road. Dual sporting encompasses road and dirt > riding. It does not matter what percentage of paved road you ride, nor does > it measure how dirt oriented you get. Heck, I'll go out in the garage, get > the KTM and ride 30 miles to our local ORV area, put some time in on the > single track trails, maybe swing by a few favorite forest roads on the way > home and call it a day. Or I may saddle up the KLR with camping gear and > head out for the Georgia mountains exploring some dirt roads and the > twisties. Either way, I'm dual sporting. You can't claim one is good and one > is bad. You must defend both. > > And yes, the dirt bikes and atv riders are the one's that use these orv > areas the most (but dual sporters do as well). That does not require a ban, > that requires education and compliance with rules and regulations and > enforcement of laws and regulations. And on the other hand, I have > personally, broke sweat and blood and have enjoyed the pleasure of blisters > helping some ORV organizations take care of these facilities by digging run > off ditches, trimming trees, digging fencepost holes and building a fence, > and mapping an area for the forestry departments > > So for those of you who are "bothered" with these issues, scan the subject > matter of the mail and just delete the messege. But I would prefer to be > informed. And yes, some folks will turn it into a political bashing of > someone, no matter who's in office. But that's part of being a democracy. We > must be tolerant of others viewpoints even if they offend and contridict our > own. Key word...tolerance. And personal responsibilty is shown by deleting > any offending messege. Remember, you DO NOT have to respond to anything you > DO NOT want to. > > No matter what you believe, and how you wish to lay blame, there is an > assault on access to public lands. ORV areas are threatend. Forest roads are > threatened. And dual sporters use both of these. So please don't judge how > others use their dual sport motorcycles based only on your own riding > habits, look at the greater picture of dual sporting. Indifference is the > first step towards totalitarianism. Minimize no one regardless of what they > do, or how they do it. > > The KLR is a dual sport motorcycle. So these are important to KLR riders. > > KLR content...... yes. > > Swampy > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > You have a voice mail message waiting for you at iHello.com: > http://click.egroups.com/1/3555/3/_/911801/_/956697648/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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