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Lee: Fred at Arrowhead Motorsports should be able to set you up. www.arrowheadmotorsports.com John --- oliverld@... wrote:

> Howdy all! > > Is there such an animal? Take it apart, measure, > drive three hours > round trip to "local" dealer, spend $4/shim - not my > idea of a fun > Saturday morning. Is there a box with all shim > sizes available for a > reasonable price out there? > > Thanks, > Lee > A16 > R75/5 > Epi Jack Casady Sig. Bass

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> Is there such an animal? Take it apart, measure, drive three hours > round trip to "local" dealer, spend $4/shim - not my idea of a fun > Saturday morning. Is there a box with all shim sizes available for a > reasonable price out there?

There is indeed! Check out the 16 shim "kit" that Fred Hink has put together - Email and just ask him about it at: fred@... Visit his website at: www.arrowheadmotorsports.com Fred is a good guy to deal with, will do what he says, when he says he'll do it. Reasonable pricing, and he's able to provide tech support. Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ Valve Check & Adjustment Guide: http://klr6500.tripod.com/valves.html

Fred Hink at arrowhead motorsports has put together a 16 shim set for just this purpose. He is also the man for all the other junk you gonna need! Check it at: http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com/

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:56 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Valve Adj. Shim Kit? > Howdy all! > > Is there such an animal? Take it apart, measure, drive three hours > round trip to "local" dealer, spend $4/shim - not my idea of a fun > Saturday morning. Is there a box with all shim sizes available for a > reasonable price out there? > > Thanks, > Lee > A16 > R75/5 > Epi Jack Casady Sig. Bass > > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

$4.00 for a shim???? My local dealer wanted $12.00 + for each one. Must be that special gold plating.

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:56 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Valve Adj. Shim Kit? > Howdy all! > > Is there such an animal? Take it apart, measure, drive three hours > round trip to "local" dealer, spend $4/shim - not my idea of a fun > Saturday morning. Is there a box with all shim sizes available for a > reasonable price out there? > > Thanks, > Lee > A16 > R75/5 > Epi Jack Casady Sig. Bass > > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

Since the valves don't have to checked that often and you only use a select few sizes, I'd stay with buying the idiv. shims. BMW K bikes (the older ones) use the identical 29mm shims and sell for the same $4 price. The upside to going with Fred is you'll probably buy a bunch more fun stuff with your shims. PLUS we must keep him in business. Good thing he doesn't sell drugs or I'd be a junkie. Phantom Rider Beverly, MA (about 25 miles north of Boston, on the coast) 1985 K100 RS (80,000 miles) 1972 Yamaha CT1 175 (3,000+ miles, currently with some "issues") 2000 Kawasaki KLR 650 (more fun than I probably should be having) Toss me an email to to purchase the soon to famous KLR vavle adjustment VIDEO. Only 24.00, Ah bahgin (MA speak for a great deal) shipping is included and a portion of the proceeds go towards the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foudation (money order or PayPal only please) You can see stills from the actual video and all my nutty crazy mods at http://www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/PhantomRider.html Thanks again MotoMark for listing my junk!

You might want to check with a BMW dealer. The K series uses the same shims and they only charged me $2.50 each for them. Even the parts guy was amazed when he looked up the price! Tom

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Thomas J Komjathy" wrote: > $4.00 for a shim???? My local dealer wanted $12.00 + for each one. Must be > that special gold plating. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:56 PM > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Valve Adj. Shim Kit? > > > > Howdy all! > > > > Is there such an animal? Take it apart, measure, drive three hours > > round trip to "local" dealer, spend $4/shim - not my idea of a fun > > Saturday morning. Is there a box with all shim sizes available for a > > reasonable price out there? > > > > Thanks, > > Lee > > A16 > > R75/5 > > Epi Jack Casady Sig. Bass