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> At just shy of 30,000 miles, my KLR's radiator has sprung a pinhole leak > inside the fins. The dealer wants $315 (US) for a new one. If any of

you

> know a source for a good radiator (e.g., from a parts bike) for a lower > price, please let me know.

It's been a few years now, I guess, but my father-in-law took a leaking car radiator to a shop and had it fixed. (Brazed?) Couldn't a radiator shop just do that for your KLR? Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@... HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

> From: Mark St.Hilaire, Sr [mailto:msaint@...] > > At just shy of 30,000 miles, my KLR's radiator has sprung a pinhole leak > > inside the fins. The dealer wants $315 (US) for a new one. If any of > you > > know a source for a good radiator (e.g., from a parts bike) for a lower > > price, please let me know. > > It's been a few years now, I guess, but my father-in-law took a leaking > car radiator to a shop and had it fixed. (Brazed?) Couldn't a radiator > shop just do that for your KLR?

If the leak were at a fitting, I'd go that way. But the hole is in the folds of the aluminum fins, and I think that any torch work in there would cause more problems than it would fix. Dreas

No Radiator shops in the area ? They are always a good place to take a leak... Local shop has that painted on the side of the building... Duden

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dreas Nielsen" wrote: > At just shy of 30,000 miles, my KLR's radiator has sprung a pinhole leak > inside the fins. The dealer wants $315 (US) for a new one. If any of you > know a source for a good radiator (e.g., from a parts bike) for a lower > price, please let me know. > > Thanks. > > Dreas Nielsen (wondering if the KLR knows that the V-Strom arrives in a > week)

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., toomanybikes wrote:

> > --- rangerspice31907 > wrote: > The only thing is that I was > > "highly" > > discouraged from purchasing my tires over the > > internet. > > Why was that? I just posted an address for SW moto > tire, most of his business is internet, same tire and > service as if I walked in the door.You can probably > get a bad tire over the net but you can get a bad one > that has been laying around the shop for three years > to. At list SW Moto turns through his inventory fast. > Not quite as fussy as buying a helmet over the net. > (I've bought three that way) > > _I certainly have to agree with buying tires over the net or mail

order. Almost always way cheaper, IF you find the right place to purchase from. Important thing is to do your homework! The age of the tire can go either way from either a dealer at home to the net/mail order. But one thing I personally don't do is buy sportbike tires from the net. Reason being is a lot of shops (mine is this way) will charge $20.00 a tire or more to mount/balance if you didn't buy from them. Sportbike tires are very low profile and harder to mount right, especially trying not to scratch up the rim while doing it. I have mounted sportbike tires, but way too big a pain, and I really prefer computer balancing sportbike tires, because mine will do around 160 mph, and routinely sees well over 100+ mph (yes, when it's safe to do so). But, in the KLR's case, as with my MX bike, the tires are WAY easy to put on yourself (you should always learn this for real, so you can do it when you need to out in the boonies, away from civilization). Scratching up the rims is not a biggie on a bike that sees abuse out on a trail, and balancing is not as important an issue when the speeds are lower. You can get the balance really close doing it the static way. So, a big plus to mail order if you get a great deal, especially dirt/dual sport tires. I just did get a set of tires from SW moto, and the tires manufacturing dates were 471, which is the 47th week of 2001, so they are fresh. 2 cents worth of late night jibberish... Brian A12 _________________________________________________

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