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tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:19 pm
by Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.
Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place to
go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a
question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a correlation
between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In other
words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are primarily
ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages here),
or...... ?
Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in the
5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and no tweet
has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all) of my
miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute to work,
or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride on the
road some more.
If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch
and keep on going.
Woo woo!!
But, I'm still curious.
Comments? Observations?
Guy
A16
'95 Concours
Richmond, VA
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:47 pm
by andy@andynicholson.com
Interesting. My KLR seems to have just started chirping at around 6300 miles.
I ride a lot on the road, and I've been doing as much off roading as I can. I
would guess it's been in dirt for between 1000 and 1500 miles.
On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:29:05 -0400, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote:
>
> Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place to
> go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a
> question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a correlation
> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In other
> words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are primarily
> ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages here),
> or...... ?
>
> Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in the
> 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and no tweet
> has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all) of my
> miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute to work,
> or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride on the
> road some more.
>
> If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch
> and keep on going.
>
> Woo woo!!
>
> But, I'm still curious.
>
> Comments? Observations?
>
> Guy
> A16
> '95 Concours
> Richmond, VA
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 8:08 pm
by Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.
Andy,
You're the first to respond, so we'll see where it goes from here.
Guy
PS - 6300 mile, eh? Maybe I'm NOT outta the woods.
At 05:47 PM 8/1/03 -0700, andy@... wrote:
>Interesting. My KLR seems to have just started chirping at around 6300
miles.
>I ride a lot on the road, and I've been doing as much off roading as I
can. I
>would guess it's been in dirt for between 1000 and 1500 miles.
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:23 pm
by mwl_95623
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed."
wrote:
> Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no
place to
> go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and
a
> question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a
correlation
> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet?
In other
> words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are
primarily
> ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages
here),
> or...... ?
>
> Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere
in the
> 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and
no tweet
> has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all)
of my
> miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute
to work,
> or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride
on the
> road some more.
>
> If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on
the 'Stitch
> and keep on going.
>
> Woo woo!!
>
> But, I'm still curious.
>
> Comments? Observations?
>
> Guy
> A16
> '95 Concours
> Richmond, VA
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 11:27 pm
by mwl_95623
Guy,
15K and no tweet yet :>) I have a 2002 and ride primarily on the
street. I'd say 95% :DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mwl_95623"
wrote:
Ed."
> wrote:
> Has anyone determined if there is a correlation
> > between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet?
> >
> > Guy
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:01 am
by propagandrew
My 01 klr has just recently started to make a whistling sound, and
I'm right at about 6500 miles. I'm assuming this is what people call
tweety, but i cant tell exactly where the whistling is coming from.
seems to be alot more noticable when the bike is hot (stuck in
traffic or such).
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed."
wrote:
> Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place
to
> go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a
> question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a
correlation
> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In
other
> words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are
primarily
> ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages
here),
> or...... ?
>
> Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in
the
> 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and
no tweet
> has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all)
of my
> miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute
to work,
> or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride
on the
> road some more.
>
> If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on
the 'Stitch
> and keep on going.
>
> Woo woo!!
>
> But, I'm still curious.
>
> Comments? Observations?
>
> Guy
> A16
> '95 Concours
> Richmond, VA
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2003 3:22 pm
by Dan Weber
Guy- Let me post a minority position...nothing wrong with the tweeting pipe,
reminds me of a Goldie I owned in the late '70s. Only difference is then the
pipe was called a "twitter."
Dan Weber
Shreveport, LA
'99KLR650
'00K1200LT
----- Original Message -----
> If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch
> and keep on going.
>
> Woo woo!!
good vibrations
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 9:43 am
by Doug Herr
On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, ms7147 wrote:
> To me there is no such thing as good vibrations when it comes to
> motorcycles. [snip]
> What are the vibrations like on the KLR650?
I am just over the 3000 mile mark on mine and do mostly street
riding. The only vibration that I am interested in removing is
that in the grips. On long freeway trips I think there is enough
vibration to start to numb the fingers. There are a number of
fixes suggested for this so I suspect that I will be able to fix
this. But do not expect any "thumper" to be vibration free right
out of the box.
--
Doug Herr
doug@...
tweety, and occurance thereof
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:16 am
by mwl_95623
Guy,
Maybe the answer rests in Devon's response to the muffler drain bolt
warning? Could banging on the muffler while reving the engine be the
cause of tweety. I know I've never done it and tweety hasn't hatched
yet...knock on wood!
Matt
>Message: 18
> Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:26:35 -0400
> From: Devon Jarvis
>Subject: Re: MUFFLER DRAIN BOLTS WARNING!
>I got a slight amount of carbon, but it certainly didn't seem to help
>prevent the tweety issue. I stopped doing the muffler "service" when
>tweety arrived. I love that the "service" consists of revving the
>motor while whacking the muffler with a rubber mallet.
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed."
wrote:
>Has anyone determined if there is a correlation
> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet?
>
> Guy
> A16
> '95 Concours
> Richmond, VA