Wilsons Sandbox

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, martinwaters2003 wrote:

> Being a newer member I read the archives first on this subject. > Just wanted to hear from the group if the Scootworks kit is a > reasonable way to lower my bike.

Personally I do think they are very good. I have installed them in each of the 3 positions (on two different bikes), and they did work fine for all 3 settings. The instructions were a bit confusing and they did make a mistake in the torque setting, but that is the only negative that I can think of. Some people here are worried about the idea of lowering the front a full 3 inches. Do note that this part is up to you. If you don't lower the front to match the back then you are changing the geometry of the bike. If you do lower the front a full 3 inch then maybe there is a chance of having the fender touch the wheel. The scootworks people did say that they have a pretty hard riding and heavy man who rides a fully 3 inch lowered KLR and has not had trouble with this. -- Doug Herr doug@...

Doug Herr wrote:

> The scootworks people did say that they have a pretty >hard riding and heavy man who rides a fully 3 inch lowered KLR >and has not had trouble with this. >

How hard is it, to put a KLR on a lift, yank the fork springs, and solidly bottom the front end? I've done it every time I've changed or measured fork oil level. Then you KNOW if it hits the fender or not, rather than saying "we know a really fat guy who hasn't had a problem with it". That said, if you are using a K-9 fork brace then don't worry. At least if that slams into the bottom of the fender it won't stop the wheel. Devon -- Brooklyn '01 A15-Z KLR650 '81 SR500 __________________________________________________________________ McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial today! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455

You probably have all the stuff you need to make a gooseneck lamp. LED and dropping resistor, length of rubber tubing to fit the LED, piece of #12 electrical wire, small square of brass sheet. Solder the resistor to the LED, add leads and heatshrink. Cut the rubber tubing to the length you need and also cut a piece of the #12 wire about an inch longer than the tube. Bend the #12 into an "L" and solder the short leg to the brass square, about an inch on a side or whatever will give you a solid mount. Slide the LED into the rubber tube and slip the whole works over the #12 wire. The #12 wire should NOT go clear to the LED. When everything looks okay silicone the tube onto the plate and put a small bit around the LED base to seal it. Now you can Velcro the thing or use double sided tape to stick it where ever. BTW did I mention that the leads to the LED should also exit the tube? Not that anyone on this list would forget that...... Bend it where you like, it's easy to fix when it breaks. Idea not patented or copyright but if you go into production on these my royalty fee is one light and a Cherry Coke if our paths ever cross . Ron A11

----- Original Message ----- Message: 18 Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:10:05 -0400 From: Chris Subject: Re: NKLR LED small how-to So I got home from Home Despot and Radio Shack, had this whole whizbang scheme on how to make a bracket, mount the computer and an elbow for the LED, even twisted up the yardstick (only aluminum I could find) to a nice prototype. Urgh, of course there isn't enough clearance for it. You'd think someone would make a small gooseneck for a 5mm LED, well you pretty much know they do, but it's some milspec number for $49 I'm betting.

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 bigfatgreenbike@... wrote:

> Doug Herr wrote: > > The scootworks people did say that they have a pretty > >hard riding and heavy man who rides a fully 3 inch lowered KLR > >and has not had trouble with this. > > > > How hard is it, to put a KLR on a lift, yank the fork springs, > and solidly bottom the front end? I've done it every time I've > changed or measured fork oil level.

Not very hard it seems. Just checked and it did touch the tire. We did not raise it to find out at what point it would not hit. She did not want to lose any of the lowering that she has and we did have a K9 fork brace (was mine, now hers). Installed that and now she is a bit safer.

> Then you KNOW if it hits the fender or not, rather than saying > "we know a really fat guy who hasn't had a problem with it".

I still think that was a cute answer. -- Doug Herr doug@...