Wilsons Sandbox

> Wanted: Stock muffler and exhaust header, in good condition with no > tweety sounds, for a KLR650A11. > > If you have and are interested in selling, please email me. > > While trying to do the muffler cleaning, two of the plug bolts broke > their heads off (they were rusted into place). Also my header is > getting rusty again, and the wire brushing and painting job last > winter didn't last very long. Figured I would try posting to the list > to see if anyone had a stock exhaust they would like to sell.

> The header and muffler are stainless steel I believe, though of a variety > that does rust I guess. Is everything functioning properly? I've never > pulled those bolts and never plan to, if the bolt shanks are rusted into > the exhaust, leave them be, they don't do anything anyhow. It sounds like > you're concerned about the cosmetic appearance of your KLR, if that's the > case, why did you buy the bike in the first place?

>>The header and muffler are stainless steel I believe, though of a variety >>that does rust I guess. >>

>Does the muffler not require any cleaning as stated in the service manual?? >

>Since the plug bolts snapped off they can't be removed easily now, and >rather than getting them have them drilled out, I thought I would see if >anyone has a stock one lying around after upgrading to an aftermarket >exhaust. >

----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Schmidt" To: "Zachariah Mully" Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] wanted: stock muffler and exhaust header > > The header and muffler are stainless steel I believe, though of a variety > > that does rust I guess. Is everything functioning properly? I've never > > pulled those bolts and never plan to, if the bolt shanks are rusted into > > the exhaust, leave them be, they don't do anything anyhow. It sounds like > > you're concerned about the cosmetic appearance of your KLR, if that's the > > case, why did you buy the bike in the first place? > > Does the muffler not require any cleaning as stated in the service manual?? > Since the plug bolts snapped off they can't be removed easily now, and > rather than getting them have them drilled out, I thought I would see if > anyone has a stock one lying around after upgrading to an aftermarket > exhaust. > > I'm not concerned about the cosmetics of the exhaust, but more about the it > rusting more, eventually causing holes in the exhaust. > > --Terry > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Riley" wrote: > Cleaning does zip. Tweety will probably show up anyway, and can be fixed in > 5 minutes. It will never rust through. Some people have removed all the > paint and it looks kinda cool. Then you could steel wool any rust off. > > > > Riley > A15 > Montreal > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Terry Schmidt" > To: "Zachariah Mully" > Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 5:27 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] wanted: stock muffler and exhaust header > > > > > The header and muffler are stainless steel I believe, though of a > variety > > > that does rust I guess. Is everything functioning properly? I've never > > > pulled those bolts and never plan to, if the bolt shanks are rusted into > > > the exhaust, leave them be, they don't do anything anyhow. It sounds > like > > > you're concerned about the cosmetic appearance of your KLR, if that's > the > > > case, why did you buy the bike in the first place? > > > > Does the muffler not require any cleaning as stated in the service > manual?? > > Since the plug bolts snapped off they can't be removed easily now, and > > rather than getting them have them drilled out, I thought I would see if > > anyone has a stock one lying around after upgrading to an aftermarket > > exhaust. > > > > I'm not concerned about the cosmetics of the exhaust, but more about the > it > > rusting more, eventually causing holes in the exhaust. > > > > --Terry > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > >

> -----Original Message----- > From: Walt [mailto:a14@...] > Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 5:49 PM > To: Mike Torst > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] NKLR failing to strip off yahoo trailers - Dar. > > > Ok, I am still working it - I prune, and then I forget to do so. No > excuses, > > I simply forget that this host presents trailers, unlike most that I am > > subscribe to. > > > > Mike Torst > > Las Vegas > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > I'll give ya another tip. If you send your post in plain text > instead of HTML the following [Non-text portions of this > message have been removed] will not show on your posts. > > Walt