broken doohickey spring- less than 5,000 miles

[Renn Rivers]

It's not much but here is a photo of me on the stripped down KLR at Hallett last April. I was able to run 5, 30 minute sessions for a total of 2.5 hours of track time with no get-offs. During and after the event, many of the riders on sport bikes said that they had alot of fun FOLLOWING my line around the track and at least one rider threw his bike down the road trying to keep up. It was the most fun I have ever had on a motorcycle. Enjoy! http://www.osbro.com/ridepages/170403trackday.html http://www.osbro.com/images/2003/170403trackday/photo18.jpg http://www.hallettracing.com/

[butch278@webtv.net]

Great photos Renn, were you using stock tires? Butch A16

[Renn Rivers]

Great photos Renn, were you using stock tires? Butch A16 No, I ran with a set of Continental Conti-Tour tires from Dennis Kirk. These tires are made of a hard compound for high mileage but after starting cold and then running two progressively faster laps they were good to go for lap three. It was very satisfying to exit the track at the end of a session and then find the tires covered with hot, sticky marbles that had been picked up riding through the hot-pit to the paddock.

[steve_rolfeca]

Completed my Doohickey replacement this morning. The magneto rotor popped off just fine using a grade 8 M22/1.5/80mm bolt as a puller. This was necessary because of an error in the Motion Pro catalogue (my dealer's book said to use a 20mm puller). I found the stock doohickey unbroken and the tensioner assembly working smoothly. Too smoothly, in fact- there was no tension because the spring was broken! Thankfully, there hadn't been any associated damage. I had to file my Sagebrush doohickey slightly for clearance (it lightly brushed one spoke on the starter gear). Thanks to Jake at Sagebrush for his excellent service and advice. I'm glad I checked it out. Now that my bike's achilles heel has been dealt with, I can relax and enjoy the KLR's otherwise legendary reliability. Kind of sad that the work was needed in the first place, though- this occurred on a lightly-ridden bike, pampered with regular oil changes every 1,200 miles... Steve R.