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adjusting the stock doo
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:20 am
by Romar
I have been thinking. I have an '06 with 4,250 miles on it. I have
the aftermarket doo in my garage but the bike is still running with the
stock doo. I know the maintenance manual says it should have been
adjusted by now but I have shyed away from it and someone on this board
said to leave it alone. I have knoticed the bike surging a little and
wonder if this is perhaps due to a loose doo?
I haven't replaced it yet because: a) I am afraid to & b)I don't have
the bent wrench/tools.
I have also been wondering if perhaps the reason there is so much doo
failure is because of people like me who either don't adjust or other
people who adjust it but do so incorrectly?
What are your thoughts? Has anyone followed up on broken doo's
regarding, Were they adjusted at the recommended intervals? If they
were adjusted at the mfg suggested intervals, it would be hard to
determine if they were adjusted correctly.
adjusting the stock doo
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:42 am
by Jud Jones
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Romar" wrote:
>
> I have been thinking. I have an '06 with 4,250 miles on it. I have
> the aftermarket doo in my garage but the bike is still running with the
> stock doo. I know the maintenance manual says it should have been
> adjusted by now but I have shyed away from it and someone on this board
> said to leave it alone. I have knoticed the bike surging a little and
> wonder if this is perhaps due to a loose doo?
>
> I haven't replaced it yet because: a) I am afraid to & b)I don't have
> the bent wrench/tools.
>
> I have also been wondering if perhaps the reason there is so much doo
> failure is because of people like me who either don't adjust or other
> people who adjust it but do so incorrectly?
>
> What are your thoughts? Has anyone followed up on broken doo's
> regarding, Were they adjusted at the recommended intervals? If they
> were adjusted at the mfg suggested intervals, it would be hard to
> determine if they were adjusted correctly.
>
There has been a lot of discussion of that question over the years. As far as I can tell,
there is no correlation whatever. Many levers that fail have never been adjusted. Many
more stock levers are crimped so that they will not self-adjust with the spring.
adjusting the stock doo
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 8:55 am
by Samuel Hudson
I've wondered often if you could just eliminate tha balance shafts all
together...too bad the waterpump is driven off of one of them. Course
if you think the bike is a little vibey now...
--samuelhudson
wind
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 10:23 am
by E.L. Green
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "hayduke.klr07" wrote:
> has anyone had their bike blow over due to wind? i was going to ride
> today. it was to be warm but pretty windy as well. no place sheltered
> to park at work. should i have scared or not?
I've parked my bike at the very tip of Point Reyes (the windiest point
in the U.S. according to the little plaque there), and it was still
upright when I got back from the hike to the lighthouse. The unloaded
KLR in stock form has a lot of lean onto its sidestand, and is pretty
hard for wind to knock over. If you've lowered the bike without
modifying the sidestand, or have a lot of heavy luggage on the bike
that keeps the suspension too compressed for it to fully lean onto the
sidestand, well, that's a different story. BTW, I wouldn't have even
attempted using a centerstand in these conditions, it would have blown
the bike right off the centerstand.
-E
adjusting the stock doo
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:50 am
by Blake Sobiloff
On Nov 9, 2006, at 6:16 AM, Romar wrote:
> I have knoticed the bike surging a little and
> wonder if this is perhaps due to a loose doo?
Loose driveline chain, not a loose balancer chain.
--
Blake Sobiloff
http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/>
http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/>
San Jose, CA (USA)