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saturday ride
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2002 9:34 pm
by Swampy
Anyone interested in a Saturday Lunch Ride? I heard of a neat place, We can all meet there for lunch. Ride to the destination from where you live, chat with fellow WDSRCers, and have lunch! Ride your dual sports or ride your street bikes. Fun for all! I heard of this place through our friends with the Orange County Cruisers! Come on, take a break from bustin berms, and bust some bratwursts.....
1st Ever WDSRC Destination Ride!
Destination: Yalaha German Bakery, Yalaha, Florida. From there it'll be time to explore the highest point peninsula Florida: Sugar Loaf Mountain...where it is I don't know but it's in the neighborhood so we'll find it!
Yalaha is located just south of Leesburg, FL and just west of Howey-In-The-Hills, FL. So it's convinient for everybody from Gainesville, Merrit Island, Orlando, Daytona, Lakeland, Tampa, Brooksville, Ocala. Let's do lunch!
Anyone interested, ol' Swampy's willing to pick folks up along the way!
Swampy's first stop: 7-eleven Ridge Road/Moonlake Rd, New Port Richey 0800
second stop: Waffle House SR50/I-75 0900ish.
From there it's on to Yalaha!
Anyone game! Chat it up on the list, or meet me there! If you wanna meet along the way, let's do it! Wear your WDSRC shirts so we know who ya are....
Come Saturday, I'll be cruisin on the KLR and lunchin' and munchin' in Yalaha! Come join me!
Swampy
A14
President
Withlacoochee Dual Sport Riders Club
500 members And Still Growing
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saturday ride
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 12:01 am
by Tony Cornett
Well this Saturday I am heading out to Monterey for the KART Indy-Style Grand Prix. A little over 200 miles from Bakersfield. There are plenty of good roads to ride in this area. I will give the 39t sprocket it's first true test also my new mesh jacket. I will try to keep rpm's down to get best gas milage.A report will follow. TC
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saturday ride
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 7:56 pm
by Tony Cornett
Went for my Saturday Ride. I decided to visit Harry in Julian,CA about 262 mile from Bakersfield. Harry is hosting a Tech week-end in Julian for a few of us. By the way it was a pleasure meeting you Harry and you were right about Romano's, meatball sandwich superb. Back to the ride.
Total miles: 523
speed: 70-80 mainly 75 mph
mileage: 55mpg
I have been riding for 42 years and have not ridden a better solo touring bike,very smooth.great gas mileage and enough power for my needs. Look forward to the Tech Week-end. Thanks for your ear. TC
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saturday ride
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:21 am
by hens_p
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Tony Cornett" wrote:
>>>>
I have been riding for 42 years and have not ridden a better solo
touring bike,very smooth.great gas mileage and enough power for my
needs.
saturday ride
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 9:17 am
by Tony Cornett
We sure are. I have had mine sine April 10,2002,bought it new. I have 7000
miles on it and the only disappoint that I have is the original tires,
worn-out at 1500 miles. I have Kenda Challengers,$74 per set, and they
hardly show wear. Maybe if I find a broken doohickey I would feel a little
different but even so it seems to be a good fix that Jke has presented to
us. Thanks TC
saturday ride
Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 6:03 pm
by Harry Charles Seifert, Jr.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Charles Seifert, Jr."
To: "Tony Cornett"
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Saturday Ride
>
> ----- Original Message ----- ....have not ridden a better solo touring
> bike,very smooth.great gas mileage and enough power for my needs. Look
> forward to the Tech Week-end. Thanks for your ear. TC
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> Thanks for the surprise visit. About three hours after you left,
> agroup of about 10 KLRs and 4 DRs putted through town...along with the
usual
> assemblage of HD's, crotch rockets and poseurs.
>
> The KLR is definitely the bike for cruising up here. It swings both
> ways ;
> Hey, if anyone coming up on the 10th, or coming up at anytime for that
> matter, wants to take a REALLY scenic ride in the Julian area, try the
> Chariot Canyon trucktrail from Banner to Oriflamme Canyon in the desert.
It
> is rather steep and loose in areas, with some pretty deeeeeep drop-offs
> (1,000+ ft). It is a fantastic ride, up or down...rather go down in my
> Landcruiser or fire rig tho..... Stop by my office in Julian and I'll give
> you the directions....all on State Park property or BLM land.
>
> Hopefully the 10th will be a bit cooler
>
saturday ride
Posted: Sun May 04, 2003 2:53 pm
by maudibbb
Went on about a 5 hour ride through the desert. A very old and non
maintained dirt road which seemed to be a lot more good sized rocks
then dirt. Today my upper back hurts, particularly the back of my
shoulders. I must be a wussy!
The bike sounded like it was gonna
come apart going over all those rocks. Can't really find anything
loose that would cause those sounds. Both my older Yamaha XT350, and
my Honda XL500 sounded like more well put together. Ya know, more
sturdy sounding. It seems something is always going wrong with the
KLR. Nothing really serious, but still. I'm tempted to safety wire
the whole darn thing. Seems to me the front end was bottoming out
hitting all those rocks. I've got the progressive springs installed.
Might need to do something more.
saturday ride
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 8:38 pm
by tonyc2me
I have just returned from a Saturday 300 mile ride. I left
Bakersfield CA about 9am headed for Santa Barbara and Montecieto
(spelling ) via highway 33. At lake Casitas 4 doe crossed in front of
me and jumped a six foot fence easily clearing it by two foot. The
ride was very relaxing with two lanes most of the way until I arrived
at highway 101. On the way home I took 126 to I-5 and stopped at
Ventura Pier for ice cream. The bike performed great. I ride with a
small handlebar mount fairing. 16t front sprocket, 65 mpg at 55-60
mph. Thanks TC
electrical upgrade?
Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 11:06 am
by C L Cooper
Blake,
Yes - headlight conversion kit. The HID setup has both hi and low in the
single bulb - which fits in the stock headlight socket. The wiring loom is
complete with plug-n-play connections.
I had the 400 watt stator but decided I had heard too many lack of
reliability problems, so I went with HID and replaced all other lights with
LEDs. If info and my calculations are correct I should be able to run the
HID headlight, grip heaters, GPS, and AutoComm intercom system all at the
same time on the stock stator.
I'll send pic's as soon as I tear into the beast.
Chuck C
San Diego, CA
On 5/3/07, Blake Sobiloff wrote:
>
> On May 2, 2007, at 10:41 PM, C L Cooper wrote:
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> I put the Aerostich HID setup on my KLR about two weeks ago
>
>
>
> Thanks for the report, Chuck--glad to hear that it works well. I take it
> that you installed the headlight conversion kit, not the add-on lights,
> right?
> --
> Blake Sobiloff
> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/>
> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/>
> San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>
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