--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn
wrote:
>
> At 6:10 AM +0000 12/12/07, Mike wrote:
> >--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "topmap1" wrote:
> >>
> >> Bill, they always say that copying is the highest form of
praise.
> >> Martin
> >Martin,
> >
> >Yes, I have an interest here - but this doesn't belong on the
forum.
> >All of your posts have been about your product.
>
> It's all OK... until somebody trademarks or patents a device,
copying
> is fair game. Gotta strike while the iron is hot they say.
> Anyway, until I see hard proof that ANY coolant bypass system will
> ultimately be a money-saver and increase the longevity of the
engine
> enough to recover the purchase price of the device times five (and
> there have been many examples of KLRs going in excess of 80,000
> miles), I'll put my hard-earned cash towards other gear. Most guys
> here don't even own their KLRs long enough or ride in widely
varying
> conditions to reap whatever benefit a coolant bypass device can
offer.
> Now, if someone came up with something really useful, like a carb
> heat device...
>
> Mark
>
OK boys and girls, its time for
SATIRE SWITCH--ON
Mark,
Once again, we are in heated agreement, ah, sort of. I bought the
device (yet to arrive) based on the same reasons you did not. shrug.
Is it faith?
Or is it science?
IS it the WEST vs. EAST (PA vs. SD)
Is it EASTERN time Zone vs. the Central, MT, and Left Coast time?
Or is it 'something else' like--a sinister conspiracy?
cough.
(Got to do something about that konstant koph).
Mine was a matter of KLR lo-o-o-o-ngivity vs. immediate cash flow. I
expect to ride this bike 'until they pry my cold dead fingers off the
throttle'.
Using my theological as well as limited scientific understanding of
how money works--"what do you mean more money won't cure the problem"-
and the problematic feature of having just one motorcycle (dare I
say, dual-sport?), the big green pig needs to oink for quite some
time. cough. Now, based on the incredible degree and painstaking
scientific (cough) data that Thermo Bill Watson has offered, plus
watching and reading his extensive dialog/explanation on the list,
and reading and SEEING (is believing--there is that pesky 'faith'
thing)...SEEING Jeff Saline's one-off hand built thermo-Jeff device--
built on the mill from scratch, all I could say,
"MY dear WATSON--I'm in!"
"I'm a believer!"
"I have seen the light! Take me down to the river, TODAY!"
Just send some sonshine (spelling deliberate) when you send the
bypass kit, so I can ride the big green pig!
cough.
Move SATIRE SWITCH to TURBO--
But why did they call it a thermo-bob? Sounds like a WMD rather than
something friendly, like, 'the WATSON device'--in the same vein as
the 'Pat-Mod'. sigh. I guess I was a little late in the naming
game. shrug. As long as it works, as long as it works, and I am
certain it will...because I believe! I believe the science that
Thermo Bill has 'created' and shared with the heathen unbelieving
KiLeRista's, as far North as South Dakota...and no further because
Global warming has kept the inventor of the Internet from leaving any
ethereal wavelengths above the 45th parallel. So I'm told, but have
not enough 'science' to prove it, so, I will take it on faith...that
there is an email/internet connection to at least the 48th parallel.
CLUTCH-SHIFT-REV
Once upon a time, no one believed there was a doo-hickey problem...or
that it needed improving. shrug. But many, in an act of faith,
opened the beast and beheld the sinner. 'Salvation' was given to
some, because they asked, they believed and they received. Others,
shruged their shoulders like this, shrug, and went about their
business, placing the trust in a divine creator called KHI--a not so
perfect creator--who evidently liked spaghetti as well (see/reference
previous theological explanation of the pasta-god post).
So how long will your beast last? In the four years I have been
reading, the conclusion I have reached, that most should go easily a
full 60,000 smiles. Less if you beat on it hard, more if beat on it
a little less. No science in this, just the seat of the pants
assimilation of data read for four years. Others have quoted miles
in the 80's, and one bike closing in on 100,000 miles. Not typical
of most folk's experience--I would imagine. However, If I increase
the miles expected from the machine by adding a $100 device that gets
the bike operating at a specific and constant temp, sooner than KHI
designed, my little mind suggests that it will add miles to the bike
by cutting down the temp-shock-wear on start up/thermo cycling (yes,
I see that needle cycling)--in particular since we Dakotans typically
ride in colder temps, than many of the poster on the list ride at. I
expect to add a full 20,000 miles to my original expectation of
60,000 smiles. Is adding 20K smiles hard science? Hardly, I
suppose, more of a faith thing. smile.
Now, neither science or faith--maybe just practicality--
If you don't ride in the colder temps, which is why Thermo-Bob Bill
Watson Device was designed to do, then, it probably is a waste of
your time and money...and especially if you treat the bike as a
disposable container. The author and finisher of the Watson device
would be more qualified to comment than I--not that that should slow
one down from ever offering an opinion. smile.
As for me and my house, my motorcycles/cars/trucks are reusable, and
or extended life/use items. Usually, 10+ years after they were
bought 'used'. Not of much value at the end....
Once upon a time, no one believed there was a doo-hickey problem.
But now, most all are convinced. Likewise, it will take several
1000's of miles to suggest that the Watson-device aka Thermo-Bob mod
will make a difference in the longevity of the bike. For most, it
won't make a difference; especailly if you ride your
white/blue/green/red/black pig for only 1-2 years, or only 5-8ooo
miles and move on to the next bike. shrug. Which I believe, is Mark
Van Horn's most salient point.
SATIRE SWITCH--OFF
NOTE: Please allow 2 minutes of Post-SATIRE use for proper cooling.
revmaaatin. who has more KLR-theological cross pollination, but will
save it for a rainy day...a rainy day of less than Biblical
proportions.