Wilsons Sandbox

For my fans, I got the dented tank back, beautifully repaired and painted black, looks like new. For a 110 bucks. I thought I should take a look inside the petcock, as listers have warned about desintegrating rubber inside it. The rubber was ok, pure durex, but putting the darn thing back together did not work out as it should, and looking at the Clymer s confused me even more. The petty cock was leaking, after I filled up the tank, from a venthole, so draining the tank again, gas all over the place. Ethanol must smell better, they should make a fuel you can drink too. So I got out the good old silicone, threw out the spring, and converted this petty thing into a regular gastank valve, no fancy frillies. I went for a ride to my swimming hole by the waterfall. The engine seems a bit more noisy, like when you have a leaking exhaust, but no gas is seen or felt, so...anybody has an opinion about that? I had to take off the exhaust pipe to take off the starter motor, for a check up, but it was perfect. New doo, valves recently adjusted to max. After riding the YBR125 for abt. six weeks or so, the beast felt a bit clumsy and heavy, but after a while I got used to it again. One inch lowering link seems to be ok, I would not recommend lowering it more. May have to adjust the setting on the rear suspension a bit. Just grow longer legs! I read that this engine might last up to 100K, what about cylinder rectification, and changing the piston diameter, for another 50K after that? Or perhaps after 100K the whole damn thing start to fall apart in the first place? I am at 24K now, and I don t plan on long trips anymore, it is the same old world all over the place. Why travel? I met a German fellow with a Suzuki 650 dual, aircooled, who rode from Seattle all the way to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, that s where I am stuck, and he sent the bike back to Germany on a ship, for abt. $500,- He said that only twice the engine overheated... he installed a farkled temp. gauge. There was only a small lub oil cooler on it. I think watercooling is much easier on the engine, and the oil, but then of cause there are more things that can go wrong. That s the KLR gossip for today. I can understand why people think in a certain way, I understand people who are right-wing Christians, I can understand people who hate Bible-thumping, I can more or less follow the thoughts of Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro, and I am able to comprehend a lot of things going on in this world. It may piss me off, but I can see how they came to think this way. So let s be tolerant and stop the screaming. Be still, and know that I am God... Be not wise in thine own eyes... Jake the Sage. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

Easily. My brother has one, about the same year, and it's a good bike. He also has a KLX-300 and the 2 bikes are similar as far as power goes. The KLX has better suspension, but the XR works well. He weighs around 210. Adam wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , Ronald Criswell > wrote: > > > > I saw one in the paper this morning - low miles. Anybody on the list > > have one. Enough power to pull a 210 pounder? > > > > Criswell > > > > My father-in-law has a 92 XR250 and he weighs about 220 lbs. Wont > break any speed records but he loves it in the single track stuff. > Only mod is 1 tooth less ont the C/S sprocket. Sound familar??? > He has even taken it on dual sport rides in Death Valley and Baja. > > Adam > >

Nah, you don't have it all. I want a Connie, already have 7 bikes, and am still missing a few that fit in where the others don't. I have the following categories covered: Large Dual Sport, Small Dual Sport, Large "naked" Street bike, Classic, Trials, Enduro So, I am missing: Sport bike, Touring bike, Cruiser,Pit Bike, MX, Flat Track, (OK, getting ridiculous here) My son just got a 650 Ninja, and I like that too, so I guess I also need a Lightweight Street bike. Aww heck, just gimme one of each! If I could only have ONE, though, the KLR would be it. mikeypep wrote:

> > I've heard the 100,000 mile stories too and can't imagine it holding up > that long. Most reports seem to be in the 69000 mile range, with only a > few exceptions that go to 100. I used to worry about wearing out my KLR > but I just can't seem to put more than 7000 miles on the bike in a > year. Sucks for me! I'd like to have a reason for a new one other > than "because I like it". At the rate I'm going I'll never wear this > thing out! But I promise to try. > PS-I recently ran across another machine that has captured my interest; > the Connie. This bike has many of the same characteristics as the KLR > that make it a great choice; tractor like engineering and build > quality, minimum maintenance that you can mostly do yourself, fun to > ride, looks that have to grow on you, immediate recognizability, fun to > ride, high value to price content, excellent web presence, fun to ride, > awesome forums and did mention, fun to ride? > These bikes occupy the t wo opposite ends of the spectrum for me. The > Connie takes to the interstate and the KLR does everythinig else. Now I > truly "have it all". > >