fuel starvation?

[conjack01]

Dear Sirs, After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of the drain hole: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in storage in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to it later this year. Many thanks, Cam J.

[a14@att.net]

Yes that looks like it could be the part of the Doohickey that goes around the shaft. If it was broken when you replaced it you may not have gotten all the pieces out. If you replaced it with the factory part it could have broken again. I would open it up and take a look. Sir Walt

> Dear Sirs, > After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of the > drain hole: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ > > Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the > doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in storage > in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one > opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to it > later this year. > Many thanks, > Cam J. >

[Horton Oliphant]

The next question is, what was the original doohickey replaced with? Another stock lever or an after market? Al A13 Ia a14@... wrote:

> Yes that looks like it could be the part of the Doohickey that goes > around the shaft. If it was broken when you replaced it you may > not have gotten all the pieces out. If you replaced it with the > factory part it could have broken again. I would open it up and > take a look. > > Sir Walt

[J Fortner]

Looks like the bottom half of the doohickey.

On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 9:15 AM, conjack01 wrote: > Dear Sirs, > After draining the oil in the '03 I found this sticking out of the > drain hole: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24347396@N08/2301549673/ > > Any ideas as to what it may be? I'm thinking that it could be the > doohickey, but that was replaced 7000 miles ago. The bike is in storage > in Africa at the moment while I return to work. I will have one > opportunity to bring the right tools and parts when I return to it > later this year. > Many thanks, > Cam J. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Fred Hink]

Also check your gas cap vent. Have you been hearing a high pitched whistle from your cap? The venting system the cap gets restricted and can be cleaned but be careful of all the small pieces that can get lost. Use some compressed air on the cap and see how it works. It may fix your problem or you may still need to take the cap apart to clean it better. Fred http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com http://s1.zetaboards.com/arrowhead

----- Original Message ----- From: Russ Coley To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:11 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Fuel starvation? 2007 with K&N air filter seems like it is starving for fuel when run at 70 (speedo) mph for more than a few minutes. The bike will hold back then run and so on and so on. The only other carb mod I have done is the tee. I live in Florida but I do not think the heat has anything to do with this as it will do this on demand in any kind of weather. I have removed the carb and tank and cleaned them and the petcock thoroughly in case it was dirty fuel but the problem persists. It is not like I drive at this speed everyday but when I do it is really aggravating. Any thoughts would be helpful. Thanks Russ --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]