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> [Original Message] > From: rockiedog2 > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 5/13/2008 7:13:23 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Finally > > I have been working off and on(mostly on) on my 06 Lime Green since > January and I think it's as ready as I can get it....finally. From > one end to the other numerous times. Take it apart, put it back > together. Try it out. Take it apart again. Change something. Put it > back together again. Try it out again. Take it back apart. Put it > back together again. Being as cheap as they come, lots of the new > stuff is homemade from stuff lying around the shop for years. It > looks a little like what Mel Gibson might ride in those doomsday > movies...well, not really. Nothing radical or new(most everything > imaginable must have already been done to the KLR, right?) but it all > works pretty good together and seems like it will go the distance, > right now anyway. It has been a seemingly never ending process but I > can't think of anything else to do to it. I think it's ready. We'll > see... > Leaving from the bowels of Mississippi the 19th for Calgary, Hyder, > Inuvik, Chicken, Eagle, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay, Denali, Anchorage, > Homer, Haines, Skagway, Valdez, Dawson Creek, Bella Coola, Idaho back > country, Moab, Colorado backcountry, Pikes Peak, back to MS. 5 or 6 > weeks? Maybe 12000-13000 miles? If I'm lucky. Will report, if able. > > Joe > > > ------------------------------------ > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > >

> > I have been working off and on(mostly on) on my 06 Lime Green since > January and I think it's as ready as I can get it....finally. From > one end to the other numerous times. Take it apart, put it back > together. Try it out. Take it apart again. Change something. Put it > back together again. Try it out again. Take it back apart. Put it > back together again. Being as cheap as they come, lots of the new > stuff is homemade from stuff lying around the shop for years. It > looks a little like what Mel Gibson might ride in those doomsday > movies...well, not really. Nothing radical or new(most everything > imaginable must have already been done to the KLR, right?) but it

> works pretty good together and seems like it will go the distance, > right now anyway. It has been a seemingly never ending process but

> can't think of anything else to do to it. I think it's ready. We'll > see... > Leaving from the bowels of Mississippi the 19th for Calgary, Hyder, > Inuvik, Chicken, Eagle, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay, Denali, Anchorage, > Homer, Haines, Skagway, Valdez, Dawson Creek, Bella Coola, Idaho

> country, Moab, Colorado backcountry, Pikes Peak, back to MS. 5 or 6 > weeks? Maybe 12000-13000 miles? If I'm lucky. Will report, if able. > > Joe >

> > I have been working off and on(mostly on) on my 06 Lime Green since > January and I think it's as ready as I can get it....finally. From > one end to the other numerous times. Take it apart, put it back > together. Try it out. Take it apart again. Change something. Put it > back together again. Try it out again. Take it back apart. Put it > back together again. Being as cheap as they come, lots of the new > stuff is homemade from stuff lying around the shop for years. It > looks a little like what Mel Gibson might ride in those doomsday > movies...well, not really. Nothing radical or new(most everything > imaginable must have already been done to the KLR, right?) but it all > works pretty good together and seems like it will go the distance, > right now anyway. It has been a seemingly never ending process but I > can't think of anything else to do to it. I think it's ready. We'll > see... > Leaving from the bowels of Mississippi the 19th for Calgary, Hyder, > Inuvik, Chicken, Eagle, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay, Denali, Anchorage, > Homer, Haines, Skagway, Valdez, Dawson Creek, Bella Coola, Idaho back > country, Moab, Colorado backcountry, Pikes Peak, back to MS. 5 or 6 > weeks? Maybe 12000-13000 miles? If I'm lucky. Will report, if able. > > Joe > >

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , "rockiedog2" > wrote: > > > > I have been working off and on(mostly on) on my 06 Lime Green since > > January and I think it's as ready as I can get it....finally. From > > one end to the other numerous times. Take it apart, put it back > > together. Try it out. Take it apart again. Change something. Put it > > back together again. Try it out again. Take it back apart. Put it > > back together again. Being as cheap as they come, lots of the new > > stuff is homemade from stuff lying around the shop for years. It > > looks a little like what Mel Gibson might ride in those doomsday > > movies...well, not really. Nothing radical or new(most everything > > imaginable must have already been done to the KLR, right?) but it > all > > works pretty good together and seems like it will go the distance, > > right now anyway. It has been a seemingly never ending process but > I > > can't think of anything else to do to it. I think it's ready. We'll > > see... > > Leaving from the bowels of Mississippi the 19th for Calgary, Hyder, > > Inuvik, Chicken, Eagle, Fairbanks, Prudhoe Bay, Denali, Anchorage, > > Homer, Haines, Skagway, Valdez, Dawson Creek, Bella Coola, Idaho > back > > country, Moab, Colorado backcountry, Pikes Peak, back to MS. 5 or 6 > > weeks? Maybe 12000-13000 miles? If I'm lucky. Will report, if able. > > > > Joe > > > Joe, > Depending on your present mileage, don't forget that your valves will > likely need an adjustment in NLT~6000 smiles. I think general list > wisdomw is NLT 2000, 6000, and 10000 will get you out to some 6000 > miles more later. Many have suggested that their valve stabilize at > ~10000 miles. I think the OEM guide is there for a reason--except > the 08 nonsense of going 15ooo miles before a valve check. head > shake. Nonsense! > > I just did a valve adjustment saturday (all valves change at least > one shim size, two valves, two shim sizes)on my new-to-me 98KLR650. > After a 2000 mile journey home, it was in just in spec but ready to > be adjusted to max at 22,456 miles. Previosly checked bu PO at > 19000 "in spec". > > Looking forward to your report. I hope your electric clothes work! > I would love to have a copy of the maps when you get back and a > legible accounting of the bread-crumbs so you know how to get back > home! > revmaaatin. > >

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