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Posted: **Sat May 24, 2008 3:02 pm**

--- Jacobus De Bruyn wrote:

> I found the rear brake still got pretty warm. It > seems to me that the outer brake pad, the one nearest > to the wheel, is not sliding as it should. > I installed the new cheapo brake pads, which by the > way are the only ones available here, -with luck, > occasionally- and I found that I had to file down the > square holes to fit the round slide pins. It looks to > me that they still need a bit more filing. > Dem pins dem, dem round, mon. Ask Harry Belafonte. > Mike, the outer brake pads should slide freely on the > round slide pins? Early tomorrow I ll get out my > beginners burglary kit with the round file, and make > it slide easily, except of cause if I get a > prohibition on this channel. From authorized persons.

Jake, The pad closest to the wheel is a little bit loose on the pins. I can move it in and out with my fingers. The holes in the pad are square, with rounded corners, and the pins are round. Mike Martin, Louisville, KY

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 12:03 am**

The KLR is great for the coming oil Armageddon. The diesel KLR is probably not better since the soaring price of diesel eliminated the diesel advantage. From what I read, even Honda and Toyota will not have plugin Lipo hybrids ready in time and oil prices will keep soaring for at least a few years. The KLR with the big tank will be worthwile even waiting in long gas lines...though one might consider the IMS tank, too but I don't think it is lockable. The plugin Lipo Hybrid will put tremendous demands on the power grid and coal prices will continue to soar. But, the plugin Lipo Hybrids when they are ready will at least make the gas station queues shorter. The plugin Lipo Hybrids will only use their gas engines on very long trips or when you floor it or when you have a full load in the car or when you are going up steep and/or long hills. Unfortunately, the KLR has no room for an electric motor and Lipo battery packs. I wonder if a plugin Lipo Hybrid motorcycle would be feasible. Jeffrey

Posted: **Sun May 25, 2008 10:29 am**

The diesel give one the option of running biodiesel which can be made in ones own home. granted there is the logistics of it all though. But being able to make your own fuel is the way to go. I still say fuel cells are the way to go though.They are the only technology that will satisfy the american gluttony for speed and power on an electric motor. Battery technology has to evolve to the point that the are light enough and have enough capacity to give a person a 300 mile range at 75MPH. Hybrids are ok but one day we will not have any gasoline to use at all.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "nakedwaterskier" wrote: > > The KLR is great for the coming oil Armageddon. The diesel KLR is > probably not better since the soaring price of diesel eliminated the > diesel advantage. From what I read, even Honda and Toyota will not > have plugin Lipo hybrids ready in time and oil prices will keep > soaring for at least a few years. > > The KLR with the big tank will be worthwile even waiting in long gas > lines...though one might consider the IMS tank, too but I don't think > it is lockable. > > The plugin Lipo Hybrid will put tremendous demands on the power grid > and coal prices will continue to soar. But, the plugin Lipo Hybrids > when they are ready will at least make the gas station queues shorter. > > The plugin Lipo Hybrids will only use their gas engines on very long > trips or when you floor it or when you have a full load in the car or > when you are going up steep and/or long hills. > > Unfortunately, the KLR has no room for an electric motor and Lipo > battery packs. I wonder if a plugin Lipo Hybrid motorcycle would be > feasible. > > Jeffrey >

Wilsons Sandbox

outer brake paddy

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peak oil -- not your typical lame oil thread

peak oil -- not your typical lame oil thread