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On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Greg Jorgensen wrote: > I wanted a tool tube for longer trips, and after reading some postings > online I made my own from a 12" length of 4" diameter PVC and a couple > of screw-in caps. I mounted it on the bash plate with hose clamps. It > fit OK and even looked good. I was not able to make the front tire hit > the tube during my informal garage testing. I also had new tires put > on. Then I went on a long ride from Portland to Monterey, CA, down Hwy > 101 and CA 1. > > A few hundred miles in on a twisty section of Hwy 1 I had to brake > moderately hard in a turn to back off a truck, and my front end felt > like it had locked up for a second. I could smell burning rubber and I > thought it was just the new tires biting harder than my old ones. > Later I was getting something out of the tool tube and noticed the > tire had rubbed a gouge in the tube. It didn't rub all the way through > but the tube was clearly in the way of the tire under hard braking. I > took the PVC tube off for safety. > > Maybe 4" is too big but at least one person posted that he was using > that size PVC. I'm not sure 3" pipe would be much better, and 2" and > smaller is close to useless for storage, though I could get tire irons > and a pump in a smaller pipe. > > Just a caution to anyone putting a big 4" tool tube on -- I was > surprised to have the front end partially lock up like that and it > could have been worse if I had compressed the forks enough to > completely wedge the front tire onto that tube. > > Greg Jorgensen > '08 KLR650 (red) > Portland, Oregon > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "roncriswell@..." wrote: > > I have a skid mark on my 3 inch tube and I wonder if that might have > helped me fall on the White Rim last year when I hit one of those > steep 4 ft. rises at speed. I have since taken it off the front. > > criswell > On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Greg Jorgensen wrote: > > > I wanted a tool tube for longer trips, and after reading some postings > > online I made my own from a 12" length of 4" diameter PVC and a couple > > of screw-in caps. I mounted it on the bash plate with hose clamps. It > > fit OK and even looked good. I was not able to make the front tire hit > > the tube during my informal garage testing. I also had new tires put > > on. Then I went on a long ride from Portland to Monterey, CA, down Hwy > > 101 and CA 1. > > > > A few hundred miles in on a twisty section of Hwy 1 I had to brake > > moderately hard in a turn to back off a truck, and my front end felt > > like it had locked up for a second. I could smell burning rubber and I > > thought it was just the new tires biting harder than my old ones. > > Later I was getting something out of the tool tube and noticed the > > tire had rubbed a gouge in the tube. It didn't rub all the way through > > but the tube was clearly in the way of the tire under hard braking. I > > took the PVC tube off for safety. > > > > Maybe 4" is too big but at least one person posted that he was using > > that size PVC. I'm not sure 3" pipe would be much better, and 2" and > > smaller is close to useless for storage, though I could get tire irons > > and a pump in a smaller pipe. > > > > Just a caution to anyone putting a big 4" tool tube on -- I was > > surprised to have the front end partially lock up like that and it > > could have been worse if I had compressed the forks enough to > > completely wedge the front tire onto that tube. > > > > Greg Jorgensen > > '08 KLR650 (red) > > Portland, Oregon > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

> > I have a skid mark on my 3 inch tube and I wonder if that might have > helped me fall on the White Rim last year when I hit one of those > steep 4 ft. rises at speed. I have since taken it off the front. > > criswell > On Jun 2, 2008, at 1:00 PM, Greg Jorgensen wrote: > > > I wanted a tool tube for longer trips, and after reading some > > postings online I made my own from a 12" length of 4" diameter PVC > > and a couple of screw-in caps. I mounted it on the bash plate with > > hose clamps. It fit OK and even looked good. I was not able to make > > the front tire hit the tube during my informal garage testing. I > > also had new tires put on. Then I went on a long ride from Portland > > to Monterey, CA, down Hwy > > 101 and CA 1. > > > > A few hundred miles in on a twisty section of Hwy 1 I had to brake > > moderately hard in a turn to back off a truck, and my front end felt > > like it had locked up for a second. I could smell burning rubber and > > I thought it was just the new tires biting harder than my old ones. > > Later I was getting something out of the tool tube and noticed the > > tire had rubbed a gouge in the tube. It didn't rub all the way > > through but the tube was clearly in the way of the tire under hard > > braking. I took the PVC tube off for safety. > > > > Maybe 4" is too big but at least one person posted that he was using > > that size PVC. I'm not sure 3" pipe would be much better, and 2" and > > smaller is close to useless for storage, though I could get tire > > irons and a pump in a smaller pipe. > > > > Just a caution to anyone putting a big 4" tool tube on -- I was > > surprised to have the front end partially lock up like that and it > > could have been worse if I had compressed the forks enough to > > completely wedge the front tire onto that tube. > > > > Greg Jorgensen > > '08 KLR650 (red) > > Portland, Oregon > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

> > Wow. I EXACTLY the same thing on my 05 - just this past weekend !!

> go check the clearance more carefully - thanks for the advice !! > > > > BTW - any folks with pre-08s that can comment on a 4" tool tube ?? > > > > Thanks, > > SW > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

> I ran some tests last night on the way home. There's plenty of > clearance between the 4" tube and the front wheel when the fork is