anybody need a helmet?

[Jeff Saline]

Listers, I just got off the phone with Martin. He's north of Breckenridge, CO heading toward Del Norte. He and his riding partner decided to miss a bit of very fun beautiful dirt since there was a deep water crossing on that part of the route. They took pavement around Steamboat Springs and Kremmling. Martin's ankle hurts but he's doing ok. I can't imagine what his partner's ankle feels like since it's fractured. Turns out there were only four in the group to start. On day two they split into pairs and one of the "other" pair split at Pinedale (I think that's WY) to return home. The other guy rode it alone and Martin is guessing he's probably off the trail by now. Martin said they are having a lot of fun but being careful since both of them are hurting. : ) I stopped at the local dealer this morning to order fork seals for him and they had them in stock. So I have his fork seals here waiting for his arrival in maybe 7-8 days. He said his clutch is more like an on/off switch now and that's even with fresh oil. He asked me to order clutch parts for him so we can replace his clutch when he gets here too. The local dealer said it would take until Monday to get the clutch parts here so that should work fine. Two or three day delivery on the order was $42 and overnight was $62. Since Martin's not here was certainly don't need to spend the extra bucks on this. Martin expects to be calling me this evening to let me know how things are going. Hopefully his bike will continue to move and his clutch will hold out for the entire trip. For whatever it's worth... Martin is using Rotella 15w/40 and the guy that trashed his clutch was/is using Castrol GTX. Martin said they haven't been slipping the clutches too much but have been putting a lot of strain on them. He also told me I'd be impressed when he shows me the pictures of the trashed clutch. More once I know more. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT ____________________________________________________________ Click here for easy weight loss help and diet information. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nr7ZulzUYlOAvJlTPDsCOZgzjSI765vYZgbYHS0KArpgieo/

[Rick]

I'm on the western side of Colorado but if those guys have catastrophic failure, I can go rescue them and their bikes with my trailer. Plus I have lots of tools for repairs.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > Listers, > > I just got off the phone with Martin. He's north of Breckenridge, CO > heading toward Del Norte. He and his riding partner decided to miss a > bit of very fun beautiful dirt since there was a deep water crossing on > that part of the route. They took pavement around Steamboat Springs and > Kremmling. > > Martin's ankle hurts but he's doing ok. I can't imagine what his > partner's ankle feels like since it's fractured. > > Turns out there were only four in the group to start. On day two they > split into pairs and one of the "other" pair split at Pinedale (I think > that's WY) to return home. The other guy rode it alone and Martin is > guessing he's probably off the trail by now. > > Martin said they are having a lot of fun but being careful since both of > them are hurting. : ) > > I stopped at the local dealer this morning to order fork seals for him > and they had them in stock. So I have his fork seals here waiting for > his arrival in maybe 7-8 days. He said his clutch is more like an on/off > switch now and that's even with fresh oil. He asked me to order clutch > parts for him so we can replace his clutch when he gets here too. The > local dealer said it would take until Monday to get the clutch parts here > so that should work fine. Two or three day delivery on the order was $42 > and overnight was $62. Since Martin's not here was certainly don't need > to spend the extra bucks on this. > > Martin expects to be calling me this evening to let me know how things > are going. Hopefully his bike will continue to move and his clutch will > hold out for the entire trip. > > For whatever it's worth... Martin is using Rotella 15w/40 and the guy > that trashed his clutch was/is using Castrol GTX. Martin said they > haven't been slipping the clutches too much but have been putting a lot > of strain on them. He also told me I'd be impressed when he shows me the > pictures of the trashed clutch. > > More once I know more. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > ____________________________________________________________ > Click here for easy weight loss help and diet information. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3nr7ZulzUYlOAvJlTPDsCOZgzjSI765vYZgbYHS0KArpgieo/ >

[Jim Douglas]

Christopher Eckert wrote:

> > If you have any interest in a great helmet at an incredible price you > should look at this fast. They are closing outthe Z1R strike line for > only $49 at mawonline right now. They only had The Star version left, > listed at $55 but they sold me them for $49 each when I ordered mine > last week and size/color combinations are dwindling. The black/red is > a perfect match for my red 08 klr. > > For an explanation of why you want this helmet more than any other > helmet, provided it fits your head shape well, read the rather long > explanation at > http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/gearbox/motorcycle_helmet_review/ind > http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/gearbox/motorcycle_helmet_review/ind> > ex.html > or just suffice to say that it may actually be one of the safest > helmets ever made, and by a long ways. The article is a real long > documentation of a great study into how safe helmets really are. > Turns out that paying the extra can hurt you in some cases. > > To buy one go to > http://www.mawonline.com/z1r.htm#Helmets%20full%20face > http://www.mawonline.com/z1r.htm#Helmets%20full%20face> > and scroll down to the section marked Z1R Strike Star. They say $55 > but when I called they charged me $49 > >

Years ago a motorcycle rag tested quite a few helmets and the least expensive one, the one mentioned above was the clear winner, if I recall one of the tests was to setup the helmet in a rig and drop a large weight directly on it and measure the pressure, cracks, etc from it, it out performed the most expensive lids made! When any new rider asks about helmets I point to these as those test results were quite good, wish I could remember the month, year!