Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:15 pm**

has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? or any other hollow axle nuts? i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr. klr6502k

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2008 3:13 pm**

At 6:15 PM +0000 9/23/08, klr6502k wrote:

>has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? > >or any other hollow axle nuts? > >i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr.

Thanks for including your motive. My initial knee-jerk thought when I saw the subject was that you wanted you "reduce unsprung weight." :rolleyes: Mark

Posted: **Tue Sep 23, 2008 4:49 pm**

This is a normal arrangement for the "trailtail" trailers. I am thinking of getting one this winter a a winter, (off-season), project. DC Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> > At 6:15 PM +0000 9/23/08, klr6502k wrote: > >has any one used the hollow axle bolt from a klr600 on a newer klr650? > > > >or any other hollow axle nuts? > > > >i am looking at mounting a trailer to my klr. > > Thanks for including your motive. > My initial knee-jerk thought when I saw the subject was that you > wanted you "reduce unsprung weight." :rolleyes: > > Mark > >

Posted: **Thu Sep 25, 2008 6:01 am**

I took my '06 in to the dealer after getting the third recall postcard from Kawi. One muffler bolt was missing. I had already lost and replaced the exhaust pipe bolt down by the starter motor within the first 2000 miles. Don R100, A6F --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote:

> > smthng else wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > I know it's been said before, but I apparently didn't heed the > > warnings enough, so I'm tossing out there for anyone else in my > > shoes... > > > > I was cruising home from the office, when I hear what sounds like

a

> > ratted out import car with no muffler. It gets a bit louder... > > louder... louder... But I can't for the life of me figure out

where

> > it's coming from. By this time it's REALLY loud and I start to > > notice... everyone is looking at me. > > > > I look down and see my exhaust hanging down, just about scraping

the

> > ground. I rapidly pull over and it falls off completely as soon

as I

> > come to a stop. > > > > The moral to the story is to loc-tite your exhaust bolts. I

didn't do

> > mine, but I did check them several times. Obviously that's not > > enough. They were still painted from the factory and hadn't

budged,

> > so I figured they were good. They were for the first 4900 miles or > > so. > > > > It melted the rear brake line a bit (will be replaced by dealer),

but

> > no other damage that I can see. It took a fair amount of time and > > some creativity to get that catalytic cooled down and then duct

taped

> > to the rear rack to get home. :S > > > > --Jonathan "smthng" Kalmes > > Springfield, VA > > 2005 Yamaha FJR1300ABS - "Blue Bayou" > > 2006 Jeep Unlimited Rubicon - "Teflon" > > 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650 - It's here, but it hasn't earned a name

yet.

> > http://smthng.info http://smthng.info> > > > > "Shake well... some settling is natural." > > > > > Guess you missed the recall, if you were on the KLR, this happened > a year ago almost, mine was totally missing and I replaced them

myself

>

Wilsons Sandbox

got muffler?

hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

hollow klr600 axle bolt on a klr650?

got muffler?