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Howdy, I live in Alberta and we are under a good foot of snow. That and living in the city can make winter a hard time for motorcyclists. As I put my bike to bed last fall I was delighted to discover that one of my rear spokes was missing. I am hence planning on repairing this in the spring. Does anyone have any familiarity with this? I guess I just buy a new spoke from Arrowhead and replace it - eh? Is there some tension I should be trying to tighten it to? Surely Jeff will know how to do this! Thanks, Jim A5 _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/events.aspx [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Jim, 1. remove wheel; 2. remove tire and tube; 3. remove an IDENTICAL spoke; 4. take it to your dealer and buy another; 5. replace BOTH; 6. torque it as per your Clymers manual; and 7. grind whatever of the spoke-end ends up sticking into the place your tube goes. Tighten any other LOOSE spokes, and put 'er all back together. Cheers, Ed

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Tegler wrote: > > > > > Howdy, > > I live in Alberta and we are under a good foot of snow. That and living in the city can make winter a hard time for motorcyclists. As I put my bike to bed last fall I was delighted to discover that one of my rear spokes was missing. I am hence planning on repairing this in the spring. Does anyone have any familiarity with this? I guess I just buy a new spoke from Arrowhead and replace it - eh? Is there some tension I should be trying to tighten it to? Surely Jeff will know how to do this! > > Thanks, > > Jim A5 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/events.aspx > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Tegler wrote:

> > > > > Howdy, > > I live in Alberta and we are under a good foot of snow. That and living in the city can

make winter a hard time for motorcyclists. As I put my bike to bed last fall I was delighted to discover that one of my rear spokes was missing. I am hence planning on repairing this in the spring. Does anyone have any familiarity with this? I guess I just buy a new spoke from Arrowhead and replace it - eh? Is there some tension I should be trying to tighten it to? Surely Jeff will know how to do this!

> > Thanks, > > Jim A5

Replacing a single spoke is not at all difficult. Buying a single spoke can be a challenge. There must be some place that offers single spokes for sale, but I have found that typically they are sold in sets. I don't know if Arrowhead has single spokes or not. Someone who has a stash of used KLR spares might have a wheel or two that can be cannibalized. A mechanic/racer buddy who does a fair amount of wheel work opines that if you have one broken spoke, the others are probably stressed to the point where you want to replace them all. The miser in me begs to disagree, so if you should happen to come across a couple of spokes for an off-road DR350, give me a shout, won't you?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:51:47 -0500 Jim Tegler writes:

> Howdy, > > I live in Alberta and we are under a good foot of snow. That and > living in the city can make winter a hard time for motorcyclists. > As I put my bike to bed last fall I was delighted to discover that > one of my rear spokes was missing. I am hence planning on repairing > this in the spring. Does anyone have any familiarity with this? I > guess I just buy a new spoke from Arrowhead and replace it - eh? Is > there some tension I should be trying to tighten it to? Surely Jeff > will know how to do this! > > Thanks, > > Jim A5

<><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><> Jim, Eddie pretty much nailed it with his replacement advice. I'll add that it might be worth checking the other spokes to make sure they aren't broken/cracked. When you install the new spoke and nipple clean the rim so the nipple turns easily. Then resist the urge to really crank down on the adjustment to make it really tight. You can "ring" the old spokes and try to make the new spoke ring the same. The tighter it gets the higher the pitch of the "ring". Little adjustments are better than large adjustments. This could be a good time to replace the rim strip since you'll have it off anyway. Most decent shops will have them available for about $2 or less. For whatever it's worth... I relaced a couple of wheels for a /6 airhead back in 2000. That was my first complete relace job. I overtightened many of the spokes trying to straighten an out of round rim. I got the bike running in Jan 2001 and in 2002 went to a rally in CO. Along the way I hit road construction which looked like they had just taken the dozer off the prairie after the first pass. We rode for about 3 miles in very rough dirt. I busted 11 of 40 spokes on the rear wheel in that section and I was riding slow and easy trying to not damage anything. In that event the heads were pulled off the spokes. I rode about 1,500 smiles total with the rear wheel like that and never felt an issue other than the spoke heads getting caught between the brake shoes and the drum. Oh, one last thought on this... make sure you get a good spoke wrench that fits the spoke nipples. I think the pre 08 KLRs have a spoke wrench in the tool kit but haven't looked at my kit in a long time. But having a good spoke wrench that correctly fits the nipples will go a long way in making for a good experience. 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 ____________________________________________________________ Turn your passion into a profession. Click here to find a film school near you. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw1Tzir02vTMxeG1A92d7VntS8bSbGnPuXDTH6ccJWZZiOdDm/

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it would cost less than $1 million a year to implement the program outlined in this proposed bill. See for yourself, in the link below. The fact that $1 million annually represents peanuts in this day and age no doubt explains why "the vast liberal media" hasn't reported the story in big bold headlines on a daily basis--as many right-wing bloggers have. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/90xx/doc9082/s2433.pdf Seriously, don't we have more important things as a nation to worry about these days? JT To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com From: hansenj32@... Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:02:35 +0000 Subject: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR - Senate Bill S 2433 This has nothing to due with KLR's, but because of its author and timing of its secret passage through one house already, I thought those of you here in the US would want to know, since the media have kept it from us. You can Google "Senate Bill S 2433" or start here: http://maggiesnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/04/obamas-senate-bill-s2433-un- global-tax.html Jake _________________________________________________________________ It s the same Hotmail . If by same you mean up to 70% faster. http://windowslive.com/online/hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_broad1_122008 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]