Wilsons Sandbox

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, roncriswell@... wrote: From: roncriswell@... Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] 2008 KLR Oil user To: ramachm12@... Cc: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 9:21 AM I had a friend that had a 1976 AMF Sportster. One day, I went down in the parking lot and saw his bike sitting there with oil all over the back tire on the right side. It was wet with oil. It was wet with oil. I told him "Ed, you really need to get that fixed, you are going to be on your ass real quick if you lean it over." His response "Us Harley guys don't lean em over much in the curves, I ain't worried about it." I told him if you lean it any you are going to be on your ass real quickly. This doesn't even mention the serious carb leak the bike had. He was about to be a Roman candle from gas leakage. Did he ever fix this stuff? The oil leak was toned down some but he never got the carb overhauled. Naw ..... he was busy doing important stuff like buying different seats, fenders and handlebars ....... and also forward controls (which became a death risk if you pushed on the rear brake pedal too hard). Eventually he tried making it into a trike bike but sold the bike for parts in the end. It is good Harley now makes a lot better bikes and Ed got out of motorcycling. Never has my KLR had a leaking problem with gas or oil in 50,000 miles. Criswell On Apr 14, 2009, at 9:03 AM, Rick McCauley wrote: > > > Very bad for Kawasaki. In all my journeys, I have only seen one > motorcycle that had oil strapped to it. It was an old AMF Harley. > They weren't known for quality. > > Rick > A17 > > --- On Tue, 4/14/09, Craig Young wrote: > > From: Craig Young > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] 2008 KLR Oil user > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 8:13 AM > > I was at my sons Lacrosse game in Ogden yesterday and saw a nice > blue 2008 KLR with a quart of oil strapped to the rack. I asked the > rider how he liked the bike and he said he loved it. When I asked > whats with the oil, he said it uses a lot, but didn't know it was > systemic. I recommended he take it to the dealer as some owners > have gotten repairs under warrantee. He said he had already had the > turn signals replaced so knows the drill. > Not a good advertisement for Kawasaki! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]