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doohickey
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2002 9:52 am
by Jake Jakeman
Patience, please, boys and girls! Now preparing the first eight balancer
chain adjuster levers for the journey up to the heat treater in SLC.
Several listers are torn down and waiting for theirs. You can e-mail me if
you're interested, and I can shoot you a pic of the latest stage of
manufacture. Trying to get these off to heat treat this weekend.
Jake
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doohickey
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2002 4:41 pm
by Steven Wilson
Listers!
I just came on the list in March, 02. Boy am I
glad I settled on the KLR650 puchase I made in
March, 02. How did I do it? I sat on it at the
dealership and liked the upright seating
position. I hadn't read squat about the bike.
Basically selected my wife thirty years ago the
same way.
Both have been good selections.
By the way, what's a doohickey?
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doohickey
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:34 pm
by Wayne Watson
About the doohickey:
Did they start using these parts in 1996 or did they try to improve them in 1996?
WayneW
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doohickey
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 12:54 pm
by klrz4ever
> About the doohickey:
>
> Did they start using these parts in 1996 or did they try to improve
them in 1996?
>
> WayneW
>
I believe the doohickey stayed the same (quality may have gotten
worse) but they changed the adjuster bolt and added a washer.
__Arden Kysely
doohickey
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 5:46 am
by Cox SMTP east
Am under the right understanding that the failure occurs on 95 and older klrs? I have an 91 with abiout 18,000 on it and have never really any problems or adjusted it..thanks..john
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doohickey
Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2002 9:27 am
by Wayne Watson
Do you mean 95 and newer KLR650? I have a 91 with 25K on it with no problems. I hope to not have the doohickey problem. I always thought you just drive the hell out of these engines and do a little maintenance and they last a long time, I've done this with every other bike I've owned.
Wayne
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doohickey
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2002 11:53 pm
by dooden
"doohickey"
NOUN: Informal. A small specialized mechanical device: concern,
contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, jigger, thing. Informal :
doodad, widget. Slang : gizmo. See MACHINE
Credit: Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
doohickey
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2002 9:59 pm
by Bryan Loehr
Listers,
I've been off the list for many months. I request that someone reply to me
off list as to what a doohickey is and why it's referred to so much.
I know it's been hashed over quite a bit, that's why I'm asking for an off
list response.
Thanks,
Bryan Loehr
Santa Cruz, California
'00 1150GS
'99 KLR650
'86 Old Town Discovery 158
doohickey
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2002 2:40 pm
by wannabsmooth1
There is now another source for the famous eccentic adjustment plate -
doohickey - made of a different material (IMHO better), that comes
with a MUCH better spring than has been available before. check out
http://www.fayettemotorcycles.com/fayette-motorcycles/ go to Zen
motorcycle products.
happy Friday!
Mike
doohickey
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2002 2:58 pm
by Zachariah Mully
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 15:40, wannabsmooth1 wrote:
> There is now another source for the famous eccentic adjustment plate -
> doohickey - made of a different material (IMHO better), that comes
> with a MUCH better spring than has been available before. check out
>
http://www.fayettemotorcycles.com/fayette-motorcycles/ go to Zen
> motorcycle products.
>
> happy Friday!
>
I've been waiting to see how long it'd take to get a doohickey
competitor. Looks to be that Eagle Machine (Elden's preferred machine
shop) is doing all the work for the boys that bought out all of Elden's
old Honda shop. Cool...
Z
DC