loud pipes scenario

[eddiebmauri]

Hi, ya'll - I have a few questions, please. I have an 03' KLR which I keep outside under a plastic tarp, and over the tarp I put a MC cover. It stays dry, but I am sure that it gets hot under the covers in the Louisiana semi-tropical heat. The rubber on the turn signals is cracked and will start to shed soon, and the boots over the front forks have split at the bottom. So, my questions. 1. To change the fork's boots, do I have to remove the forks or only the front wheel? 2. And, I once saw a KLR that had neoprene covers on the forks, but I am not sure if that owner made those custom of is that an after market product? Does anyone know? 3. Do I have to change the whole turn signal, or can I buy and install just the rubber part? Otherwise the rubber parts are in pretty good shape. I am keeping a close eye on the hoses. Thanks. Eddie

[Fred Hink]

#1 You have to remove the forks from the bike to replace the fork boots. (pretty simple job) #2 You can buy those aftermarket but I don t recommend them. The stock boots do crack pretty easily and are expensive from Kawasaki. The aftermarket fork boots are made better and are much cheaper. #3 You have to change the whole turn signal. The aftermarket OEM replacements are made just as good and are about half price from the ones from Kawasaki. Also keep an eye on your tires. Cracked tires may blow out easily. Is your bike close to any electric motors? Electric motors produce Ozone and this is very harmful to rubber. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com From: eddiebmauri Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 6:07 AM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Rubber Rot Questions Hi, ya'll - I have a few questions, please. I have an 03' KLR which I keep outside under a plastic tarp, and over the tarp I put a MC cover. It stays dry, but I am sure that it gets hot under the covers in the Louisiana semi-tropical heat. The rubber on the turn signals is cracked and will start to shed soon, and the boots over the front forks have split at the bottom. So, my questions. 1. To change the fork's boots, do I have to remove the forks or only the front wheel? 2. And, I once saw a KLR that had neoprene covers on the forks, but I am not sure if that owner made those custom of is that an after market product? Does anyone know? 3. Do I have to change the whole turn signal, or can I buy and install just the rubber part? Otherwise the rubber parts are in pretty good shape. I am keeping a close eye on the hoses. Thanks. Eddie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Red Rock]

Loud pipes are offensive. Defensive driving saves lives, not offensive driving ________________________________ From: david zawadzki To: Ronald Criswell Cc: KLR Group DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sat, May 28, 2011 10:03:30 AM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] loud pipes scenario Yea i see alot of guys driving like that. NOT GOOD!! Going fast between cars NOT GOOD!!! Driving a car is dangerous enough, forget about driving a motorbike. Bottom line is that if someone like that style of riding (and for whatever reason it gives him/her pleasure/high) all i can say is good luck. DONT DO IT!! Being obnoxiously loud just to piss ppl off is also NOT GOOD!!! Basically lots ot NOT GOOD!!! Safe riding.. David On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Ronald Criswell wrote:

> > > You know I have heard both sides of the pipe thing. I have been alerted to > a bike coming by his loud pipes....but I have also almost jumped right into > him from the shock of his loud bike....or car. I don't think loud pipes save > much of anything except makes some feel their manhood is enhanced. I really > think smart riders saves lives. Choices of where and when and how they ride > saves their butt. A lot of car people are totally oblivious to this > dangerous endeavor we call driving / riding. You always have to be one jump > ahead of them...and with me, I try and create as much air around me anyway > possible. My airbag so to speak. Years ago when I had my H1 Kawasaki 500 2 > banger triple, I thought it was way cool to kick her up to 6 to 8 grand > passing some slow dufus with my handlebars as close to the car as I would > dare...to give em some excitement so to speak. Well, that is not a good way > to go for longevity, I did that one night coming home from work about 11:00 > PM zooming past this old pick up truck. About 2 blocks later, he tried to > pay me back and went zooming around me. Trouble was he had so much to drink, > he could not figure out which image was the real me.....and ran over my ass. > Laying on the ground is a sickening feeling and watching a drunk drive off. > They caught him later. I learned from that. Don't ride at late night unless > you absolutely have to. Don't play show off games with cars. You will lose. > Give plenty of air and space around you if you can.....and clip playing > cards to yer spokes so you can sound like a Harley. Oh and a black jacket is > a bad color to ride with late at night. > > Criswell > I used to love my 56 Ford with dual Smitty Glass Pacs. Loud tires save > lives (heh). > >

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[Mark Harris]

With two years on my Laser Duro Pro, I can report a little more torque in the lower RPM band, easy to accelerate faster than a stock KLR in those conditions, with air box mod, dynojet kit, adj pilot screw, gas mileage is about 46-47 mpg at 4400 ft and noise is about the same. I made a video at various RPMs and will upload a link. Weight savings is huge. I had to reinforce my 3 car(7 bike) garage rafter storage to store the stock KLR exhaust, Ha. Mark in Nevada. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry