riding off road......alone

[RJ Kochen]

There's a big difference in battery life from the Spot 1 and the Spot 2. My Spot 1 seems to go forever on a set of batteries. RJ Kochen 08 Kawasaki KLR650 * 99 BMW R1100rt IBA * BMWMOA * KCBMWMC * KC HOAME Club * AMA * RomeoRiders -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mark ward Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 9:29 AM To: Andrus; Ronald Criswell Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Riding off road......ALONE I see and hear ALOT!! of guys saying they ride alone on back woods (etc) roads & trails (As I DO) and I would agree it's not "the smart thing" to do, (But I DO) I would advice my son to Nver do It, But if he does....... ........Take a Spot along. Works off satilite NOT Cell towers. You may not be able to hit the SOS button when passed-out, but for a few more dollars a YEAR, you can have TRACKING, and if someone back home checks on google maps and see's that you have not moved in a while, THEY CAN COME, OR CALL FOR HELP. I hit the OK button when plan to I stop more then 10 minutes to check things out. Plus they can see it still moving in an area, or zoom in on satilite on the map to see where I'm AT. A store, tourest/rest area, waterfalls etc., and see ......OH He's at walmart buying more OIL. LOL I feel alot safer with it in my pocket, --- On Wed, 2/8/12, Ronald Criswell > wrote: From: Ronald Criswell > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Riding off road To: "Andrus" > Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 2:53 PM I usually ride solo also Andy. There are pro's and cons for sure. You ride with a group and you have someone there to help if you crash. But....group rides I have been on, someone starts pissing on the tree and starts going fast, usually faster than I want to go the older I get. The last group ride (street) there were all of us zooming on a 2 lane through southeastern Oklahoma at 80 -90 mph or more maybe. A guy in front of me fell hitting some gravel on one of the slower turns trashing the plastic on his bike. I went home early. They called me about another ride out in Big Bend TX. I didn't go with them as I had the previous year as I didn't like the speeds they were going on the River Road to Presideo. I was out there though during that time and was in Terlingua drinking beer on the front porch at the store. One of them crashed and died after hitting a car I heard. But last fall, a friend riding alone southwest of Austin Texas hit a deer (or really, the deer hit him). He was unconscious until being loaded on the care flight. I don't mind being Ricky the Racer on dirt bikes but get really uncomfortable doing the same on street bikes. Criswell

On Feb 8, 2012, at 6:51 AM, Andrus wrote: > This brought back old fond memories from 1959 and 60 when I was trying to learn my way around a Scrambles Track with the mentor of an old AMA Flat tracker and A Louisiana State Motorcycle cop. I was advised to learn a bit of the art of Judo. Which teaches you to go with the fall and lessen the impact. Going down like a sack of potatoes is not good for your body. > Since, even today, I ride 99% solo and on lonely back roads, I ride with that knowledge that if I go down and get hurt, I might become part of the food chain before anyone finds me. Be it on my 1250S Bandit or my KLR650. > > Andy in Jennings. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ List Sponsors - Dual Sport News: http://www.dualsportnews.com Arrowhead Motorsports: http://www.arrowheadmotorsports.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/app/peoplemap/view/map Group Apps: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/grouplets/subscriptionsYahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Mike Huber]

I 've been installing the 685 kit into my 06 KLR this weekend and when I pulled the valve shims I noticed that one of the exhaust shims had some discoloring and abnormal wear... I looked at the cam and it is beginning to round off the lobe....Does anyone have a good used exhaust cam they might want to part with cheap.... Everything is back together right up to the head but I'm afraid if I try and use that cam I'm looking at a massive failure in the near future. I'll try and post some picts to show the damage that I'm talking about. Mike Huber Carlsbad NM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]