close but not close enough, thankfully. nklr

[mark ward]

Hey all On one fork is a "Harris" sticker, yet I do not notice anything standing out as a NONstock part. I'm the second owner, at 2500 miles, not sure if the 1st guy replaced anything besides bark busters. Given It's My 1st KLR, and the only other one I have ridden was greatly upgraded, I'm not sure what to look for. And do not want to pay to replace what has already been done. Add thoughts HERE _ _ _ _ _ _ Thanks [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[mark ward]

ANY Pictures of the brackets???

--- On Fri, 4/13/12, John Biccum wrote: From: John Biccum Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] close but not close enough, thankfully. NKLR To: "'Ron Criswell'" Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Friday, April 13, 2012, 4:44 PM I would be very interested in a set of those brackets, I think he should consider making them commercially. I have a KLR and a Wee and I upgraded the Wee brakes by replacing the Wee calipers with a pair off a GSXR sport bike. So I have a pair of Wee calipers in my garage. I think that there a quite a few Wee owners that have done the GSXR caliper upgrade and I suspect that there are a fair amount of folks that own both a KLR and a Wee. I have upgraded the KLR brakes as well by swapping the rotor and relocating the wimpy caliper to suit the new larger rotor. But a better upgrade IMHO would be to use the stock rotor and a better, two-pot caliper. I think the Wee caliper would be perfect. From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Ron Criswell Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 5:15 AM To: transalp1@... Cc: KLR650 list Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] close but not close enough, thankfully. NKLR A friend has modified his KLR front and rear by putting V-Strom 650 (I think) brakes on it. Mucho better for street. He offered to do mine but I haven't yet as they are fine for dirt and gravel....but after riding on the street yesterday, maybe I will. He had to make brackets to make it work. Criswell Sent from my iPad On Apr 13, 2012, at 7:02 AM, "eddie" > wrote: > > If I'd driven my car, I wouldn't be writing this. I'd still be at the accident scene. > If I'd ridden my KLR650 home today, I probably wouldn't be writing at all. > Neither could've stopped in time. > The car has ABS, which actually increases stopping distances vs. non-ABS systems. > The KLR has stock brakes and tires meant mostly for off road. > Fortunately I was riding my other bike, a FZ8 with BIG dual front discs and warmed-up, sticky radials. > You see, while I was riding at just 35mph, a woman looked right but turned left - straight out in front of me from a side street. > I clamped on the brakes firm enough that the rear tire hovered just off the ground for a blink. > I then did a hard U-turn and pulled along side her at a red light. > Before she could even get the window down to speak, I hollered, "You just scared the **** out of me, lady! " > and then I left her to ponder how close she came to injuring or killing me outright. > > Once the adrenaline wears off, I'm going to get some sleep. > Today's the co-owner of my favorite bike shop's birthday and I'm joining her at Red Lobster for lunch. > Thankfully. > > -eddie > > [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] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, mark ward wrote:

> > Hey all > > On one fork is a "Harris" sticker, yet I do not notice anything standing out as a NONstock part. >

Maybe its just a sticker. Like, "I voted today." I gave blood. cough. Why yes, I ride a harley. How did you know? My '98 KLR has numerous 'badge-stickers' that were on the bike when I bought it that infer parts installed , ie gaffer brake pads that once were there are now long since consumed but the stickers remain. shrug. Your stickers might not mean anything at all. Oh, the '98 teal-blue cowl is also badged with an industrial FORD tractor sticker. so it must be a Ford; it is parked next to the '01 Green KLR badged with a yellow/black industrial John Deere Sticker. You would be surprised at the number of people who ask, "Is that really a Ford? (and both bikes will be side by side.) revmaaatin.