a biker's revelation nklr

[Rick Adams]

Dear collective; Has any one mounted a 150 80/17 on a KLR? After I removed the chain guard, I measured 20mm on either side of the stock 130 80/17. Before I order the expensive Pirreli MT 90's and mount them, I'd like to get some opinions. I was considering grinding some of the metal from the edge of the overlapping plate(not the welded box secton)on the swingarm to give me more clearance if necessary. Rico KLR-A14 92 'Blade __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/

[Jim Hyman]

Andy, I couldn't agree more! I've seen numerous friendships busted up over a dumped bike that wasn't paid for by the friend. Collision insurance isn't the answer, what with deductibles and paying more in premiums when you lose your "accident free discount" plus you no longer have a 'clean' driving record. I guess it's kinda like loaning money, only loan what you can afford to lose. Professor ========================== --- , aches@d... wrote:

> This may relate to how many bikes that have been messed up by > friends and no money offered to pay for damages. I'm VERY > particular of who gets on my bikes ( no matter what make or how > much it cost me) and MORE SO on Who's bike I do check rides on. > This comes from 41 years of motorcycling and surviving to tell > about it. ;p > > Andy Chesley

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> ( KLR riders are really friendly and generous. I doubt you'd > see a BMW GS rider lend theirs out to anyone! So why are we so > willing? )