blow out the packing

[Stephen]

Any suggestions on reducing the vibration in the handle bars on the KLR650? Will aluminum handlebars help with this? Stephen

[Tobin Slide Lampson]

Yes....and..... Tire psi, suspension, seat, wheel balance, tire tread...... just about everything you can think of.....effects vibrations.... A double thick front tube is said to stabilise the front gyro more..... Some fill their bars with siliconized weather caulking(like for weather sealing houses). Some add Pro gel grips.........I personally don't like their larger dia........but..........the list goes on....... ....and the beast will still be a beater compared to a large array of the road machines......... Slide Stephen wrote:

> Any suggestions on reducing the vibration in the handle bars on the > KLR650? Will aluminum handlebars help with this? > > Stephen > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Devon Jarvis]

What was it packed with? I bought "muffler packing" from a cycle shop, forgot whose label it was under but the glass fibers were pretty coarse, cost $20 or so. I have heard of people using safety wire to matt down the packing to the perforated core. I didn't bother as the packing perfectly fit the 4" supertrapp megaphone on my '78 SR500. The big bulge in the stock pipe would suggest at least one reversal, a typical design of stock Japanese exhausts where they essentially "fold" a much longer exhaust path inside the muffler, which is why a lot of stock pipes give very good low-end power and little noise. They don't generally flow well at high rpm but also don't require repacking. I am guessing one of the reasons the Laser Pro Duro works so well on a KLR is that it's around 6" longer than any other aftermarket exhaust I've seen, and that's not counting any reversals inside the can. Does anyone have more concrete knowledge? I'm working on (debatably) educated guesses here. Devon Jsherlockholmz@... wrote:

> > In a message dated 7/25/01 7:01:45 PM Central Daylight Time, > DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com writes: > > have repacked a couple of supertrapps, and unless you pack it with house > insulation or cotton candy, the idea of exhaust packing "blowing out" > seems hard to believe. >> > > You should see a Cobra ISDE right after being repacked and secured with wire > tape. (That is the really sticky stuff that has small filaments traveling the > length direction of the tape.). Man, I started that bad boy up, looked back, > and saw a cloud of small white particles falling down out of the air. Then, > when I rolled on the throttle, larger pieces started flying out. It is a > pretty funny sight to see, unless you just spent two hours getting filthy and > repacking the can. I have never repacked a Supertrapp, so I can't speak on > those. (I run a Supertrapp, but I don't repack it, don't find the IDSII to be > very noisy) However, on the stock muffler, I thought it was all mechanical > function? It had never occurred to me that there was any packing in there. > > Curious. > > Jim Sherlock > Austin, Texas > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: > http://www.dualsportnews.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/