answers to rm's questions

[Jim Keal]

Yes, I left my parking lights on this morning. Fortuantly one of my co-workers noticed and saved my battery. I guess there really is an advantage to being the only rider at work. Is there any reason to keep this system operable and is there an easy way to defeat it? -Jim Going for a long ride tonight to charge things up _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

[wingrj@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/16/01 15:18:02, jimkeal@... writes: << Yes, I left my parking lights on this morning. >> Kick starter would have come in handy - huh? Viewed best in the text font 'Courier' ___ /___\ (!* *!) __\^-^/__ / ___ \ _/ |___| \_ (__\=/ \=/__) O=|_[ ]_|=O \.---./ | = = | | =.-.= | !_|| ||_! =|| ||= <| |> | | | | _____`-'_____ Wish I could go through life like I go through traffic

[Devon Jarvis]

How hard is it to bump start a KLR? I was thinking with the auto decompressor it should be easier than say, my SR500 (which has to be put in 2nd and backed up against compresison first). Has anyone done this, what gear did you use, etc... Devon wingrj@... wrote:

> In a message dated 8/16/01 15:18:02, jimkeal@... writes: > > > > > Kick starter would have come in handy - huh? > > Viewed best > in the text font > 'Courier' > ___ > /___\ > (!* *!) > __\^-^/__ > / ___ \ > _/ |___| \_ > (__\=/ \=/__) > O=|_[ ]_|=O > \.---./ > | = = | > | =.-.= | > !_|| ||_! > =|| ||= > > | | > | | > _____`-'_____ > > Wish I could go through life > like I go through traffic > > 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 > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Peter Dahlheimer, MD]

2nd gear, friend (female) pushing from behind a bit, stand on pegs, drop butt hard on seat and let out clutch at same time.

> -----Original Message----- > From: Devon Jarvis [mailto:jarvisd@...] > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:37 PM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Stupid Parking Lights > > > How hard is it to bump start a KLR? I was thinking with the auto > decompressor it should be easier than say, my SR500 (which has to > be put in > 2nd and backed up against compresison first). > > Has anyone done this, what gear did you use, etc... > > Devon > > wingrj@... wrote: > > > In a message dated 8/16/01 15:18:02, jimkeal@... writes: > > > > > > > > > Kick starter would have come in handy - huh? > > > > Viewed best > > in the text font > > 'Courier' > > ___ > > /___\ > > (!* *!) > > __\^-^/__ > > / ___ \ > > _/ |___| \_ > > (__\=/ \=/__) > > O=|_[ ]_|=O > > \.---./ > > | = = | > > | =.-.= | > > !_|| ||_! > > =|| ||= > > > > | | > > | | > > _____`-'_____ > > > > Wish I could go through life > > like I go through traffic > > > > 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 > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 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 > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >

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[Kurt Simpson]

2nd gear, friend (female) pushing from behind a bit, stand on pegs, drop butt hard on seat and let out clutch at same time. ____________ don't forget to choke...no throttle...frankly, it is a beast... Kurt

[Jim Keal]

>From: wingrj@... >Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:51:57 EDT > > >In a message dated 8/16/01 15:18:02, jimkeal@... writes: > >> > >Kick starter would have come in handy - huh? >

No, I only left the lights on for an hour(Thanks to Mary for noticing). Fired right up. -Jim _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

[Arden Kysely]

2nd gear, friend (female) pushing from behind a bit, stand on pegs, drop butt hard on seat and let out clutch at same time. ____________ don't forget to choke...no throttle...frankly, it is a beast... Kurt ---------------- What they said, except you can do it yourself with the help of gravity if you're on a little incline. Push like crazy downhill, jump on and release the clutch when your butt hits the seat. Don't do this if you can't jump onto the seat safely. And don't jump on sidesaddle unless you've got good medical insurance and high pain tolerance. Arden Kysely A11 "Mr. K"

[IronJungle@Hotmail.com]

My KLR push starts pretty easy. I have done it many times when I could take advantage of a hill that just happened to be were I stopped. I use 2nd gear. Mine seems to start real easy from a slow roll. Pat

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Arden Kysely" wrote: > > 2nd gear, friend (female) pushing from behind a bit, stand on pegs, > drop > butt hard on seat and let out clutch at same time. > ____________ > > don't forget to choke...no throttle...frankly, it is a beast... > > Kurt > ---------------- > > What they said, except you can do it yourself with the help of > gravity if you're on a little incline. Push like crazy downhill, jump > on and release the clutch when your butt hits the seat. Don't do this > if you can't jump onto the seat safely. And don't jump on sidesaddle > unless you've got good medical insurance and high pain tolerance. > > Arden Kysely > > A11 "Mr. K"

[Murray Dochstader]

I haven't spent any time on it, but one should be able to disassemble the ignition switch and remove the contact responsible for the damned parking light being left on. Anyone know if I am right or wrong? Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jim Keal]

Looking at the wiring diagram it doesn't look that easy. Everything is tied together. I still havn't heard a solution. Somebody suggested installing a switch to bypass park mode; looking at the diagram is not helping me find a place to put it. I may just hvae to get smarter than the bike. -Jim

>From: "Murray Dochstader" >To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Stupid Parking Lights >Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 04:40:45 -0700 > >I haven't spent any time on it, but one should be able to disassemble the >ignition switch and remove the contact responsible for the damned parking >light being left on. > >Anyone know if I am right or wrong? > >Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada. >

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