carb vent?

[Bert Fox, Nevada MGNOC rep]

I recently took a reunion tour with an old friend. We had traveled together for ten years on our motorcycles. Due to family and jobs we had not toured together since 1985 or so. He had borrowed an 1983 Goldwing Interstate and I had just recently purchased an 02 R1150RT BMW. We ventured N into Montana and up into B.C. and came down thru N Idaho. On Monday, July 22, we had departed our campsite at Cedar Creek Campground on State Hwy 3 about 3 miles N of Clarkia, ID. A few miles South of Clarkia and 3 miles N of Bovill, it happened...I never saw it coming, I did not even have time to apply brakes or know there was a threat. I just simply exploded into something that had not been apparent. It was a two year old White Tailed buck. My friend, Bruce, had been a couple hundred yards behind me. We had been traveling at about 70 mph at 9:30 AM. He thought I had hit a brown cardboard box for an instant, then he realized I had hit a deer. The impact was on my left front center. It knocked off both mirrors, broke the fairing in multiple places, sheared of some valve cover mounted rider pegs, and completely sheared off my left saddlebag. It also impacted my left leg as it went by and then went around and under the rear of the bike. It completely eviscerated the stomach cavity and broke both front legs. I came to a stop without going down. At the time I did not know the extent of damage or what I had hit. When I realized how hard the impact had been and that I was upright and OK, I was nearly sick as the nervous system adjusted to the new details. I expect the damage to be at least $3000 with the fairing damage. It doesn't look that bad until I itemize all the pieces that are cracked, bent, broken, or scratched. We collected all the pieces and drove on into Moscow, ID and after filing a report with the Latah County Sheriff Dept., we went to a packing/shipping store and mailed all the stuff back. We adjusted our route and schedule and I drove the wounded beemer home. I don't know exactly what I have learned from all of this. I do know it simply wasn't my time. I also had on full protective riding gear, and was riding with concentration and watching for the very thing that I incurred. Even so, I did not see the deer come out of the dark shadows or even approach the travel lane. If I had braked or swerved, it may not have been a good thing... Gratefully still riding and smiling.... Bert Fox Elko, NV ===== Life is an adventure meant to be ridden on two wheels... BMW F650GS BMW R1150RT Kawasaki KLR650 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better http://health.yahoo.com

[guymanbro]

Wow, man, that's a hella story... Glad the deer and the bike took most of the damage. Keep on keepin' on Bert. dat brooklyn bum --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Bert Fox, Nevada MGNOC rep" wrote: I had hit a deer. The

> impact was on my left front center. It knocked off > both mirrors, broke the fairing in multiple places, > sheared of some valve cover mounted rider pegs, and > completely sheared off my left saddlebag. It also > impacted my left leg as it went by and then went > around and under the rear of the bike. It completely > eviscerated the stomach cavity and broke both front > legs. I came to a stop without going down. At the time > I did not know the extent of damage or what I had hit. > When I realized how hard the impact had been and that > I was upright and OK, I was nearly sick as the nervous > system adjusted to the new details.

[Jim Priest]

Obviously the lesson here is to let someone else lead Glad you are OK! jim

On Wednesday, July 24, 2002, 12:10:34 PM, Nevada wrote: BFNMr> not been apparent. It was a two year old White Tailed BFNMr> buck. My friend, Bruce, had been a couple hundred BFNMr> yards behind me. We had been traveling at about 70 mph

[monahanwb]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Jim Priest wrote:

> Obviously the lesson here is to let someone else lead

Or if you must hit deer, ride a Telelever bike. They go through deer like nothing else, and seem to enable the rider to ride the bike home, much like Bert did.

[bmrbill]

Ouch. Sounds like your beemer faired better than mine did. More importantly, I'm glad you are okay. I still have the scars from the two pins that held my left thumb together (after they put it back in its socket). That was three years ago. I drive that same stretch of road every day going to and from work. And every time I look real hard... The upside is, I only need one more deer to be an Ace. Four down, one to go. Bill A15 Livermore, CA --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Bert Fox, Nevada MGNOC rep" wrote:

> I recently took a reunion tour with an old friend. We > had traveled together for ten years on our > motorcycles. Due to family and jobs we had not toured > together since 1985 or so. He had borrowed an 1983 > Goldwing Interstate and I had just recently purchased > an 02 R1150RT BMW. We ventured N into Montana and up > into B.C. and came down thru N Idaho. On Monday, July > 22, we had departed our campsite at Cedar Creek > Campground on State Hwy 3 about 3 miles N of Clarkia, > ID. A few miles South of Clarkia and 3 miles N of > Bovill, it happened...I never saw it coming, I did not > even have time to apply brakes or know there was a > threat. I just simply exploded into something that had > not been apparent. It was a two year old White Tailed > buck. My friend, Bruce, had been a couple hundred > yards behind me. We had been traveling at about 70 mph > at 9:30 AM. He thought I had hit a brown cardboard box > for an instant, then he realized I had hit a deer. The > impact was on my left front center. It knocked off > both mirrors, broke the fairing in multiple places, > sheared of some valve cover mounted rider pegs, and > completely sheared off my left saddlebag. It also > impacted my left leg as it went by and then went > around and under the rear of the bike. It completely > eviscerated the stomach cavity and broke both front > legs. I came to a stop without going down. At the time > I did not know the extent of damage or what I had hit. > When I realized how hard the impact had been and that > I was upright and OK, I was nearly sick as the nervous > system adjusted to the new details. I expect the > damage to be at least $3000 with the fairing damage. > It doesn't look that bad until I itemize all the > pieces that are cracked, bent, broken, or scratched. > We collected all the pieces and drove on into Moscow, > ID and after filing a report with the Latah County > Sheriff Dept., we went to a packing/shipping store and > mailed all the stuff back. We adjusted our route and > schedule and I drove the wounded beemer home. > I don't know exactly what I have learned from all of > this. I do know it simply wasn't my time. I also had > on full protective riding gear, and was riding with > concentration and watching for the very thing that I > incurred. Even so, I did not see the deer come out of > the dark shadows or even approach the travel lane. If > I had braked or swerved, it may not have been a good > thing... > Gratefully still riding and smiling.... > > Bert Fox > Elko, NV > > ===== > Life is an adventure meant to be ridden on two wheels... > BMW F650GS > BMW R1150RT > Kawasaki KLR650 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com

[Allan Patton]

Bert, Glad you are still alive and able to ride. Some haven't been so fortunate. Guess we can all thank the "tree huggers" for the over population of deer everywhere. Thirty years ago, if a deer was hit by a car, it made front page news, including pictures, here in central Kansas. Now, there is a list of deer hits almost every day, even this time of year. Recently, Wisconsin has ask the deer hunters in the southwest part of the state to kill all the deer. Over population has caused an outbreak of a deer disease similar to "mad cow disease". I have a theory that the insurance companies actually like the deer, no mater what they say. Everyone is afraid to drop full coverage insurance on older cars. Allan A14

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bert Fox, Nevada MGNOC rep" Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:10 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Hunting Without a License (Out of Season) > I recently took a reunion tour with an old friend. We > had traveled together for ten years on our > motorcycles. Due to family and jobs we had not toured > together since 1985 or so. He had borrowed an 1983 > Goldwing Interstate and I had just recently purchased > an 02 R1150RT BMW. We ventured N into Montana and up > into B.C. and came down thru N Idaho. On Monday, July > 22, we had departed our campsite at Cedar Creek > Campground on State Hwy 3 about 3 miles N of Clarkia, > ID. A few miles South of Clarkia and 3 miles N of > Bovill, it happened...I never saw it coming, I did not > even have time to apply brakes or know there was a > threat. I just simply exploded into something that had > not been apparent. It was a two year old White Tailed > buck. My friend, Bruce, had been a couple hundred > yards behind me. We had been traveling at about 70 mph > at 9:30 AM. He thought I had hit a brown cardboard box > for an instant, then he realized I had hit a deer. The > impact was on my left front center. It knocked off > both mirrors, broke the fairing in multiple places, > sheared of some valve cover mounted rider pegs, and > completely sheared off my left saddlebag. It also > impacted my left leg as it went by and then went > around and under the rear of the bike. It completely > eviscerated the stomach cavity and broke both front > legs. I came to a stop without going down. At the time > I did not know the extent of damage or what I had hit. > When I realized how hard the impact had been and that > I was upright and OK, I was nearly sick as the nervous > system adjusted to the new details. I expect the > damage to be at least $3000 with the fairing damage. > It doesn't look that bad until I itemize all the > pieces that are cracked, bent, broken, or scratched. > We collected all the pieces and drove on into Moscow, > ID and after filing a report with the Latah County > Sheriff Dept., we went to a packing/shipping store and > mailed all the stuff back. We adjusted our route and > schedule and I drove the wounded beemer home. > I don't know exactly what I have learned from all of > this. I do know it simply wasn't my time. I also had > on full protective riding gear, and was riding with > concentration and watching for the very thing that I > incurred. Even so, I did not see the deer come out of > the dark shadows or even approach the travel lane. If > I had braked or swerved, it may not have been a good > thing... > Gratefully still riding and smiling.... > > Bert Fox > Elko, NV > > ===== > Life is an adventure meant to be ridden on two wheels... > BMW F650GS > BMW R1150RT > Kawasaki KLR650 > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Health - Feel better, live better > http://health.yahoo.com > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.xmission.com/~dkenison/cgi/lwgate.cgi/KLR650/archives/ > > 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/ >

[klrz4ever]

> Guess we can all thank the "tree huggers" for the over population

of deer everywhere.

> > Allan A14 >

Allan, I don't think you can hang this one on tree-huggers. They generally favor preservation and/or re-introduction of predator species like mountain lions and wolves, which help control the deer population. For overpopulation you need to look at groups like Bambi Lovers International and Fawns First. __Arden Kysely

[sherparider]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Allan Patton" wrote:

> Glad you are still alive and able to ride. Some haven't been so > fortunate. Guess we can all thank the "tree huggers" for the over > population of deer everywhere.

Ah, yes. The elusive "tree hugger," bane of all right-thinking people. Seldom seen, this almost mythological beast is known to have far greater powers than the gun, recreational sport, and hunting lobbies. When one doesn't which to blame the elimination of natural predators, human encroachment on wildlife lands, a ten-fold increase in vehicular traffic, or just plain idiot drivers who don't watch for hazards, one can always rely on "tree huggers" as scapegoat.

[sherparider]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Lujo Bauer" wrote:

> That's an interesting question. Why the T mod? Why not just > stick on a hose that's vented somewhere else?

Or re-route the existing hose. It's plenty long enough to reach all sorts of interesting up-high nooks and crannies. Just make sure to put a short bend in it so that the last 2" points down, helping to prevent water from getting in or collecting in it.