arrowhead, my two cents

[Andrus Chesley]

Believe it or not, Harley used circuit breakers in the bottom '70's. Was neat for finding shorts as Harley's often developed in those old days. Several of us mo can nics quickly bought an extra and made a short chaser with them. Heck of a lot better listing to the click click click of the breaker than replacing fuses till you run out when stranded on the hi and by ways. Andy Cajun Country

[PhantomRider3@aol.com]

Circuit breaks STILL fail. I swapped to them but one crapped out on a ride. I made the mistake of relying on technology and not carrying spares. I've now simply swapped to blade type fuses and carry spares. Good luck either way. Phantom Rider Beverly, MA (about 25 miles north of Boston, on the coast) 1985 BMW K100 RS (80,000 miles) 1972 Yamaha CT1 175 (3,000+ miles, currently with some "issues") 2000 Kawasaki KLR 650 (more fun than I probably should be having) Toss me an email to to purchase the soon to be famous KLR valve adjustment VIDEO. Only 24.00, Ah bahgin (MA speak for a great deal). You can see stills from the actual video and all my nutty crazy mods at http://2wheelerjay.tripod.com/jaysworldofinvention/

[david gay]

Well after having replaced my Fuses with circuit breakers according to one of the tech tips, and having gotten the following reaction from the group: (Paraphrased) " You did what? Nobody does that anymore, where have you been, under a rock?" I went back and moved the breakers to under the left side panel, and stored two blade type fuses just to be safe. I didn't replaced the breakers, be cause I want to get my money's worth out of them. Any other of the tech tip obsolete that I should know about? Dave --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dooden]

Did you get the update about the doohickey ? It should never ever ever break, if you ensure the taillight cover is always torqued to the required specs. Something to do with the the speed of light and the extra push the tail light gives the KLR when riding, and causing nanoharmonic sub- light vibrations which are transmitted through the loose sub-frame bolts. But I dont build rockets for a living either, so not sure on that one. Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., david gay wrote: > > Well after having replaced my Fuses with circuit breakers according to one of the tech tips, and having gotten the following reaction from the group: (Paraphrased) > > " You did what? Nobody does that anymore, where have you been, under a rock?" > > I went back and moved the breakers to under the left side panel, and stored two blade type fuses just to be safe. I didn't replaced the breakers, be cause I want to get my money's worth out of them. > > Any other of the tech tip obsolete that I should know about? Dave > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[david gay]

I heard that if you just put the new doohickey under you pillow, the sagebrush fairy will mount it for you., but you have to use only Pep-boys oil from now on, and that you should paint your sightglass black, cause todays oils are so good they never need checked. Right, Am I right!!!! dooden wrote:Did you get the update about the doohickey ? It should never ever ever break, if you ensure the taillight cover is always torqued to the required specs. Something to do with the the speed of light and the extra push the tail light gives the KLR when riding, and causing nanoharmonic sub- light vibrations which are transmitted through the loose sub-frame bolts. But I dont build rockets for a living either, so not sure on that one. Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., david gay wrote: > > Well after having replaced my Fuses with circuit breakers according to one of the tech tips, and having gotten the following reaction from the group: (Paraphrased) > > " You did what? Nobody does that anymore, where have you been, under a rock?" > > I went back and moved the breakers to under the left side panel, and stored two blade type fuses just to be safe. I didn't replaced the breakers, be cause I want to get my money's worth out of them. > > Any other of the tech tip obsolete that I should know about? Dave > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dooden]

Did you just call Jake a Fairy ???? We dont have a Pep Boys in my area, could I use Car-Quest oil instead ? Actually have heard Car-Quest branded oil is good stuff. Napa branded oil is really good stuff also. I am partial to Penzoil in my engines, from the trucks, car, lawn mower, power washer and any other thing that I have that uses motor oil, have been using it all my life, and never had any engine troubles. Except the KLR, currently using KawChem oil and not sure what I will switch to after next change. One exception.. had a beater 70' Ford Torino at one place I ran I think Havoline in it, since it was the only 50w I could find, it helped reduce the amount of oil added between gas ups. I said beater.. Loved that car... right side all smashed in, rear springs shot, dual exhaust with Hush Thrush mufflers, no grill, heater core was split, I drained the A/C condenser and flushed it and modified the heater hoses to fit the condenser so I could at least defrost the windshild in the winter. Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., david gay wrote: > > I heard that if you just put the new doohickey under you pillow, the sagebrush fairy will mount it for you., but you have to use only Pep-boys oil from now on, and that you should paint your sightglass black, cause todays oils are so good they never need checked. Right, Am I right!!!! > > > dooden wrote:Did you get the update about the doohickey ? It should never ever > ever break, if you ensure the taillight cover is always torqued to > the required specs. > > Something to do with the the speed of light and the extra push the > tail light gives the KLR when riding, and causing nanoharmonic sub- > light vibrations which are transmitted through the loose sub-frame > bolts. > > But I dont build rockets for a living either, so not sure on that one. > > Dooden > > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., david gay wrote: > > > > Well after having replaced my Fuses with circuit breakers according > to one of the tech tips, and having gotten the following reaction > from the group: (Paraphrased) > > > > " You did what? Nobody does that anymore, where have you been, > under a rock?" > > > > I went back and moved the breakers to under the left side panel, > and stored two blade type fuses just to be safe. I didn't replaced > the breakers, be cause I want to get my money's worth out of them. > > > > Any other of the tech tip obsolete that I should know about? Dave > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[supernielsen]

It seems to me that the poster was arguing that it might have been unfair of Fred to charge a 'service' fee for a cancelled order. But we're of course lacking too much info. Did he cancel it two weeks after he placed it, once the parts were already in transit to Fred, so as to imply that Arrowhead might inccur costs. If so, I think perhaps some sort of a 'convenience' fee described might be acceptable. I mean, 5% of 420 is only $21.00 for Pete's sake. If however, the said person ordered the parts, they didn't show up in a week or so, they called, at which point Fred said 'Oh, those are backordered, gonna be a month'. Well, if that happens, then Fred would have no right to charge a fee for a cancelled order. Without knowing, who's to say what's 'fair'. I would be weary of anyone who charges me a 'fee' of any kind on a cancelled order unless they can prove they've incurred costs themselves directly related to my order/cancellation. And 'time' does not count. In either case, how about taking it off the list. You posted your opinion (which you had every right to do) and people responsed (which they had every right to do). Trouble is, everyone got super-defensive right away, attacking each other over differences in perception. Hell, here's something to REALLY worry about, I still haven't saved enough money to BUY a KLR yet, so I'm relagated to lurking around, feeling jealous and listening to you bums talk about YOURS. So there. If anyone has an extra KLR650 just lying around and want to give it to me, please email me off list. Tim Nielsen (Hey, had to post that, cause apparently anonymous posts will get ya killed around here).