chain & weeping cylinder

[aches@deltech.net]

Hey guy, I've been doing the Wilderness for the last 5 years. Myself (KLR this year) and Paul (DR350 at present for this ride) usually do the back gravel road bit. Bring all you need as this is a remote camp area with the only modern thing ==> portalet 1 ... Bathe in the COLD Buffalo river. . Memphis BMW club puts on the rally but it's very low keyed with lots of friends. Andy Chesley Jennings, Louisiana

[aches@deltech.net]

This is out of the BMWON 24th Wilderness Rally BMW R.A.M.S. #34 Arkansas Hwy 14, between Harriet and Buffalo River. Watch for brown National Forest "Springcreek" sign. Three miles of gov. maintained gravel road to beautifu;l grass camping on the bank of the famous Buffalo National River. Primitive camping with a permenent restroom so bring the rest. This is the Wilderness Rally! Small county stores and cabins approx 10 to 15 miles. While it lasts, hot dogs and chips Fri. nite and Roadkiss' chili on Sat nite, firewood, patch. Enjoy fantastic paved mtn. roads and great GS riding, too! $15 each. A few of us will be in the area Thurday evening. Myself will be in Arkansas Wednesday probably and make my way to the Marshal and Harriet areas Thursday afternoon. Still have a little of the TAT I want to finish in the western part of the state if possible. Then do it on the beautiful roads across to the Buffalo Canyon area Thursday morning. Ya'll come Andy Chesley Jennings, La. '97 R11RA '00 KLR

[kcuf_oohay_666]

I was going to suggest JB weld (metal epoxy)for the oil leak. but with "gold dust" in the oil, I dont know. Could be clutch problems, or could be a kinda "stop leak" for oil that they guy put in before it was sold. Does it look like the previous owner droped the bike on something and cracked the cylinder? cylinder shouldn't take more than a week to get. My dealer can have anything I order from Kawasaki in 7 days. You can try and buy from www.buykawasaki.com and have it shipped direct. takes about 3 days --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mtc46jw2000" wrote:

> > Looks like a porosity flaw in the casing, thats the only place it > comes from. And I had been hoping for a simple gasket change out. > No such luck! Something very is a miss in this bike. > > Also changed out the oil again and its full of Gold dust! and some > other particles! Boy, have I struck it rich! Bike doesn't seem to > run too bad though, I guess everything is repairable. I just > thought that KLR's were more rugged. This ones only got 3500 km's > on it, but who knows? Looked good at the time. > > > Any idea how long its going to take to get a cylinder from Kawasaki? > > > > Thanks for all the help. > > Maybe its time for a BMW650GS?