good vibrations

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place to go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a correlation between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In other words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are primarily ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages here), or...... ? Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in the 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and no tweet has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all) of my miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute to work, or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride on the road some more. If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch and keep on going. Woo woo!! But, I'm still curious. Comments? Observations? Guy A16 '95 Concours Richmond, VA

[andy@andynicholson.com]

Interesting. My KLR seems to have just started chirping at around 6300 miles. I ride a lot on the road, and I've been doing as much off roading as I can. I would guess it's been in dirt for between 1000 and 1500 miles.

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:29:05 -0400, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote: > > Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place to > go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a > question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a correlation > between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In other > words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are primarily > ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages here), > or...... ? > > Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in the > 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and no tweet > has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all) of my > miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute to work, > or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride on the > road some more. > > If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch > and keep on going. > > Woo woo!! > > But, I'm still curious. > > Comments? Observations? > > Guy > A16 > '95 Concours > Richmond, VA

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

Andy, You're the first to respond, so we'll see where it goes from here. Guy PS - 6300 mile, eh? Maybe I'm NOT outta the woods. At 05:47 PM 8/1/03 -0700, andy@... wrote:

>Interesting. My KLR seems to have just started chirping at around 6300

miles.

>I ride a lot on the road, and I've been doing as much off roading as I

can. I

>would guess it's been in dirt for between 1000 and 1500 miles.

[mwl_95623]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote:

> Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no

place to

> go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and

a

> question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a

correlation

> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet?

In other

> words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are

primarily

> ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages

here),

> or...... ? > > Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere

in the

> 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and

no tweet

> has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all)

of my

> miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute

to work,

> or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride

on the

> road some more. > > If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on

the 'Stitch

> and keep on going. > > Woo woo!! > > But, I'm still curious. > > Comments? Observations? > > Guy > A16 > '95 Concours > Richmond, VA

[mwl_95623]

Guy, 15K and no tweet yet :>) I have a 2002 and ride primarily on the street. I'd say 95% :DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mwl_95623" wrote:

> --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech.

Ed."

> wrote: > Has anyone determined if there is a correlation > > between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? > > > > Guy

[propagandrew]

My 01 klr has just recently started to make a whistling sound, and I'm right at about 6500 miles. I'm assuming this is what people call tweety, but i cant tell exactly where the whistling is coming from. seems to be alot more noticable when the bike is hot (stuck in traffic or such). --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote:

> Typical Friday night after a sh**ty week at work, raining, no place

to

> go..... I was sucking down a few MGDs and out fondling my KLR and a > question came to mind: Has anyone determined if there is a

correlation

> between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? In

other

> words, does tweety seem to be more prevalent on bikes that are

primarily

> ridden on the street, in the dirt, both (Looking for percentages

here),

> or...... ? > > Everything I have read would indicate the bird appears somewhere in

the

> 5000 to 6000 mile range. I'm about to roll over 6K on my A16 and

no tweet

> has appeared to date. Admittedly (and unfortunately), most (all)

of my

> miles have been accumulated on the road, either during the commute

to work,

> or longer stretches (150-300 miles) getting somewhere to, uh, ride

on the

> road some more. > > If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on

the 'Stitch

> and keep on going. > > Woo woo!! > > But, I'm still curious. > > Comments? Observations? > > Guy > A16 > '95 Concours > Richmond, VA

[Dan Weber]

Guy- Let me post a minority position...nothing wrong with the tweeting pipe, reminds me of a Goldie I owned in the late '70s. Only difference is then the pipe was called a "twitter." Dan Weber Shreveport, LA '99KLR650 '00K1200LT

----- Original Message ----- > If the bird appears, it appears. I'll drape some pink lace on the 'Stitch > and keep on going. > > Woo woo!!

[Doug Herr]

On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, ms7147 wrote:

> To me there is no such thing as good vibrations when it comes to > motorcycles. [snip] > What are the vibrations like on the KLR650?

I am just over the 3000 mile mark on mine and do mostly street riding. The only vibration that I am interested in removing is that in the grips. On long freeway trips I think there is enough vibration to start to numb the fingers. There are a number of fixes suggested for this so I suspect that I will be able to fix this. But do not expect any "thumper" to be vibration free right out of the box. -- Doug Herr doug@...

[mwl_95623]

Guy, Maybe the answer rests in Devon's response to the muffler drain bolt warning? Could banging on the muffler while reving the engine be the cause of tweety. I know I've never done it and tweety hasn't hatched yet...knock on wood! Matt

>Message: 18 > Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:26:35 -0400 > From: Devon Jarvis >Subject: Re: MUFFLER DRAIN BOLTS WARNING! >I got a slight amount of carbon, but it certainly didn't seem to help >prevent the tweety issue. I stopped doing the muffler "service" when >tweety arrived. I love that the "service" consists of revving the >motor while whacking the muffler with a rubber mallet.

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote:

>Has anyone determined if there is a correlation > between the type riding one does that would bring on the tweet? > > Guy > A16 > '95 Concours > Richmond, VA