2 questions

[Rodger Graham]

I see some KLR owners have cut an L shaped section out of the top of the airbox to increase airflow. Can anyone tell me if this is worth doing? Thanks --rodger 05KLR650

[Doug Herr]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, oc4art wrote:

> 1-when I fall on my 2003 KLR; fuel seems to always drain out. I > have installed a second tube to the fuel tank as I only had one when > got the bike, but it seems to drain out from around the gas cap. I > fell last weekend and had the thing on top of me and I got a little > nervous as I had just read a post about a guy who caught his bike on > fire at a Death Valley ride. Is it common for the bike to leak fuel > when it is on its side? I know the easiest way to stop the bike > form leaking is to keep it upright, but I seem to have a problem > with that on the dirt and sand trails. By the way I have hit the > dirt about 7 times and have only broken a choke lever and a clutch > lever. This speaks volumes to the dependability of the KLR, I can't > imagine how much it would have cost me if I was on a DZ400

Sounds like you have a bad cap gasket. I am not sure of the testing procedure for this, but I am pretty sure that it should not leak as you describe. -- Doug Herr doug@...