hanging out at the kawasaki shop

[Ivan]

All I hear is that you have to have a SS line, better pads and a big rotor to stop our beast. On my snowmobile with pathetic stock brakes, I changed to a Wilwood master cyclinder and the difference was night and day. The old brake would lock up the track, but there was no feel or touch from the brakes. Now I can apply the brake with some touch and the feel is much better. There has to be a Master cylinder that improve the feel/and ability of our front brakes. Any experience out there?

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Ivan wrote:

> There has to be a Master cylinder that improve the feel/and ability of > our front brakes.

Typically, feel and power are inversely proportional. The larger the master cylinder, the more fluid it displaces for a given amount of squeeze. This increases power but it decreases feel because you have to move the brake lever in much smaller increments to achieve light braking. -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/> San Jose, CA (USA)

[Randall Marbach]

Speaking of Front Brake Master Cylinder and feel, I recently got around to installing a SS line I got from Fred last year. I was shocked to discover while bleeding the brakes that I only had about 50-60% of avaible travel on the brake lever. Turns out the little tab located on the front of the brake lever that activates the brake light switch was contacting the Maier Barkbuster I installed last year. No wonder it was hard to lockup the front wheel... So for those of you that have the Maier Guards, you might want to check this on your bike. I am hoping that some extra washers, a little bending on the bench vice plus maybe some mototool grinding will solve my travel problems. HTH Randy from Burbank --- Blake Sobiloff wrote:

> On Mar 14, 2006, at 11:24 AM, Ivan wrote: > > There has to be a Master cylinder that improve the > feel/and ability of > > our front brakes. > > Typically, feel and power are inversely > proportional. The larger the > master cylinder, the more fluid it displaces for a > given amount of > squeeze. This increases power but it decreases feel > because you have > to move the brake lever in much smaller increments > to achieve light > braking. > -- > Blake Sobiloff > http://sobiloff.typepad.com/> > San Jose, CA (USA) > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: >

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[klr6501995]

yep, I got my 95 about 4-5 years ago and painted it flat black. Stopped at the kawi shop a lot the 1st year or so and rode daily commutes to several diffent jobs in the same 5 years. The parts manager and myself agree that my klr running around every day has probably sold all of his klr's every year.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Mike Frey wrote: > > > I was out for a ride last night and stopped by my local shop. A man was > looking at a KLR, so told him the virtues of the bike, that I had one, > etc. I would have offered to let him ride mine, but I was on my ZRX at > the time. > > He didn't look too sure, but a couple minutes later, a "SOLD" tag was > placed on the bike. > > They told me that was the 8th one this year already - about as many as > they sold all of last year. Since I got mine in 2004, they've sold more > each year since. "Interest in Dual Sport bikes is really increasing". > This is a Kawasaki / Suzuki / BMW dealer and their "specialty" is sport > bikes, although all the guys know every model. > > There was a new KLX-250 sitting outside - they offered a test ride, so I > took them up on it. Engine feels a lot like the Sherpa, but the bike is > much larger and the suspension is probably better in the dirt. The > KLX-250 also appears to share major engine components with the KLX- 300, > so potential modifications could produce a quite capable DS bike. I wish > we had the same options on the KLR. > > Mike >