klr sidecar report

[tjtacke]

In 1986, I rode from Great Falls, Montana to Frostburg, Maryland in mid-March. I arrived in Gt. Falls in 60 degree weather on March 15 but left on St Patrick's Day with it snowing. I rode in a blizzard the last 50 miles into Billings. The roads to the south remained icy so I was stuck going I-90 across North Dakota in temperatures in the 30's. St Cloud, Minnesota was 18 degree with 8 inches of snow. My Carburator was had 1/2" of frost hanging on the dome. What was I on? An '82 Harley FXR (sport cruiser). No heated grips, no windshield. Just my leathers, Carhardts, and snowmobile mittens. Also, I used a silk scarf and silk glove liners. I have skied when it was 10 below zero and my hands never got cold with silk liners. Exposed skin is a different story. As for gear, look to Cabela's and get the snowmobile stuff. I used to snowmobile when it was around zero........I had to heat the carburator with a torch to get it to start but then things were great!

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "BAKEMAN64" wrote: > > I've been experimenting with different things to keep myself warm, but > still end up cold as hell when I get home. The thing is, is that I > ride 50 miles a night at about 1:00 am to get home. The average air > temp at night is below 50 degrees. I usually wear a textile coat with > a carhart insulated jacket under it, I also wear a pair of snowboard > pants, alpinestar boots, and gloves. I have heated grips also. I STILL > GET COLD. Anything I should try? I'm tired of getting cold. thanks. >

[John & Rosie Wong]

I wear a 'Stitch Darien and use the fleece jacket. The jacket zips to my neck to keep out the cold air. The jacket/pants setup allows me to wear anything from shorts and a T-shirt to heavy pants and a fleece jacket (zips in). It works pretty well. I normally ride in temps ranging from freezing to >100-deg F. John

[D Critchley]

Have you considered an electric vest? If you trim the wattage by not getting a heated collar and sleeves, you should be ok. It works on my A13 at any rate. DC BAKEMAN64 wrote:

> I've been experimenting with different things to keep myself warm, but > still end up cold as hell when I get home. The thing is, is that I > ride 50 miles a night at about 1:00 am to get home. The average air > temp at night is below 50 degrees. I usually wear a textile coat with > a carhart insulated jacket under it, I also wear a pair of snowboard > pants, alpinestar boots, and gloves. I have heated grips also. I STILL > GET COLD. Anything I should try? I'm tired of getting cold. thanks. > >

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[D Critchley]

Do you watch many movies? DC Douglas Bouley wrote:

> Cowboys wear silk?????? I'm shocked! Shocked! > > --doug > > revmaaatin wr > > An excellent suggestion, and silk makes a great scarf without a lot of > > volume. You can get a silk scarf at a cowboy store for 5-10 bucks > > depending upon the thread count. > > > >

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[Douglas Bouley]

ya mean like "Midnight Cowboy"??? --doug D Critchley wrote:

> Do you watch many movies? > DC > > Douglas Bouley wrote: > > >> Cowboys wear silk?????? I'm shocked! Shocked! >> >> --doug >> >> revmaaatin wr >> >>> An excellent suggestion, and silk makes a great scarf without a lot of >>> volume. You can get a silk scarf at a cowboy store for 5-10 bucks >>> depending upon the thread count. >>> >>> >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >

[revmaaatin]

Bottom posted, no pun intended. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Bouley wrote:

> > ya mean like "Midnight Cowboy"??? > > --doug > > D Critchley wrote: > > Do you watch many movies? > > DC > > > > Douglas Bouley wrote: > > > > > >> Cowboys wear silk?????? I'm shocked! Shocked! > >> > >> --doug > >> > >> revmaaatin wr > >> > >>> An excellent suggestion, and silk makes a great scarf without a

lot of

> >>> volume. You can get a silk scarf at a cowboy store for 5-10

bucks

> >>> depending upon the thread count. > >>>

Hey! You guys are killing me! Especially since you have not tried the silk scarf yet! The first time I saw the use of a silk scarf was 3 winters ago, while helping my bachelor 'Marlboro' cowboy friend move 'pairs' =cow/calf, from the calving pasture to the pair's pasture. (You do this to protect the newborn calves from being stolen by a jealous cow (I am not making this up.) While moving pairs on this particular day, we experienced a frontal passage and it got bitterly cold, or at least, colder than I had clothes for working outside. Leroy tossed me a barn coat, and tucked down the sleeve was an orange, silk, bandanna. I asked him," Where was he hiding the woman that wore this." He just grunted as I tucked the 'ladies-bloomers' (it is huge!) into a side pocket and remounted the dunn-coloured quarter horse named Polly. (Yes, I was wearing seatless-Chaps, thanks for asking) Later, I gave Leroy a side look and noticed that he was wearing a silk, black 'ladies-bloomers' bandanna around his neck to break the wind. When he wasn't looking, I gave the orange silk bandanna a try, and tied it around my neck. The effect was immediate and measurable (not that I let him know it....) The next time I was in town (47 miles away), I bought two black silk bandanna's and after wearing a winter bandanna for the past three winters, I would fight you for them both.... Why black, you might ask? A man has to drawn the line somewhere... Don't tell anyone, I secretly have a red one also; well, almost a secret, I wore it when I did the Christmas services last year. My 7- year-old daughter cozies up last winter and asked when was she going to get my red bandanna as her own. That black bandana is now not only part of my cowboy costume, it also part of my motorcycle costume, even when the temps are in the high 90's. If you buy one and try it, it will take 3 cowboys to get it away from you. or at the very least, a blue-eyed, eight year old girl. Looking up from my desk to the coat rack, I see that the red-bandanna is missing. Where do the girls learn it so young? revmaaatin.

[Douglas Bouley]

Aw, i'm just yankin' yer chain, Rev. I've got one, too. And silk longjohns, too. But not red. -doug revmaaatin wrote:

> Bottom posted, no pun intended. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Douglas Bouley > wrote: > >> ya mean like "Midnight Cowboy"??? >> >> --doug >> >> D Critchley wrote: >> >>> Do you watch many movies? >>> DC >>> >>> Douglas Bouley wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Cowboys wear silk?????? I'm shocked! Shocked! >>>> >>>> --doug >>>> >>>> revmaaatin wr >>>> >>>> >>>>> An excellent suggestion, and silk makes a great scarf without a >>>>> > lot of > >>>>> volume. You can get a silk scarf at a cowboy store for 5-10 >>>>> > bucks > >>>>> depending upon the thread count. >>>>> >>>>> > > Hey! > You guys are killing me! Especially since you have not tried the silk > scarf yet! > > The first time I saw the use of a silk scarf was 3 winters ago, while > helping my bachelor 'Marlboro' cowboy friend move 'pairs' =cow/calf, > from the calving pasture to the pair's pasture. (You do this to > protect the newborn calves from being stolen by a jealous cow (I am > not making this up.) While moving pairs on this particular day, we > experienced a frontal passage and it got bitterly cold, or at least, > colder than I had clothes for working outside. Leroy tossed me a > barn coat, and tucked down the sleeve was an orange, silk, bandanna. > I asked him," Where was he hiding the woman that wore this." He just > grunted as I tucked the 'ladies-bloomers' (it is huge!) into a side > pocket and remounted the dunn-coloured quarter horse named Polly. > (Yes, I was wearing seatless-Chaps, thanks for asking) > > Later, I gave Leroy a side look and noticed that he was wearing a > silk, black 'ladies-bloomers' bandanna around his neck to break the > wind. When he wasn't looking, I gave the orange silk bandanna a try, > and tied it around my neck. The effect was immediate and measurable > (not that I let him know it....) The next time I was in town (47 > miles away), I bought two black silk bandanna's and after wearing a > winter bandanna for the past three winters, I would fight you for > them both.... > > Why black, you might ask? A man has to drawn the line somewhere... > Don't tell anyone, I secretly have a red one also; well, almost a > secret, I wore it when I did the Christmas services last year. My 7- > year-old daughter cozies up last winter and asked when was she going > to get my red bandanna as her own. > > That black bandana is now not only part of my cowboy costume, it also > part of my motorcycle costume, even when the temps are in the high > 90's. If you buy one and try it, it will take 3 cowboys to get it > away from you. or at the very least, a blue-eyed, eight year old > girl. > > Looking up from my desk to the coat rack, I see that the red-bandanna > is missing. Where do the girls learn it so young? > > revmaaatin. > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >

[Arden Kysely]

Top posted so folks don't think I'm, uh, you know. My favorite scarf was cashmere, nice and soft but thin enough to take a couple of turns around my neck and still have plenty left to drop down the front and seal off the jacket zipper leakage. Now it's so thin it's nearly gone. It was burgundy--a manly color, right? Hey, in Nor Cal when I did a little herding as a 'guest ranch' (OK, Dude Ranch) attendee, they call the cow/calves "little pairs". I got quite an education while holding them apart from the rest of the herd while the bull tried to make more little ones. A quote from one of the cowboys we rode will stay with me till I consume too much Loctite: "You're the first dude I ever rode with." A proud moment for this part-time horseman indeed. 'Course, we could have done the whole roundup much quicker on KLRs! __Arden

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "revmaaatin" wrote: > Hey! > You guys are killing me! Especially since you have not tried the silk > scarf yet! > > The first time I saw the use of a silk scarf was 3 winters ago, while > helping my bachelor 'Marlboro' cowboy friend move 'pairs' =cow/calf, > from the calving pasture to the pair's pasture. (You do this to > protect the newborn calves from being stolen by a jealous cow (I am > not making this up.) While moving pairs on this particular day, we > experienced a frontal passage and it got bitterly cold, or at least, > colder than I had clothes for working outside. Leroy tossed me a > barn coat, and tucked down the sleeve was an orange, silk, bandanna. > I asked him," Where was he hiding the woman that wore this." He just > grunted as I tucked the 'ladies-bloomers' (it is huge!) into a side > pocket and remounted the dunn-coloured quarter horse named Polly. > (Yes, I was wearing seatless-Chaps, thanks for asking) > > Later, I gave Leroy a side look and noticed that he was wearing a > silk, black 'ladies-bloomers' bandanna around his neck to break the > wind. When he wasn't looking, I gave the orange silk bandanna a try, > and tied it around my neck. The effect was immediate and measurable > (not that I let him know it....) The next time I was in town (47 > miles away), I bought two black silk bandanna's and after wearing a > winter bandanna for the past three winters, I would fight you for > them both.... > > Why black, you might ask? A man has to drawn the line somewhere... > Don't tell anyone, I secretly have a red one also; well, almost a > secret, I wore it when I did the Christmas services last year. My 7- > year-old daughter cozies up last winter and asked when was she going > to get my red bandanna as her own. > > That black bandana is now not only part of my cowboy costume, it also > part of my motorcycle costume, even when the temps are in the high > 90's. If you buy one and try it, it will take 3 cowboys to get it > away from you. or at the very least, a blue-eyed, eight year old > girl. > > Looking up from my desk to the coat rack, I see that the red-bandanna > is missing. Where do the girls learn it so young? > > revmaaatin. >

[Vernon Wade]

I've been enjoying putting my KLR sidecar rigs to the test. Have done three off road rides with them in the past three weeks and am very pleased with how they handle off the pavement! It is amazing how much fun they are to just take out in the woods and bomb around! ride reports and pix are here: http://adventuresidecar.com/KLRrides/KLR%20sidecar%20ride.htm I use these bikes in the Adventure Sidecar S/TEP classes and they are great for teaching sidecar basics to beginners. If you want more information about sidecar lessons check here: http://adventuresidecar.com/training06/training06.htm Our next class is August 12~13 in Hood River, Oregon. Call Hood River Community Education (541)386-2055 to sign up while there are still some openings! VW