anywhere to ride?

[Paul Shealy]

Brent, They are several people in or near Charlotte. Try the southeast forum at KLR650.NET. --- Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - P. J. O'Rourke

On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Jonathan Waters wrote: > Hi, I live in Charlotte, NC. Is there anywhere to trail ride in > NC? Or surrounding States SC, GA, VA, and TN? I did take the KLR > up WVA on the Hatfield McCoy trails it did very well, but it was > extremely muddy. > > Brent > > > --------------------------------- > How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger s low PC-to-Phone > call rates. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Steve Brown]

G'Day. Dealer says 1'st check on a KLR should be done at 1600km(1000m), even though the book says to do it at 800km(500m). Says too early to do the valve adjustment, his experience is that if done now it may require shims again soon and if left to 1000m the clearances will be stable by then. I'm at 800km now, and I'm tempted to do most of the rest of the adjustments myself now, and get the full service between 500 & 1000m. Suggestions please? Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Doug Herr]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Steve Brown wrote:

> G'Day. Dealer says 1'st check on a KLR should be done at 1600km(1000m), even > though the book says to do it at 800km(500m). Says too early to do the valve > adjustment, his experience is that if done now it may require shims again > soon and if left to 1000m the clearances will be stable by then. > > I'm at 800km now, and I'm tempted to do most of the rest of the adjustments > myself now, and get the full service between 500 & 1000m. Suggestions > please?

Do the oil change earlier then required, but the valve thing sounds about right. An extra 500 miles before doing the valves will not hurt anything. -- Doug Herr doug@...

[Don S]

Hi Steve. So, is the dealer going to contact Kawasaki to have them revise the manual? I'm forever impressed with dealers who have more knowledge of products than the manufacturers. Check their service schedule. Sounds like they're stalling for time. I doubt that extending the duration for the valve check/adjustment by a couple hundred miles would have a negative effect. Nonetheless, doubling the period may not impress KHI if you had to make a warranty claim as a result of damaged valves or valve components. Don Steve Brown wrote: G'Day. Dealer says 1'st check on a KLR should be done at 1600km(1000m), even though the book says to do it at 800km(500m). Says too early to do the valve adjustment, his experience is that if done now it may require shims again soon and if left to 1000m the clearances will be stable by then. I'm at 800km now, and I'm tempted to do most of the rest of the adjustments myself now, and get the full service between 500 & 1000m. Suggestions please? Steve [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]