progrips?

[E Hines]

I have had my J.C. Whitney tail box on my KLR for over 8000 miles with alot of over loading and off road riding. I have even been down three times with the box on (and loaded with tools, etc.). I always have a motorcycle net around the box. This keeps the stress off the hinges and lock and the mounting plate and distributes the weight on the whole box. The net only costs $3 or $4 at Walmart (cheap insurance). I only have to unhook it at two places to open the box.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John Biccum" wrote: > > One of my riding buddies had a JC Whitney tail box come apart on him on our > trip to Baja. We held it on the bike with everything we had: > http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/gallery/2549433#P-3-15> > http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/gallery/2549433#P-3-15 . It was a hassle to > lash it on every morning and relash it every time we took something out of > it. Do you know which model he had, they put out 3 or 4 different ones now. I have the old cheap black one on my KLR with no problems, had the same one on my R1150GS with no problems. Have the new one in medium size that kinda looks just like a Givi with the red band around it and has a metal mounting plate instead of the plastic one of old. But same size. That's the one I had to change the springs in pretty fast. Andy in Louisiana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Donald Dickerson]

I've had one of these boxes for all of the 10,000+ miles I have on the KLR now. The original plastic mounting plate was not very sturdy, but JCW sent out new metal plates awhile back, it is standard now and much stronger. Only 1 glitch - the hinge pins will vibrate out. Take them out and use a bit of urethane glue on them to hold them in, or replace them with large cotter pins like I did. --- E Hines wrote:

> I have had my J.C. Whitney tail box on my KLR for over 8000 miles > with alot of over loading and off road riding. I have even been down > three times with the box on (and loaded with tools, etc.). I always > have a motorcycle net around the box. This keeps the stress off the > hinges and lock and the mounting plate and distributes the weight on > the whole box. The net only costs $3 or $4 at Walmart (cheap > insurance). I only have to unhook it at two places to open the box. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John Biccum" > wrote: > > > > One of my riding buddies had a JC Whitney tail box come apart on > him > on our > > trip to Baja. We held it on the bike with everything we had: > > http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/gallery/2549433#P-3-15> > > http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/gallery/2549433#P-3-15 . It was a > hassle to > > lash it on every morning and relash it every time we took something > out of > > it. > Do you know which model he had, they put out 3 or 4 different ones > now. I have the old cheap black one on my KLR with no problems, had > the same one on my R1150GS with no problems. Have the new one in > medium size that kinda looks just like a Givi with the red band > around > it and has a metal mounting plate instead of the plastic one of old. > But same size. That's the one I had to change the springs in pretty > fast. > > Andy in Louisiana > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > >

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[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John Biccum" wrote: SNIP > > BTW after 40K miles of (ab)use I replaced my Givi A36s with Pelican cases. > I think the Pelicans can take more than I can: > http://johnbiccum.smugmug.com/gallery/2549433#136747357 > Hi John, Nice post, and great pictures (as always), to include this caption "Bike survived the cartwheeling high side with no damage except for one broken mirror" supporting the link above. Q. So, how does one survive a cartwheeling high side with little damage, etc. Q = stroy-time details (please). revmaaatin.

[Jay]

Alright I've settled on the Progrip 737 grips, but am having a hell of time finding a site to order them from. Can you guys point me in the right direction. A Canadian distubuter would be best as some of the american ones I've looked at are charging a forune for shipping. Or does anyone know of a canadian bike shop that stocks them? thanks again J

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Hudson" wrote: > > > > I've used the 714's on all of my bikes since '95 and are the only > > grip I would consider using for street or dual-sport. They're soft, a > > good diameter and tacky. I highly recommend them. > > > > Dick Carpenter told me not too long ago that my KLR looked tacky. Why would I do anything > to make it worse? >