need new caliper

[E.L. Green]

Zachariah Mully wrote:

> > On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 17:18 +0000, E.L. Green wrote: >> >> way. >> >> >> >> 1-800-UHAUL. >> >> >> >> > > God please don't give those crooks any of your money. Never in

15 years

> > of moving myself, friends and family have I ever had a single

good

> > experience with UHAUL. I prefer Penske, or Budget, at least they

don't

> > try to pawn off a moving truck with a broken frame onto you

(happened to

> > me twice), or one with zero working lights (twice again), or

give you a

> > 27' truck when you reserved a 12' (twice yet again, and all were > > separate incidents). Not to mention, I've never been in a UHAUL

with

> > working a/c... Or to a UHAUL store that didn't make the US

government

> > look efficient in comparison. > >

I've had the opposite experience. I've moved from coast to coast several times over the past 15 years. Penske left me broken down in the middle of Alabama (that was the second truck, the first truck they gave me had the brake light on and I refused to take it). The three U-Haul trucks I've used, on the other hand, were fairly new, trouble-free, and had significant advantages over the competition -- most specifically, a lower bed and greater cargo capacity for a given length. And yes, the air conditioning worked on all of them. And yes, once I reserved a 14' truck and all they had was a 17' truck. But they gave me the 17' truck at the 14' rate. Note that this was for long-distance moves. For short-distance moves, yeah, they foist junk off on you. But the original poster was talking about 800 miles one way. BTW, U-haul doesn't have 12' trucks or 27' trucks, so I don't know who you were dealing with, or in what decade you were dealing with them (maybe you dealt with U-haul back in the bad old days of the 1980's before competition forced them to clean up their act). Anyhow, that's a good number to keep in mind if you're doing long-distance travel on your KLR and need to get back home because you flung a piston rod thru the crankcase. Sometimes you just have to gulp and realize that ye olde KLR is not getting back home on its own two wheels... -E

[Bob Schulte]

I will pray for you.

----- Original Message ----- From: John thomas To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Ok here is one for the brain enhanced riggers in the group to sink your teeth in Ok first of all "WATCH THIS!" roflmao! Here is my modified Idea someone with a truck drives up there with me to get it? or I build a small dolly maby 3ft wide 2 12in wheels slot for front wheel I bolts to strap down handle bars and wheel, . This would in effect keep the bike upright and keep it from pulling me over. next 2 flat iron bolted to axle "axle goes through it" 2ft long with bar connecting them behind the wheel. this bar has a hole for a pin same as bar coming from the "dolly" hole would be larger that bolt to allow tow vehicle to "lean in turns" all this would be done at no more than 50mph with 13/43 setup to give more torque. included would be frequent stops to check setup. hot wire to pulled vehicle tail light for running and break light. ??? watch this? tlh wrote: As long as you say "watch this" first... ----- Original Message ----- From: When you are worthy To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:22 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Ok here is one for the brain enhanced riggers in the group to sink your teeth in I want to go to north Ohio to pickup a bike about 700 miles one way. it is a DT 400 Yamaha weight without fuel and oil aprox.. 290lb "about the same as me, wife, and bags on the KLR. Is there a way to atach this bike behind mine and tow it home? and I do not nececerally mean sane,safe,good for bike ect. my Ideah was 2 bars between ither side of the rear axle to either side of the front axle. then a bar cros wise on the rack to tie handle bars off to to keep the bike up right? another words can I do what others have said cannot be done! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thomas 90 Tengai 17,350 Forest Park Ga. --------------------------------- 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with theYahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Dave Svoboda]

Hi, listers, Due to a breathtaking mistake on my part, I'm going to need a new front caliper. Anyone have one in nice condition they could sell me? I can rebuild it, but I'd like a lack of caked-on corrosion I see on the current Ebay offerings. Brake hose and pads not needed. Did you know it's possible, if you remove and replace the front wheel with the caliper in place, to install the front wheel with the disk *behind* the outside pad, rather than between the pads? Makes a nice scraping sound the first time you put the brakes on, and embeds LOTS of aluminum in the nice oversized rotor, from the caliper body. Sigh. And I was all set to go motorcycle camping this weekend. - Dave Svoboda, Sandy Eggo

[Michael Silverstein]

E.L.Green wrote:

> I've had the opposite experience. I've moved from coast to coast > several times over the past 15 years. Penske left me broken down in > the middle of Alabama

I rented a 24' Ryder truck to move some stuff from upstate NY to NC. It broke down on the Delaware Memorial bridge and it took three days for them to get me another truck and transfer the contents. They also did a terrible job repacking the replacement truck, putting the heavy stuff on top, basically reversing the order of all the items, and breaking the windshield on a bike. I didn't notice the poor repack until I took off again but after three days sitting around I wasn't about to pull off and repack a 24 foot truck so I just dealt with the bad handling. I'll never use Ryder again. Mike A18 KLR650 tires page: [www.standoutnet.com/extras/mike/motorcy ... r650/tires]