devon can i borrow your bike?????

[David C.]

>Well Dave, ....amazing where one can bump into folks they know. Good >to know I'm in the best of company. I notice that I'm not the only >Airmarshal in >attendance either. ;' >

**Yeah, Jeff is a major presence and a good guy on the list. I'm sure you guys will have a lot to chat about on the Airmarshal list.

>I haven't crossed over yet, but I'm doing some research. Love my >GSPD, but am finding it a bit of a load to pull out of the bushes by >myself these >days. I'm looking into something a bit lighter and even more off >road oriented. The KLR 650 seems to have the history, aftermarket >wares and community >that I so greatly appreciate with airhead BMW's.

**Yup, the GS is a big, fat pig to pick up out of the sticker brush. Just ask Kevin about when he was buried up to the axles in sand in Iran last summer. The KLR is lighter, but you'll find it's probably pretty ornery when you're trying to pry it off the ground by yourself, too. The Airheads are at least kept up by the cylinders and that can sometimes help in getting them off the ground. When a KLR is down, it's down FLAT.

>This list seems >well attended and well spoken, and I'm picking up the kind of info >that I'm looking for. >Haven't seen a good seat thread yet though.

**The seat thread doesn't come up as much; we just did oil (LOOOONG thread) and it's about time for tires, then probably seats. I suppose you could have Russell build a KLR seat, and it would be really comfy for LD riding, but most KLR folks don't put up big daily miles, and the Russell seat will really limit your ability to move around off-road. You probably want to keep a more or less stock type seat unless ALL you plan to do is on road adventure touring. Corbin sells two different seats, flat and dished, and they both have their proponents. I personally have a real problem sending any of my cash to Corbin. What I did was take the seat cover off, carve an inch or so of the foam off, and then put a layer or so of really dense blue foam between the seat pan and the factory foam. The blue foam came from a Wally World camping sleeping bag pad, and I still have a good bit left. The main problem is that the factory foam is too light and sacks out early. A good general upholstery shop could prolly also do a nice job once you explain what you want, for a lot less than a Russell and probably less than a Corbin. Come down some time and try mine out. Pictures in Yahoo under Dave's Shop.

[sherlowkbownes]

i just want to drive to the front door of kawasaki and show them how the perfect dually looks the drz front end and maybe raising links in the back would be perfect i dont understand why kawi dont understand they fix something then mess it up at the same time i love thicker forks but they took away from travel inches maybe it wont hurt the off road work of the bike ,,,,i dont know... how hard would it be to get longer tubes on that bike and who could help me and is it really nessesary (i think i misspelled that) i dont plan on jumping the beast (much), but isnt the ground clearance a big part of off road capability i'm 6'4" and 245, so if its taller it wont be a problem my life is so confusing, isnt it?

[C COOPER]

Corbin now has *three* KLR seats. Just got the newest one. Very nice! Chuck

On 9/4/07, David C. wrote: > > > >Well Dave, ....amazing where one can bump into folks they know. Good > >to know I'm in the best of company. I notice that I'm not the only > >Airmarshal in > >attendance either. ;' > > > **Yeah, Jeff is a major presence and a good guy on the list. I'm > sure you guys will have a lot to chat about on the Airmarshal list. > > >I haven't crossed over yet, but I'm doing some research. Love my > >GSPD, but am finding it a bit of a load to pull out of the bushes by > >myself these > >days. I'm looking into something a bit lighter and even more off > >road oriented. The KLR 650 seems to have the history, aftermarket > >wares and community > >that I so greatly appreciate with airhead BMW's. > > **Yup, the GS is a big, fat pig to pick up out of the sticker > brush. Just ask Kevin about when he was buried up to the axles in sand in > Iran last summer. The KLR is lighter, but you'll find it's probably pretty > > ornery when you're trying to pry it off the ground by yourself, too. The > Airheads are at least kept up by the cylinders and that can sometimes help > > in getting them off the ground. When a KLR is down, it's down FLAT. > > >This list seems > >well attended and well spoken, and I'm picking up the kind of info > >that I'm looking for. > >Haven't seen a good seat thread yet though. > > **The seat thread doesn't come up as much; we just did oil > (LOOOONG thread) and it's about time for tires, then probably seats. I > suppose you could have Russell build a KLR seat, and it would be really > comfy for LD riding, but most KLR folks don't put up big daily miles, and > the Russell seat will really limit your ability to move around > off-road. You probably want to keep a more or less stock type seat unless > ALL you plan to do is on road adventure touring. Corbin sells two > different seats, flat and dished, and they both have their proponents. I > personally have a real problem sending any of my cash to Corbin. What I > did was take the seat cover off, carve an inch or so of the foam off, and > then put a layer or so of really dense blue foam between the seat pan and > the factory foam. The blue foam came from a Wally World camping sleeping > bag pad, and I still have a good bit left. The main problem is that the > factory foam is too light and sacks out early. A good general upholstery > shop could prolly also do a nice job once you explain what you want, for a > > lot less than a Russell and probably less than a Corbin. > > Come down some time and try mine out. Pictures in Yahoo under Dave's Shop. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]