help with buying an 08

[edself1950]

Last year at5000# a few miles i ordered the complete doohicky kit from fred tools and everything.Iput it in a safe place until i could read study and try to figure a way to get it installed anyway you gessed it someone moved it anyway i found it today and took it to my dealer he never heard of it and sent me to an independent HOG shop with a rice rocket mechanic he looked over my info (marks site) laughed and said he had a 650 suziki and told me it looked simple and he would put the hicky on and adjust the valves for 150.00 so next week he is gonna get my bike in morning and keep it for the day he is also gonna put on the front tire with a thick tube and my gaffers i got from fred and ill be ready to take off for the smokies i live in birmingham and we dont have many klrs here hope to meet a few i have almost 7grand miles on it now so ill take some pics of the dooky and post them im new to this computer so my son will have to show me how to post pictures lol any way for the hicky valve adj brake shoes and thick he said a couple of hundred bucks and i could watch him if id get a six pack of tallboys he seemed like a good guy eddie

[Jeff Saline]

On Wed, 07 May 2008 04:37:39 -0000 "edself1950" writes:

> Last year at5000# a few miles i ordered the complete doohicky kit > from > fred tools and everything.Iput it in a safe place until i could read > > study and try to figure a way to get it installed anyway you gessed > it > someone moved it anyway i found it today and took it to my dealer he > > never heard of it and sent me to an independent HOG shop with a rice > > rocket mechanic he looked over my info (marks site) laughed and > said > he had a 650 suziki and told me it looked simple and he would put > the > hicky on and adjust the valves for 150.00 so next week he is gonna > get > my bike in morning and keep it for the day he is also gonna put on > the > front tire with a thick tube and my gaffers i got from fred and ill > be > ready to take off for the smokies i live in birmingham and we dont > > have many klrs here hope to meet a few i have almost 7grand miles > on > it now so ill take some pics of the dooky and post them im new to > this > computer so my son will have to show me how to post > pictures > > lol any way for the hicky valve adj brake > shoes and thick he said a couple of hundred bucks and i could watch > him > if id get a six pack of tallboys he seemed like a good > guy eddie

<><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><> eddie, I don't want to rain on your parade but are you really gonna pay a guy $150 to drink beer while he works on your bike? The jobs you've described on the engine are precision jobs. The ones on your tire and brakes will have the potential to get you killed if not done correctly. Sounds to me like you could advertise a tech day saying you wanted help doing those jobs and guys local to you would show up and help you out for a lot less money outlay. Best of luck, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[Jim Douglas]

Jeff Saline wrote:

> > On Wed, 07 May 2008 04:37:39 -0000 "edself1950" > > writes: > > Last year at5000# a few miles i ordered the complete doohicky kit > > from > > fred tools and everything.Iput it in a safe place until i could read > > > > study and try to figure a way to get it installed anyway you gessed > > it > > someone moved it anyway i found it today and took it to my dealer he > > > > never heard of it and sent me to an independent HOG shop with a rice > > > > rocket mechanic he looked over my info (marks site) laughed and > > said > > he had a 650 suziki and told me it looked simple and he would put > > the > > hicky on and adjust the valves for 150.00 so next week he is gonna > > get > > my bike in morning and keep it for the day he is also gonna put on > > the > > front tire with a thick tube and my gaffers i got from fred and ill > > be > > ready to take off for the smokies i live in birmingham and we dont > > > > have many klrs here hope to meet a few i have almost 7grand miles > > on > > it now so ill take some pics of the dooky and post them im new to > > this > > computer so my son will have to show me how to post > > pictures > > > > lol any way for the hicky valve adj brake > > shoes and thick he said a couple of hundred bucks and i could watch > > him > > if id get a six pack of tallboys he seemed like a good > > guy eddie > <><><><><><><><><><> > <><><><><><><><><><> > > eddie, > > I don't want to rain on your parade but are you really gonna pay a guy > $150 to drink beer while he works on your bike? > > The jobs you've described on the engine are precision jobs. The ones on > your tire and brakes will have the potential to get you killed if not > done correctly. > > Sounds to me like you could advertise a tech day saying you wanted help > doing those jobs and guys local to you would show up and help you out for > a lot less money outlay. > > Best of luck, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > >

I would pay double that for all that work as I am not that technical with this stuff...........................

[Gary LaRue]

I'm with you on that one, buddy. Not because I'm not so techi, but because (unlike some of the folks here) I just don't like to do it. To me, it's a drag and something I had to do most of my life. Now that I don't have to, I don't. Well... at least not very often. Lash ----- Original Message ---- From: Jim Douglas james.douglas@... I would pay double that for all that work as I am not that technical with this stuff....... ......... ......... .. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Don Bittle]

Someone mentioned that saki fixed the oil consumption problem but that there are still old ones in the pipeline. Can anyone give me a date for the fix? I'd rather not wait for the 09's. We have a local dealer who is advertising a huge discount (for klr's) and I will check the manufacturing date if anyone can tell me when they did the fix. Don't want an old one. Thanks. don a17 voyager