[fixed] throttle lubricant

[Jim Tegler]

Howdy, I'm thinking I must be a lousy lurker and missed the thread regarding this issue, but I have an irritating neutral light. The problem occurs when the bike doesn't receive the electrical signal that it is in neutral and therefore a safety mechanism(aren't motorcycles all about accepting risk?!) prevents the bike from starting. The fix seems to be simple enough and requires removing the countershaft cover and making a connection with the green wire and the metal peg that pokes out of the transmission case. I would like to make this contact more permanent than it is without having the wire permanently attached. Any ideas? Thanks! Jim Tegler A5 PS I'm not related to that Tengai riding guy.... Howdy, _________________________________________________________________ Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[fasteddiecopeman]

Jim, Go to the FAQs (or Mike's KLR site) and REMOVE the clutch and neutral safeties entirely. Otherwise they'll strand you somewhere (like out in the woods at dark)...! Ed

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Tegler wrote: > > > Howdy, > > I'm thinking I must be a lousy lurker and missed the thread regarding this issue, but I have an irritating neutral light. The problem occurs when the bike doesn't receive the electrical signal that it is in neutral and therefore a safety mechanism(aren't motorcycles all about accepting risk?!) prevents the bike from starting. The fix seems to be simple enough and requires removing the countershaft cover and making a connection with the green wire and the metal peg that pokes out of the transmission case. I would like to make this contact more permanent than it is without having the wire permanently attached. Any ideas? > > Thanks! > > Jim Tegler A5 > > PS I'm not related to that Tengai riding guy.... > > Howdy, > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find hidden words, unscramble celebrity names, or try the ultimate crossword puzzle with Live Search Games. Play now! > http://g.msn.ca/ca55/212 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Scott Morris]

Thanks to everyone for your time and consideration. I took the throttle assembly off the handlebar. I put some WD-40 on the parts that had the cables on them. I put fork oil between the handlebar and the grip. Got everything back together, and seems like it is all working the way it should. Not as painful as I thought it would be. Thanks for the thoughts and suggestions. I just didn't want to harm the bike by doing something wrong. Well, I guess that already happened when I dropped it on the left side. I had to put the fan back together with jb weld and re-attach the left plastic with an L-bracket. The radiator was fine, fortunately. Anyway, thank you very much. Kind Regards, Scott