nklr riding areas was: big gun exhaust for klr

[Byrd]

I'm reversing the lowering job the previous owner had done on my 04 KLR650. Does anyone have the specs on the torque I need to apply when tightening the reinstalled old links....? Also, he had lowered the front as well....anyone have the torque specs for the triple clamp bolts that hold the fork tubes? Hope to pick up a shop manual soon! Byrd

[Jeff Saline]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:49:18 -0000 "Byrd" writes:

> I'm reversing the lowering job the previous owner had done on my 04 > KLR650. Does anyone have the specs on the torque I need to apply > when > tightening the reinstalled old links....? Also, he had lowered the > front as well....anyone have the torque specs for the triple clamp > bolts that hold the fork tubes? > > Hope to pick up a shop manual soon! > > Byrd

<><><><><><><> <><><><><><><> Byrd, I don't have my shop manual in front of me either right now. But I recall it's 72 foot pounds on the links and 18 foot pounds on the triple clamp tubes. Make sure you go back and forth on the triple clamps pairs as when you torque the first one in each pair it will loosen when you torque the second one. Then the second one will loosen when you retighten the first one. I've had to alternate maybe 6 times to get both bolts to hold torque. Best, 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 ____________________________________________________________ Compete with the big boys. Click here to find products to benefit your business. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/PnY6rw2USkdIOvdYtTvxLkZhlh32TTfJtVCECBfEzVwhWtyHEgADK/

[sylvain gilbert]

You might want to consider the Yamaha 250 version which is also street legal, fuel injected , red line at some 11,000 RPM and performs very well for a 250. I was on a 2 day off road event this summer and one of the guy was riding it and he loved it.

--- On Sun, 11/16/08, revmaaatin wrote: From: revmaaatin Subject: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR riding areas was: Re: big gun exhaust for klr To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Received: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 6:58 PM --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, "E.L. Green" wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, "roncriswell@ " wrote: > > Anyone have the Kawasaki KLX street legal 250? I have been eying > > those for quite a while. The Cycle World bike show was in Dallas > > yesterday. I got in debt a number of times (in my dreams) yesterday. > > I've been watching the threads on advrider about the KLX 250. The folks who have them > seem to like them, except they complain it's pretty gutless. Big- bore kits to turn it into a > KLX 300 and uncork it seem to be a popular item there. Hello Eric- It always amuses me when 'reports' of a gutless bike, like a 250. Gutless compared to what? Its a 250, not a 400, not a 650, or 900, or 950. A plain two fifty. I suppose they complained that it weighed 150#s less then a 650 as well! Most likely the owner/rider does not understand the bikes own power curve, etc. I 'herd' a pack of little bikes through an ORV park, and the kids look at the places we wanted to ride with skepticism-- until I get off the KLX300, and put my nearly 200# ATGATT on a XR100R or XR70 and ride the trail or climb the hill on their bike. Makes them a believer. Not necessarily a hill-climber, but they know the bike is at least capable. A gutless 250--there is no such thing--only riders who are 'incapable' of riding a bike at ITS potential, not at the expectation of something it is not. IF they want 'more' guts, buy more HP. Their complaining is an indication of their bad judgement, not the bikes lack of heart or guts. > Oh, Rev - regarding Texans shooting at people -- the problem is that a) it's your word > against the rancher's and if he didn't hit you, you have no evidence that he shot at you, > and b) even if he did hit you, heck, even if he *killed* you, you'd be tried by a jury of his > neighbors and they'd probably decide you needed killin' and not do anything to him. There > was one old gent who shot a couple of Mexicans in the back as they walked down a public > road after they'd stopped at his house and asked for a drink of water and his only > response was "Honey, get the gun" at which point the Mexicans of course left and started > walking down the public road again until the old gent chased them down in his pickup > truck and shot them in the back, the jury of this fellow's neighbors deliberated a while and > decided that the old gent had to be punished for this heinous crime of shooting a couple > of Mexicans in the back so they issued him a $5,000 fine. That's Texas. That's why when I > lived in Texas, I decided I wasn't going to take up kayaking after all . > > -E > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]