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[Dochstader]

Bogdan: I have a hack on my '05 KLR. I sourced it from Dauntless Motors in Seattle. I can give you a testimonial on the package, and get you a contact with Dauntless, but they are easy to find on the web. The KLR works quite well as a power source - my only reservation is that the long travel suspension of a dual sport machine makes it difficult to get the dimensional orientation of the hack proper at differing amounts of suspension travel. If that makes sense to you, you are a better man than I. Anyway, the power is great, the torque works, and the hack has a brake, so over-all, I enjoy the package - especially in the winter. M.Dochstader B.C. Canada. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Richard A. Butler]

I have a Velorex 562 sidecar. Its super light weight. My plan is to attach my A-19 KLR.The last bike it was attached to was a 1940 ULH Harley D. The KLR has more than twice the stopping power. They are rated at about the same horse power.This is one place where it makes good sense to me to lower the klr a bit. I am aware that there are several large brained scientific types on this list, who might offer some interesting comments. I have learned a great deal reading here. Thanks for all the openly shared knowledge. I hope to get some shared experience on the sidecar idea. I know better than to do a thing like hook-up my sidecar to my KLR,but here in the mountains the cold weathermake a lot of time for risky thinkin.Hand me some sissors I've got to run. PS I have tried to post here several times but have never been successful.I noticed some of the regulars have difficulty as well

[Samuel Hudson]

That web addy I put out has info on klrs with sidecars. --sam hudson, san antonio tx.

[geobas]

I had a California sidecar attached to my '92 Goldwing for about 10 years. The thing that amazed me was the force involved in riding with a sidecar. I doubt that you could twist a GW frame but I bet you could a KLR . The wind will want to force it to the right, same with the crown in the road. When you make a left hand turn the bike wants to lean and the chair wants to remain rigid. Turning right makes the sidecar lift which presents more difficulties. Was it a lot of fun? You bet. I originally put it on so I could commute to work with my son. Later on we toured the West. The only time I was really scared was in Colorado when I tried to cross a stream and in the middle it got deep enough to float the sidecar and I though it would tip over the bike. George, reminiscing in Escondido, CA Richard A. Butler wrote:

> > I have a Velorex 562 sidecar. Its super light weight. My plan is to > attach my A-19 KLR.The last bike it was attached to was a 1940 ULH > Harley D. The KLR has more than twice the stopping power. They are > rated at about the same horse power.This is one place where it makes > good sense to me to lower the klr a bit. I am aware that there are > several large brained scientific t > > . > >

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[Bogdan Swider]

Check this out: http://www.dauntlessmotors.com/ Bogdan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tumu Rock]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider wrote:

> > Check this out: http://www.dauntlessmotors.com/ > > Bogdan >

Looks like they made the forks even more spindly! da Vermonster

[Bogdan Swider]

On 12/5/08 8:34 AM, "Tumu Rock" wrote:

> > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , > Bogdan Swider wrote: >> > >> > Check this out: http://www.dauntlessmotors.com/ >> > >> > Bogdan >> > > > Looks like they made the forks even more spindly! > > da Vermonster > > >

That spindly fork is a leading link design with Koni shocks that will set you back $2000. Bogdan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bogdan Swider]

On 12/5/08 8:54 AM, "roncriswell@..." wrote:

> I was in El Paso last week and was talking to a local about all of > the border drug violence. A liberal friend who lives in Playa del > Carmen in Yucatan claims it is all media hype. The guy in El Paso > claims it is worse than the media reports. He says wealthier Mexicans > in Juarez are coming across the border and buying houses and living > in El Paso just to escape it.

For at least a decade, even before things got so bad, Mexicans were pushing up property values in McAllen, Texas. I use to cross there on my way to Central America. It was interesting to see how enthusiastic Mexicans were about eateries like Denny's. Bogdan

[kl650a@verizon.net]

> That spindly fork is a leading link design with Koni shocks that > will > set you back $2000. > > Bogdan >

Makes about as much sense as putting 22" wheels on a koda. Walt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, kl650a@... wrote:

> > > > That spindly fork is a leading link design with Koni shocks that > > will > > set you back $2000. > > > > Bogdan > > > > Makes about as much sense as putting 22" wheels on a koda. > > Walt >

Once you have crossed the threshold of whether it makes sense to put a sidecar on a KLR in the first place, then leading link forks can improve handling dramatically, both by improved steering geometry and stiffness. I'd have to have a lot of discretionary cash on hand to decide it was worth two grand, though.