nklr - harley

[Jeff Saline]

Listers, RevMaaatin called me a few minutes ago, 9 pm mountain time, from Lafayette, IN. Looks like that's about 100 miles pretty much south of Chicago. He was going to Walmart with friends to pick up some sandpaper and JB Kwik to patch his leaking gas tank. He discovered a pin hole leak as he got to his place of rest for the night with some friends whom not only have the low standards to let him stay overnight but also fed him. Maybe they'll learn that once you do that strays keep coming back. : ) I expect he'll be back on the road first thing in the morning. I suggested he bring the tank with him next week when he'll be staying at my place for a few days and we can take a good look at it and see if I can't fix the leak with a permanent repair. He also did an oil change and discovered there was more oil in the engine than was supposed to be there. I didn't get a good read on how much but he said something about there should only be 2 quarts and he got much more than that. He's in good spirits and really enjoying the ride mentioning how it's as much fun as the bigger bike but requires a little different riding style with more shifting on hills etc. He also said he spent about 4 hours in the rain yesterday afternoon/evening and some of it was a torrential downpour. He decided on a motel room last night instead of setting up camp in the rain. Seems like a good choice to me. More coming if I hear more. 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 . ____________________________________________________________ Milan Hotel Looking for Milan Hotel? http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=OF-9AjBpF-n5NdZ5YU7rdQAAJ1DWfJIDP-R0_NC3mMpGFS0kAAUAAAAAAAAAAGwJ-TzwqDJUu8yNdSqWrekXk7DYAAAAAA==

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 9:54 PM -0600 8/11/09, Jeff Saline wrote:

>....we can take a good look at it and see if I >can't fix the leak with a permanent repair.

I've been successful welding major leaks on two KLR tanks with my MIG welder (thin wire and gas shielding).

>...He decided >on a motel room last night instead of setting up camp in the rain. Seems >like a good choice to me.

As a tightwad extraordinaire, I would have slept in a picnic pavilion, rain or not. Glad his trip back is going generally well. Mark

[Cindy & Wayne Burner]

I am not sure if I read it here, or another group, but it is a little tongue in cheek. 99 percent of all HD's ever made, are still on the road...... The rest made it home to the driveway :>) Couldn't resist ! Wayne(rice)Burner rain today in NH