cable luber gadgets

[gbennett69]

Hi I need the 15k valve adjustment. So im looking for a mech in the area, I will travel too you. I will pay 100 bucks just respond to this ad thanks Garrett Bayonne,NJ 08 KLR

[Rick McCauley]

Your point is certainly valid. Unfortunetly all manufacturers try to find ways to create, whatever product they make, in a less expensive way. Doesn't matter if it is bikes, cars, clothes, etc. If a company needs to buy components, they get them from whichever vendor will give them the best deal. If it is something they make in house, it is scrutinized until the least expensive way to make it, is found. Yes, Kawasaki could make some parts of the KLR better, but Honda, Chrysler, GM Ford, Hyundai etc. are just as guilty. I am not saying that everybody is making junk. It just means that nothing is made with overkill anymore. Everything is just strong enough to do the job. I have a 1948 B.F. Avery tractor. Still runs like a top. Do you think modern tractors will still be around in 60 years. I have my doubts. The suspension upgrades I made, were because of my size. Not because they were inferior. Someone weighing 150 lbs would probably love the stock suspension. If they made the suspension the way mine is now, someone weighing 150 to 200 lbs would hate it. So how do you please everyone. So that comes down to the doohickey. The one, and only, REAL flaw on a $5,000 bike. Hardly a reason to hate the bike. IMHO Rick A17

--- On Mon, 8/24/09, hershonm wrote: From: hershonm Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Cable luber gadgets To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, August 24, 2009, 10:41 AM It's my feeling, Rick, that when you buy an RE, you are aware that you're getting a "REAL piece of crap." The RE importers sell rebuild parts on their web site and items to carry on trips for roadside repairs. Kawasaki would like you to believe that you're buying a finished product, a bike a beginner can love. The shame of it is that the KLR could have been a turn-key motorcycle. None of the things you fixed on your '03 would have cost Kawasaki $20 to do right in the first place, even a better cylinder liner. They don't bother, but we defend them anyway. Strange, huh? I see in the news this morning that Kawasaki and Honda will transfer more production to Thailand... Maynard --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, Rick McCauley wrote: > > Back in 2000 I bought a Military version Royal Enfield brand new for $4,500 out the door. I really liked that bike. It was oozing with character. However, it was a piece of crap. > A quality nightmare. The frame was crooked, the fender rubbed the fork, the bike pinged so loud, once it was warmed up, you would have sworn there were marbles in the cylinder. It didn't matter what grade of gas you put in it either. The battery failed in 2 months. The list goes on. I traded it off, and took a $$ beating. > > I bought a left over 2003 KLR in January of 2005. > I paid $4,099 + tax license etc. About $4,700 out the door if I remember right > I installed the doohickey upgrade, proggressive fork springs, and a Top Gun 8Kg rear spring. All costs added up, I have just over $5,000 in what I consider a great bike. > Until you own a REAL piece of crap, I would take it easy on Kawasaki. If you want perfection, there are plenty of $10,000, $15,000, and $20,000 bike out there. > > Not being nasty, just trying to help you see thing in perspective. :- ) > > > Rick > A17 > > --- On Sun, 8/23/09, hershonm wrote: > > > From: hershonm > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Cable luber gadgets > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com > Date: Sunday, August 23, 2009, 6:16 PM > > > > > > > Jeff Khoury suggested that I lube my throttle cables in an attempt to cure my unstable idle. Setting aside my disgust at Kawasaki for supplying cheap (to make; expensive to buy) cables that must be lubed, I got out my cable luber and can of Cable Life. > > What a waste of time. > > When a cable was simply a length of housing with a ferrule on each end and a cable running inside, a luber would pressurize your housing and force lube through it. You'd attach the luber at one end and hear the lube gurgling out the other end. Very satisfying. > > Today, cables come with hardware on the ends, hardware that is part of the housing and won't come off. You can't get the luber to seal on the hardware so you can't force lube through the housing. > > For years, bike makers have spec'd nylon lined cable, lifetime cable, so primitive procedures like cable lubing are seldom necessary. The uselessness of my luber irritates me, but Kawasaki makes me crazy. > > I ask myself: Which would you rather have that costs a dollar at the factory? Nylon lined cables, grease on the bearings and axles, an effective doohickey spring or a maintenance free battery? > > And how many times will you, Mr. KLR product design dude, decide to save a dollar at the risk of making an enemy? Some KLR buyers have owned motorcycles before.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]