lazarus come forth--and bring your brothers

[revmaaatin]

Poor men have poor ways. spit. I resemble that remark sometimes-- but, did you Ever catch a break. I mean, a real break. Go out to the 'cold storage shed, Its like the tomb of Lazarus-- where the KLR's have been sleeping for 4+ months; install two batteries, check 6 tires. Hope for the best. Lets try the Blue OX first. Drain the fuel bowl. Install the battery. The 98 KLR 250 starts on the third kick. One 01' 650 (install the new lead acid battery), Drain the fuel bowl, starts in 15 seconds and does not die. The 98' 650 with a glass matt battery (battery not tendered or topped off at all--as an experiment--will it survive a tough winter?; did a voltage check via audible horn sound: checks good) Did not drain the fuel bowl and it starts in 15 seconds! It did take a couple of restarts--but it lives!!!! and tweety is worse than when I parked it! at 37K smiles, it deserves a little tweety. All three bikes required minimal time using the choke-enricher and were left to idle w/o choke while the tires were serviced. Initally, all three bikes ridden for a few minutes; all three are equipped with thermo bobs and they were at op-temp of ~200F in <3 minutes @ idle (OAT 44F when we started, 38F when we ended). Life is good. Then, pick up the tools and get ready for the first ride of the year! All three bikes ridden for 20+ minutes. The thermo bob worked so well in one bike, the fan had to cool down the radiator! Thank you Bill Watson and Eagle Mike for such a great product. But, how did this good-fortune happen? I switched to full syn at the 'winter' oil change on all three bikes. = Amsoil MC 10/40 with fresh filters. (I installed the syn in the hopes I would get a winter ride in each month. The snow said--NO!) I topped off the tanks with Seafoam treated fuel, and let it run through the carbs for about 5 miles each. The bikes were trailered to the storage unit; The batteries were fully topped off before cold storage/parking but not on a float charge (no electricity) while in cold storage. I removed the wet, lead acid batteries before the winter killed them--albeit, alas, I was a tad tardy (hang down head) it dipped below zero, cough, -20F before I got that done--no frozen batteries as they had been fully charged in the days prior. and the reward for my careful, winterizing efforts? 3 running KLR's in less than 1 hour!(ok, I had help. The 14 y/o son.) To include the 1/2 mile drive to the storage unit, getting out the tools, installing the batteries, returning home to get a second helmet and hard sole shoes. 1 helmet, two riders = not much faith (hang down head!) Yeah, Lazarus--Come Forth! At this temp, I expected some slow cranking, but syn/oil in the bikes had a pretty smooth starts. Needless to say, I was very pleased. My 14 y/0 ox =son was equally pleased. Life is good. My only real sin: I was tardy in removing the batteries and I meant to drain the fuel bowls at the time I parked the bikes--and never got it done. Got the batteries out (late) and then the snow flew, and drifted. deep. Thank you Seafoam! and those on this list that gave it such strong recommendations. 60F tomorrow and the local forecast shows South Dakota Lazarus' KLR's on the gravel and dirt roads in the afternoon! revmaaatin. who hopes your KLR Lazarus experience is a good one.

[Michael]

Hi, I noticed a tire thread coming up and wanted to share my experience with the Kenda 761 I bought last year, replacing the OEM's on my 2008 KLR. First I bought the Kenda's because they were cheap and I was broke and someone suggested I look at them. And like now, Motorcycle Superstore has them on sale for less than $90 A PAIR, I am sure other places have them too but they are local to me! I just looked it up and they have a current sale at about the same price! First on the OEM tires by 5000 miles they were rough, the front was cupped and the rear was worn almost to the cords in the center, and cracking on the sides (I had kept them at Kawi's PSI spec's and that was a mistake I believe). First off the first 200 miles on the Kenda's were SCARY! I really thought I had screwed up, and had I had the money I would have chucked them!!! I mean like driving on SNOT! BUT, as soon as they BROKE in (I had them set at 34/36psi) THEY HAVE BEEN great. I ride all year, it is my daily transportation, I have run them on dirt fire roads, to long distance highway travel (75mph) to lots and lots of in town errands. I am a BIG guy, and travel with loaded panniers, and have hauled everything including 300lbs of dog for for a friend out to his ranch on the dirt road from hell he lives on. I currently have almost 5000 miles on the Kenda's. They are still in great condition, they have better than half of the original tread, they have not cupped, worn unevenly, show any weather checking or anything negative. At this rate I would not be surprised to get 10,000+ out of them! I really would not be suprised a bit. Not bad for a semi street orientated tire that is dirt cheap... that has about 200+ miles IN SNOW as well!. If I did more technical off roading I would consider their Kenda's Knobbies. But, I would say anything but the loosest stuff these are great. I have ridden a lot in rain and icy conditional over the winter and don't think they could be better (although there were moments I wished I had studs on it). Well, Just wanted to share my experience with them and if you want a set of good CHEAP tires I could not recommend these more highly. Michael

[dooden]

All tires are like that when new. I like too mount tires and then get offroad as fast as I can, ride um through sand/mud, dry grass needlessly do roostertails and such... it scrubs off the mold release and gets them ready to ride. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Michael" wrote: > > Hi, > > I noticed a tire thread coming up and wanted to share my experience with the Kenda 761 I bought last year, replacing the OEM's on my 2008 KLR. First I bought the Kenda's because they were cheap and I was broke and someone suggested I look at them. And like now, Motorcycle Superstore has them on sale for less than $90 A PAIR, I am sure other places have them too but they are local to me! I just looked it up and they have a current sale at about the same price! > > First on the OEM tires by 5000 miles they were rough, the front was cupped and the rear was worn almost to the cords in the center, and cracking on the sides (I had kept them at Kawi's PSI spec's and that was a mistake I believe). > > First off the first 200 miles on the Kenda's were SCARY! I really thought I had screwed up, and had I had the money I would have chucked them!!! I mean like driving on SNOT! BUT, as soon as they BROKE in (I had them set at 34/36psi) THEY HAVE BEEN great. I ride all year, it is my daily transportation, I have run them on dirt fire roads, to long distance highway travel (75mph) to lots and lots of in town errands. I am a BIG guy, and travel with loaded panniers, and have hauled everything including 300lbs of dog for for a friend out to his ranch on the dirt road from hell he lives on. > > I currently have almost 5000 miles on the Kenda's. They are still in great condition, they have better than half of the original tread, they have not cupped, worn unevenly, show any weather checking or anything negative. At this rate I would not be surprised to get 10,000+ out of them! I really would not be suprised a bit. Not bad for a semi street orientated tire that is dirt cheap... that has about 200+ miles IN SNOW as well!. If I did more technical off roading I would consider their Kenda's Knobbies. But, I would say anything but the loosest stuff these are great. I have ridden a lot in rain and icy conditional over the winter and don't think they could be better (although there were moments I wished I had studs on it). > > Well, Just wanted to share my experience with them and if you want a set of good CHEAP tires I could not recommend these more highly. > > Michael >

[RobertWichert]

On SNOW?!?!?!? Robert P. Wichert P.Eng +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ========================================================

On 3/28/2010 4:19 AM, Michael wrote:   Hi, I noticed a tire thread coming up and wanted to share my experience with the Kenda 761 I bought last year, replacing the OEM's on my 2008 KLR. First I bought the Kenda's because they were cheap and I was broke and someone suggested I look at them. And like now, Motorcycle Superstore has them on sale for less than $90 A PAIR, I am sure other places have them too but they are local to me! I just looked it up and they have a current sale at about the same price! First on the OEM tires by 5000 miles they were rough, the front was cupped and the rear was worn almost to the cords in the center, and cracking on the sides (I had kept them at Kawi's PSI spec's and that was a mistake I believe). First off the first 200 miles on the Kenda's were SCARY! I really thought I had screwed up, and had I had the money I would have chucked them!!! I mean like driving on SNOT! BUT, as soon as they BROKE in (I had them set at 34/36psi) THEY HAVE BEEN great. I ride all year, it is my daily transportation, I have run them on dirt fire roads, to long distance highway travel (75mph) to lots and lots of in town errands. I am a BIG guy, and travel with loaded panniers, and have hauled everything including 300lbs of dog for for a friend out to his ranch on the dirt road from hell he lives on. I currently have almost 5000 miles on the Kenda's. They are still in great condition, they have better than half of the original tread, they have not cupped, worn unevenly, show any weather checking or anything negative. At this rate I would not be surprised to get 10,000+ out of them! I really would not be suprised a bit. Not bad for a semi street orientated tire that is dirt cheap... that has about 200+ miles IN SNOW as well!. If I did more technical off roading I would consider their Kenda's Knobbies. But, I would say anything but the loosest stuff these are great. I have ridden a lot in rain and icy conditional over the winter and don't think they could be better (although there were moments I wished I had studs on it). Well, Just wanted to share my experience with them and if you want a set of good CHEAP tires I could not recommend these more highly. Michael