[dsn_klr650] klr vereses,yam and links

[stuart sullivan]

From: mac-doo@... To: robert@... Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] KLR vereses,Yam and links Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 16:59:57 -0700 #ygrps-yiv-87825826 .ygrps-yiv-87825826ExternalClass .ygrps-yiv-87825826ecxhmmessage P {padding:0px;} #ygrps-yiv-87825826 .ygrps-yiv-87825826ExternalClass body.ygrps-yiv-87825826ecxhmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;} Well Robert you are right about the lowering links it will bottom with any kind of touring stuff on"IE" side bags,top trunk, camping gear, even with the shock preload cranked up,i know i put the lowering links on mine but once you get all the gear on it will kiss the tarmac lots,the skid plate stops the bottom of the engine getting smacked but you are still grinding metal. I put the OEM links back on and carved 2" off the seat instead which will do for now,if your not doing any touring and are just trailing and commuting then the lowering links are probably the way to go,ultimately being vertically challenged is a pain in the ASS,i was thinking of platform boots from the 60s 70s era but been there done that and my riding buddy's wouldn't ride with me anymore.                                                                                        Stu. To: roncriswell@... CC: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com; c_gtrucking@...; dgil@...; CurtisDrew@...; skyrider053@...; mickdl@...; mark@...; zacar@...; rockyheuer@... From: robert@... Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 19:00:54 -0700 Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] KLR vereses the Yamaha Tenere   The KLR weighs too much for me and carries the weight too high too.  I lowered it two inches with links, and some are telling me it will bottom out but I put on a big ass bash plate and I'm hoping for the best. The first indication that I might have done the right thing was when it started to tip over in the driveway and I WAS ABLE TO CATCH IT BY THE ONE HANDLEBAR AND SAVE IT.  This was impossible before, trust me.  Once it started to go, it was gone.  Tippy tippy tippy. Maybe if the fuel tank was in the swing arm.  Would that work? Air cooled would be better, really. Wanna sell that Hodaka? Robert P. Wichert P.Eng +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ========================================================

On 10/31/2010 7:03 AM, roncriswell@... wrote: [quote]   As an old dirtbike rider like probably most of you are, I get so tired of when the so called next big adventure comes out (emphasis on big). Isn't every bike an adventure? The only adventure you might experience on the Yamaha Tenere is when if you are so stupid to take it down a deep gravel road, a muddy road, a talcum powder sandy road and have to pick the big turd up by yourself. I get hooked into these things every time a new one comes out (until I read the weight). To me weight is everything on a bike that is supposed to be able to go anywhere. You can get away with a bad suspension, under powered the lighter the bike is. I know, I still went more hard rough places on my 100 cc Hodaka than any other bike I have owned and I have had more powerful better suspentioned dirt bikes. I keep waiting for somebody to make a better KLR or Suzuki DR 650. Something under 300 pounds single cylinder with maybe 50 torquey ponies with a great suspension, 4 gallon or so tank, and a comfortable seat. Nine gallon tank, I don't want, 100 high reving ponies I don't need. I had to laugh when the guy that wrote about the Tenere said he went on a 3 day 600 mile trip. WHOOO HOO! I hate to tell him I have done numerous 500 - 600 - and 700 mile days on my KLR (with a Corbin). I have had it up around 100 mph on full 606 knobbies. The only time the power hasn't been adequate was passing a double logging truck in Mexico at 7000 ft. altitude. If the Japanes might build something like the V twin Aprllia dirt bikes with a 4 gallon tank and a comfy seat I might spring for it, but the Tenre, the Multistrada, the KTM 990 or the Beemer GS's, no thanks. The old air head GS Beemrs would be the closest to getting mild interest but still way too heavy and big. I had to laugh once when I rode to Big Bend once on a very windy cold weekend from Dallas with a friend that has the Big Beemer that is like a a Gold Wing with heated grips, CD player and air suspension who was ready to quit after 300 miles. Woosey. And remeber the guys on the big Beemers on the Long Way Around trip with backup parts and film crew in that deep mud? I had to laugh. I just read a book recently about a guy riding from Mexico to Ushuaia Argentina on a 125 air cooled single cylinder Honda. Smart man it my book. Anybody know if Seafoam makes a bike run leaner? A friend with a Honda Shadow let it sit up too long and I told him to use Seafoam which he did at maybe double what he should. He started it and the pipes got glowing red hot so he shut it off. This bike is a bike he bought at one of those auctions with after market loud pipes and probably isn't jetted correctly. Another friend says Seafoam will make it run lean???? Criswell

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