nits & gnats

[jwflower53]

OK, it's not necessary and it'll get stolen in a week. But it's cool! Reminds me of the one I had on my SR500. Somebody provide me with a rationale to buy one! eBay item 320915981354.

[Jud]

Hey, I had one of those on my SR500, too. Probably why the thug neighbor kid who broke into my garage took the Yamaha instead of the BMW, CB77, or Jawa Californian that were there too.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "jwflower53" wrote: > > OK, it's not necessary and it'll get stolen in a week. But it's cool! Reminds me of the one I had on my SR500. Somebody provide me with a rationale to buy one! > eBay item 320915981354. >

[fw189uhu]

Scratched up my Happy Trail SU rack and PD-Nerf Bars fairly good in a semi-spectacular drop to avoid a pick-em-up truck that crossed the "centerline" on a back country gravel road. No real damage, but pretty good scratches. Discovered Rust-Oleum Hammered Black spray paint is an exact match to the original powder coat. Sanded out the scratches with 220 grit wet-n-dry sandpaper (a little rust had accumulated), put a piece of cardboard behind the bars to protect the plastic fairings, sprayed on the Rust-Oleum . Whole thing took less than five minutes and looks as good as the original. Also fooled around with my RAM GPS mount, trying different mounting locations. The "U" bolt ends extend quite a ways past the tops of the nuts, which prevents use of a normal socket wrench. For fun, I had already picked up the new Sears Max Access socket wrench set ("as seen on TV"). The sockets, handle, and extensions are all hollow so the socket will fit down tight even when the bolt extends way past the top of the nut. Not an ad for Sears, but it's pretty cool and works well. I wouldn't run out an buy this set just to install a MAX mount, but there have been quite a few times when I wished I'd had a set like this available. Dave

[James W. Flower]

I get you, John. And this thing doesn't even have a dipstick that actually contacts the oil, which makes me wonder how accurate it could be. And even those little pressure-indicating tire valve caps I put on got stolen in a matter of days. So all in all, I'm guessing your Goose won't be getting my gauge. I'm almost sorry I started the thread lol!

On Jun 5, 2012, at 5:20 PM, John Biccum wrote: > It s cool, isn t that enough rationale? Plus you can afford it. Those two reasons are enough to drive much of the farkleing economy! Also worth noting is that consumer spending makes up much of the American economy; lately the economic news has not been so cheery. So consider it your patriotic duty to buy this farkle, your country needs you to pull out your credit card, right this minute. Operators are standing by. > > On the minus side: > Your SR500 was air cooled, which really means that the SR500 engine is cooled by the circulating oil which in turn is cooled by the air. But the KLR is water cooled, not air-oil cooled. As the excellent work of Watt Man tells us, the problem with the KLRs oil temps (and coolant temps) is that they are too cool, not too warm. So the oil temp gage seems to offer little benefit in detecting a potential problem since too high oil temps are not likely on a KLR. > > Still want to spend that money? Looking down and to the right side of the bike diverts your gaze from where you should be looking. You should be looking where you are going plus in the direction that threats might appear. But not so many threats are likely to come at you from the direction of the oil filler plug . > > Then, as you mentioned, there is the possibility that the temp gage-oil filler cap will be stolen. It only a few bucks why worry? Well, if you happen to notice the theft before you start the bike you will still be considerably inconvenienced by having to secure something to cover the filler hole BEFORE you start the bike. Of course it is much more likely that the first indication that your temp gage was stolen would be the KLR puking its oil out on the road, your right boot, your right pants leg. The bike WILL expel a great deal of oil in a very short time if the bike is started without the filler cap in place. I will leave it to your imagination how I know this with CERTAINTYJ. > > But you asked for reasons to BUY this farkle, not for reasons NOT to buy it. So I ll give you one final reason to buy this farkle, and buy it today: > > I could really use this for my (air cooled) Moto Guzzi Mille GT. > > So please do buy it right away and watch for an off-list email with my shipping address. It s the least I can do for a fellow long-time list member doing their patriotic duty to stimulate the ecomony! > > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of jwflower53 > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 10:26 PM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Oil Cap Temp Gauge > > > OK, it's not necessary and it'll get stolen in a week. But it's cool! Reminds me of the one I had on my SR500. Somebody provide me with a rationale to buy one! > eBay item 320915981354. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeff Khoury]

///And even those little pressure-indicating tire valve caps I put on got stolen in a matter of days./// Where do you guys live!? I must be lucky because I live in Los Angeles and have never had anyone steal anything off my bike. Here in L.A., messing with someone's bike is a quick way to get stabbed. The only thing that has ever happened is that one time I found that someone had played with my throttle lock, probably because they didn't know what it was or how to use it.