charging dilema fixed

[Don S]

You'd be surprised how many people buy a bike, ride the crap out of it with absolutely no maintenance other than oil and filter changes. I saw one old KLR, not sure of the year, dark blue where you could see the plastic for mud, oil and grime. Fork boots were in tatters, seals leaking, bald tires and showing 29K miles on the odometer. I talked to the owner a bit and asked if he had changed the balancer lever and how often he adjusted the valves. Balancer lever, what's that? Do the valves have to be checked? The participants in this list are the minority. As a matter of opinion, I would suspect that regardless of mode of transport, few people care to become involved with the intricacies of their machines. That's how the dealers can stay in business despite their shoddy workmanship. Don Tom Zangla wrote: When I was out testing the dimmer switch I cleaned (so far it is working) I saw a guy on a red KLR 650 pull into a gas station. I made a U turn and waited for him to come out. We chated for a while and I asked him if he had did anything to his KLR. He said other than tires, brakes, oil and filter change it was stock. He had 11,000 miles on his 2005 KLR and never checked his valve clearence. I wonder how many miles you can go before something happens. I did tell him he should have checked his valves many miles ago. Tom SW Pennsylvania --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Zangla" wrote:

> > When I was out testing the dimmer switch I cleaned (so far it is > working) I saw a guy on a red KLR 650 pull into a gas station. > > I made a U turn and waited for him to come out. We chated for a while > and I asked him if he had did anything to his KLR. He said other than > tires, brakes, oil and filter change it was stock. He had 11,000

miles

> on his 2005 KLR and never checked his valve clearence. > > I wonder how many miles you can go before something happens. I did > tell him he should have checked his valves many miles ago. > > Tom > SW Pennsylvania

Hi Tom, Did you invite him to a tec day? Maybe you could tell us where this care-free rider lives. That way when his bike is up for sale on ebay (soon), it will be one to avoid; it is for sale because it needs a valve job. revmaaatin.

[hotfoot777]

First id like to thank all of you that helped me. Ive learned so much from you all, for example you cant just start your bike every couple of days and let it idle and expect the battery to charge up. It has to run at least over 2000 rpm for 15-20 min. Also always use the proper charger wich i did this time.(i used a 700mha i have for charging portable starters) when checking the charging system with meters, get the bike running remove the hot lead to batt. put meters - on ground side of batt. + lead on the removed cable then check for voltage. and another thing is with somethings i have allot of paitence and others not so much. I need to work on this. Lastly when it comes to my stuff breaking down, Which isnt often because i take great care and pride in them, i always think the worst case scenario but mayby this is not a bad quality to have. Again i THANK YOU. Ernest E.Campbell Jr.