washing the beast nklr

[jbh@cs.stanford.edu]

So I picked up my '88 KLR last Friday and I'm wondering how I tell if it's got the stock springs in it. I'd hate to go upgrading it it's already got progressives... I assume I need to actually look at them, or can you tell just by "feel"? And if I do look at them, how will they look different? Thanks, John

[Zachariah Mully]

John- The easiest way is to unscrew one of the fork caps and lift the spring out. They don't need to pulled all the way out... If you've got progressives, you see immediately that the spring coils are wound progressively tighter towards the top of the spring. On the other hand, the stock spring coils are evenly spaced with about 1/4" perhaps between the coils. Good luck. ------------------ Zack Banana Republic of Washington, DC KLR650A5 "Buster" ZG1000A1 1966 Vespa 125 COG #4664 -----Original Message----- From: jbh@... [mailto:jbh@...] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:22 AM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] stock springs? So I picked up my '88 KLR last Friday and I'm wondering how I tell if it's got the stock springs in it. I'd hate to go upgrading it it's already got progressives... I assume I need to actually look at them, or can you tell just by "feel"? And if I do look at them, how will they look different? Thanks, John

[Bennett, Barry]

John, The easiest way to tell about your springs is, if you nail you front brake and you barely slow down but your front fender nearly hits your tire, you have the stock springs. If you nail your front brake and you barely slow down but your front fender doesn't hit your front tire, you have Progressive Springs. Barry Arvada, CO From: jbh@... [mailto:jbh@...] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:22 AM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] stock springs? So I picked up my '88 KLR last Friday and I'm wondering how I tell if it's got the stock springs in it. I'd hate to go upgrading it it's already got progressives... I assume I need to actually look at them, or can you tell just by "feel"? And if I do look at them, how will they look different? Thanks, John

[Dan Oaks]

LOL! -- bierdo squidwannabe@... wrote:

> I wash my bike with mud and grass. >