champion battery

[Brad Davis]

Hi All, I got my cable lube kit from Fred yesterday. What I plan to do is flush the clutch cable with wd40, let it drip dry, then lube it with the cable lube that came with the kit. Do I need to lube the throttle cables too? They don't seem to be stressed like the clutch cable is. On another note, I had to go to reserve yesterday at 300 miles. When I filled up my mpg came out to be 62+. I was using a mid-grade gasoline. I'm pretty happy with that! The 16t sprocket I just installed could be helping to increase the mpg maybe. I usually got 58mpg with the 15t one. I would think it would be possible to get 70mpg if you help your rev's to 3000 or so which is almost 50mph indicated. Lastly, my Kings k967 will probably need to be replaced at 4000 miles. I was hoping to get 5000 or more out of it. Mostly I drive on asphalt with a gravel road now and then. I'm thinking about trying the Kenda Sport Challenger 130/90 since most of my riding is on the road. Later, Brad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

[Fred Hink]

The lube that comes with the Cable Care Kit does a good job of flushing out your cables. Remove any rubber end seals that might keep the lube from working on the entire cable. Give your cable a couple of quick shots with the luber and you should start to see it bubble out the end. This luber really works nice to speed up the lubing process and not wasting lube. I wouldn't lube your throttle cable. They will work better if they are dry. If the cable is hanging up, I would replace the cable. Fred www.arrowheadmotorsports.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Brad Davis To: KLR DSN List Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 4:58 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Cable lube & other notes Hi All, I got my cable lube kit from Fred yesterday. What I plan to do is flush the clutch cable with wd40, let it drip dry, then lube it with the cable lube that came with the kit. Do I need to lube the throttle cables too? They don't seem to be stressed like the clutch cable is. On another note, I had to go to reserve yesterday at 300 miles. When I filled up my mpg came out to be 62+. I was using a mid-grade gasoline. I'm pretty happy with that! The 16t sprocket I just installed could be helping to increase the mpg maybe. I usually got 58mpg with the 15t one. I would think it would be possible to get 70mpg if you help your rev's to 3000 or so which is almost 50mph indicated. Lastly, my Kings k967 will probably need to be replaced at 4000 miles. I was hoping to get 5000 or more out of it. Mostly I drive on asphalt with a gravel road now and then. I'm thinking about trying the Kenda Sport Challenger 130/90 since most of my riding is on the road. Later, Brad __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Support Dual Sport News by subscribing at: http://www.dualsportnews.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[les123@home.com]

Don't feel bad. I made the same discovery with a $60 Westco. Dave A14 Richmond

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Robert J. Kaub" wrote: > Last year I bought a Champion 14LA2 battery at Sam's Club for around 25 US$, > just to have around for a spare. > Last Saturday I went to get the bike out of the shed and discovered that the > boy had parked the bike and turned the key all the way to the left to the > position that leaves the tail light on. Well, the battery was completely > dead. Rather than mess with a three year old battery, I prepped the > Champion battery and tried to install it. > While it is clearly marked as a 14LA2, the Champion (made in Taiwan) is > actually a little taller than the OEM battery and is a very tight fit in the > battery box. The plastic top cover that normally slides right in had to be > forced in enough to screw on the metal retainer that mounts on the side of > the bike. The whole deal was just shitty as hell but I wanted to go for a > ride so I pushed hard and got everything together. I hate it when shit that > is supposed to fit doesn't. > Thanks. > Bob Kaub