help needed intermittent relay

[Devon Jarvis]

ridinghome@... wrote:

>Finally got around to opening up the KLR to see what was causing the "Bad >Noise" that had been getting louder. > >I'd ordered a file-to-fit Doohickey, and opened it up only enough to drive it >onto the shaft snugly. >

What do you mean by "drive"? Did you use a hammer to install the doohickey? Devon

[ridinghome@aol.com]

Yes, I put a socket over the doohickey and taped it onto the shaft with a hammer. took several sets of tap it on, pull it off and file a bit, until it fit fully on the shaft. I think my last "tap" set it too deeply and too tightly on the shaft. Courtney in Dallas STOC 1052 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/12/03 9:00:21 AM Central Daylight Time, klr650dotcom@... writes:

> There is a relay with a 4 wires, a single red/blue wire, a black wire > and two yellow/red wires , located to the left of the battery , > behind the black cover .

Conall, pull off that relay (starter circuit relay-not starter relay) and make a jumper from the black wire to either of the yellow/red wires (the yellow/red wires connect a little further back in the harness). You have now bypassed that relay. I put the rubber relay boot back over the jumper and connecter and fastened it with a cable tie for weather protection. I was on your favorite roads today, left Avila at 6 am and rode up Hwy 1 to Laguna Seca, no traffic, no fog, it was a great ride. After the Superbike race I came back by Carmel Valley to Arroyo Seco then out to 101 at King City. VERY hot riding back south through Paso Robles and Atascadero but cooled off as I came back to SLO town and Avila. Saw the new KLR colors for '04 and think they look very good. The red is quite dark, sort of a rusty scarlet red if that makes sense. Give a call when you're back in Ca. Kurt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]