rust and oxidation - klr

[gorm_larsen]

Another symptom that may help pinpoint my frustrating problem was that when it started to "sputter" before cutting out, the tachometer started to act erattically, jumping up and down by about 1000 RPM while the engine and speed was fairly constant (80 km/hr) Does that help in diagnosing the problem? I really hope the collective wisdom and expertise of this group can help me get to the bottom of this. I hate to be riding around with the fear of being stranded somewhere in the "boonies" since I do most of my riding alone and in the back country of BC. Thanks, Gorm L.

[Devon]

k.saltzer@... wrote:

>Being the perfectionist nutcase that I am, when I stripped the >clearcoat off of my rims to polish the aluminum underneath, I noticed >the same crud on my spokes and took some micro fine sand paper and/or >00 steel wool to it to clean them up. It worked, but now they look >like crap again and I said screw it. I think they are coated from >the factory, but not too well. Yesterday I tried to turn the spoke >nipples to true my front wheel up a bit and most of them just won't >budge so I am going to buy all new spokes that I like, and that look >good, and that will be the end of that problem. > >

I have gone through this sort of thing with a few wheels now. My advice, is buy a set of stainless spokes and nipples from Buchananspokes.com, and relace the wheel. Use bolt cutters to despoke it, you'll have it apart in 2 minutes. Trying to save the spokes, or true a wheel with seized spokes, isn't worth the time. Devon

[squasher_1]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "gorm_larsen" wrote:

> Another symptom that may help pinpoint my frustrating problem was > that when it started to "sputter" before cutting out, the

tachometer

> started to act erattically, jumping up and down by about 1000 RPM > while the engine and speed was fairly constant (80 km/hr) > Does that help in diagnosing the problem? > I really hope the collective wisdom and expertise of this group can > help me get to the bottom of this. I hate to be riding around with > the fear of being stranded somewhere in the "boonies" since I do > most of my riding alone and in the back country of BC. > > Thanks, Gorm L.

I had a problem with my battery not charging and I found out a wire had it's insulation rubbed off from vibration and was grounding out on the frame.I know it's not the same problem but you should check your wiring from the pickup coil to the CDI and to the spark coil. I replaced my plug boot about 4 weeks ago because the bike cut out on me, but the tach was working