hi gang:
2005 A19, maybe 600 miles of 100% street use and had a
flat 2 weeks ago, torn valve stem from slight tire
rotation! this would have been understandable had the
bike been off the road! anyone else experience this?
JC
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> There are 25 messages in this issue.
>
> Topics in this digest:
>
> 1. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "stevedyer@..." stevedyer@...
> 2. Re: newbie
> From: "E.L. Green" eric@...
> 3. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "Bogdan Swider"
> bSwider@...
> 4. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "jokerloco9@..."
> jokerloco9@...
> 5. NKLR 2005 Kawasaki Concours for sale shortly
>
> From: "E.L. Green" eric@...
> 6. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "a14@..." a14@...
> 7. Re: Rim lock recommendations
> From: "Norm Keller" normkel@...
> 8. Re: Eco Friendly nature of Hybrid Cars
> From: "Jim" jpalton@...
> 9. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "Ronald Criswell"
> roncriswell@...
> 10. Re: Eco Friendly nature of Hybrid Cars
> From: "jokerloco9@..."
> jokerloco9@...
> 11. motor
> From: "ottolon2001" amy.machado@...
> 12. Fork/steering head rebuild
> From: "jeffcunard" jeffcunard@...
> 13. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "stevedyer" stevedyer@...
> 14. Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
> From: "Ronald Criswell"
> roncriswell@...
> 15. Re: Kenda sizes
> From: "Jeff Saline" salinej1@...
> 16. MOFO MEFOs
> From: "hotfoot777" hotfoot777@...
> 17. Re: Defiant Gripster & Rear Blowout Control
>
> From: "Jeff Saline" salinej1@...
> 18. boots are dusty, jeans are muddy, bike got
> all dirty,
> From: "John" john_dirm@...
> 19. Re: What's the latest consensus on chain
> tightness?
> From: "Jud Jones" judjonzz@...
> 20. Re: boots are dusty, jeans are muddy, bike
> got all dirty,
> From: "Randall Marbach" remarbach@...
> 21. The KLR as a movie sub-jeck/plot
> From: "revmaaatin" mjearl@...
> 22. Dunlop D607
> From: "pecos1046" petersix@...
> 23. Re: Kenda sizes
> From: "Jud Jones" judjonzz@...
> 24. Re: Dunlop D607
> From: "Blake Sobiloff" sobiloff@...
> 25. Re: Defiant Gripster & Rear Blowout Control
>
> From: "Jud Jones" judjonzz@...
>
>
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> Message 1
> From: "stevedyer@..." stevedyer@...
> Date: Fri May 12, 2006 2:50pm(PDT)
> Subject: Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
>
>
>
> Bogdan, I kinda like those, actually. Seriously -
> like most of us, I find interesting anything with an
> engine and wheels, and lots of stuff with wheels and
> no engine. Just giving ol' Jeff a rev-up.
>
> Steve
> Who owned both a Vega ('72 GT) and a Pinto (new!),
> and therefore can dis' no one's ride.
>
> --------------
>
>
> On 5/12/06 3:35 PM, "stevedyer@..."
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Echo? Sorry. For the wife, maybe. A man's
> gotta draw the line somewhere.
> >
)
> >
> How would a 98 Ford Escort wagon rate. It's a piece
> of fine Mexican
> engineering - assembled in Hermosillo, Sonora.
>
> Bogdan
>
>
>
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> Message 2
> From: "E.L. Green" eric@...
> Date: Fri May 12, 2006 2:57pm(PDT)
> Subject: Re: newbie
>
> --- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider
> wrote:
> > The Givi box is useful around town but not for the
> the Mexico trip you
> > mentioned. Too much weight behind the rear axle.
>
> Not if you use it *only* for clothes. Actually, I've
> had 20 pounds in
> my E45 topbox and no problem. My Givi top-plate is
> mounted in the
> standard "forward" position (i.e., where it's hard
> to get my seat off).
>
> The bigger problem is that the KLR's rear spring is
> way too weak as
> well as being made out of the weakest steel around
> such that it sags
> badly with age. Mine has the preload all the way up,
> and is only
> barely adequate with just me and my 5-pound toolkit
> in an E360
> (smaller than the E45). With camping gear it is
> totally overwhelmed. I
> just purchased a new shock off of Ebay and will be
> shipping it to the
> folks at MultiSurfaceMotorcycling to have them fit
> it with an uprated
> spring shortly. I figure that a brand new shock in
> the back, combined
> with the freshly-regreased rear suspension and the
> new spring, should
> make the back end of my bike far more pleasant when
> I'm loaded for
> camping. The front end is already fine, I have
> Progressives with 1/4"
> longer-than-recommended spacers plus 15W fork oil up
> there. It's the
> back end that sags like crazy
.
>
> _E
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message 3
> From: "Bogdan Swider"
> bSwider@...
> Date: Fri May 12, 2006 2:58pm(PDT)
> Subject: Re: Bemmer 650 MPG nklr
>
>
>
>
> On 5/12/06 3:49 PM, "stevedyer@..."
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Bogdan, I kinda like those, actually. Seriously
> - like most of us, I find
> > interesting anything with an engine and wheels,
> and lots of stuff with wheels
> > and no engine. Just giving ol' Jeff a rev-up.
>
> >
> > Steve
>
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