fork boot replacement and tire removal

[eddiebmauri]

It was I that first asked about fixing the plastic peg (on the shroud that covers the radiator), and several recommended using Super Glue mixed with baking soda. But, I was cautioned that the gas was poisonous, passably cyanide gas! Get This! I did the repair inside because it was raining, and my wife had just bought a new table, so I did the repair on the floor. FiFi, our toy poodle, laid herself in front of where I was working to watch. The Super Glue-baking soda mixture did set off a big puff of smoke!!! Poor FiFi, she sniffed it, and BAM! She Keeled Over Dead As A Nail! I had to do some quick doggie CPR, and mouth to mouth, to get FiFi revived. And damm, the shroud is good as NEW! For a second there it was a case of trying to save FiFi, or hold the shroud in place for the glue to set. Very Tough Decision! Eddie (03' KLR - "la poderosa")

[Ronald Criswell]

Is .... your wife's name ..... Jennifer? Criswell

On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:38 AM, eddiebmauri wrote: > It was I that first asked about fixing the plastic peg (on the shroud > that covers the radiator), and several recommended using Super Glue > mixed with baking soda. But, I was cautioned that the gas was > poisonous, passably cyanide gas! > > Get This! I did the repair inside because it was raining, and my wife > had just bought a new table, so I did the repair on the floor. FiFi, > our toy poodle, laid herself in front of where I was working to watch. > The Super Glue-baking soda mixture did set off a big puff of smoke!!! > Poor FiFi, she sniffed it, and BAM! She Keeled Over Dead As A Nail! > > I had to do some quick doggie CPR, and mouth to mouth, to get FiFi > revived. And damm, the shroud is good as NEW! For a second there it > was a case of trying to save FiFi, or hold the shroud in place for the > glue to set. Very Tough Decision! > > Eddie (03' KLR - "la poderosa") > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Dooden" wrote:

> > Steve > > I have had pretty good luck using C-Clamps to pinch the tire

together

> so I could get the bead started. > > Clmap it over the tire or through the rim onto the tire, kinda > depends on the size of the C-Clamp. > > Might be rethinking that soon, last fall I added a D606 to the

front

> and a fresh K270 to the rear, but I was still working at the cycle > dealer then. (AKA shop, machine, spoons up the ying-yang, now that

I

> am back in the Chicago area I am back to blood letting and swearing

I

> am sure.) > > Unless I can find a cheap set of wheels/hubs and make up another

set

> of tires for pavement usage and leave the knobbies on a set for > playing. > > Dooden > A15 Green Ape >

Dooden, A second set of wheels, sigh, watching for the past two weeks, the last sets (selling seperately) were heading for $500+ to $600 when I quit watching. Good market for those selling right now. revmaaatin.