slip clutch - or whatever you call it

[Nathan Nichols]

On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Robert Waters wrote:

> Hellow, > Has anyone had any experience with the additional clutch that trail riders > are using. > A friend told he has one on a bike of his and it makes it much easier to > handly in rough tereign. He also said they have come out with one for the > KLR650. It is about $700.00. > > rw

There's a YouTube video review on the Recluse clutch by Patman (klrworld.com) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uhoU2dquVg

[barocky]

In the last month my bike (96Klr) would kind of "surge" or cut out at times. Yesterday when I accelerated it would start to die. It was getting fuel. Rode home doing 45 with choke engaged. Changed plug cleaned filter now what? Thanks for any help. Also my shop manuals are at home and I am away.

[Jim Bolton]

mine did the same thing and then it cleared itself out... bike would idle just fine but would not accelerate without the chock on... not sure what caused it but its the second time its happened....I would love to know... barocky wrote: In the last month my bike (96Klr) would kind of "surge" or cut out at times. Yesterday when I accelerated it would start to die. It was getting fuel. Rode home doing 45 with choke engaged. Changed plug cleaned filter now what? Thanks for any help. Also my shop manuals are at home and I am away. --------------------------------- You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeff Saline]

On Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Jim Bolton writes:

> mine did the same thing and then it cleared itself out... bike would > idle just fine but would not accelerate without the chock on... not > sure what caused it but its the second time its happened....I would > love to know... > > barocky wrote: > In the last month my bike (96Klr) would kind of "surge" or cut > out at times. Yesterday when I > accelerated it would start to die. It was getting fuel. Rode home > doing 45 with choke > engaged. Changed plug cleaned filter now what? Thanks for any > help. Also my shop > manuals are at home and I am away.

<><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><> Jim, Brian, It sounds to me like both carbs had carb jets partially clogged. If the bike was stored for a while, maybe 2-6 months and the carb wasn't drained it's probably fuel gunk. My suggestion would be first to try running some Seafoam through the fuel system. You both say you ran with the choke on. That is a different circuit than the idle, mid range (needle) or main jet. So by engaging the choke (enricher) you were adding fuel to the air/fuel mix. You can get Seafoam at most auto parts stores and also many farm supply shops or Walmart. Add 1 oz to each gallon. More won't do more good than the 1 oz to 1 gal ratio. It also won't hurt. If you want you could add the Seafoam and then run the bike for a few minutes to make sure you've got it in the carb bowl. Let it sit overnight or longer so start dissolving deposits of gunk. Then give the bike a ride and see if it improves. If it doesn't improve you may need to clean the jets and circuits. I would suggest you do not turn the idle mixture screw or otherwise mess with the carb trying to fix this issue. If your bike was running well and then this started acting up without you making adjustments making them now probably won't help. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT