[dsn_klr650] backfiring

[Kurt Simpson]

> i'd still really really love to get out to the moab rally. unfortunately, > there's no way i'll ride out there on the klr, by myself. is anyone

heading

> out that way from somewhere between new york and moab? ideally i'd like

to

> find someone with some extra trailer/truck room i could use, but i realize > that's a stretch. i don't think i can afford $1000 plus travelling

expenses

> to ship the bike there and back right now.

Peter, I'm wondering if instead of going for the long ball you might try and just get an extra base hit...so, instead of trying to get someone from New York, try hooking up with someone from New York through _____________ (Chicago, Pittsburg...or just the midwest). Also, here's another angle, if we could find a bike for you out here would that interest you? In other words, fly out and use a borrowed/rented bike for the few days in Moab? Kurt

[Tumu Rock]

On Sat, 13 May 2000 06:52:53 -0700, Tobin Lampson wrote:

> > What I would do first is loosen slightly all bolts and nuts that hold the

exhaust pipe in place......then go back to the two nuts where the problem is most likely(at the barrel). Shoot some liquid wrench or WD40 on those nuts and see if they tighten any more. Don't be too overzealous, just see if they cinch down more.

> > If they 'both' do, it will feel as if you are compressing down, or > sandwiching that donut.(In this case go back and re-snug all the > exhaust system nuts and bolts so that the muffler is back, rigidly > secured to the frame. > > If they don't. Then I'd take off the two nuts at the barrel. A flange

will slide away from the barrel and onto the muffler tube. With the exhaust system bolts loose you ought to be able to pull the beginning of the exhasust pipe away from the barrel. In the hole where the beginning end of the exhaust pipe just came out of the barrel there should be this 'copper sandwiched donut' take it out. Get a new one. Put the front of the exhaust back in the hole at the barrel. Re position the flange. Now put the two nuts back on and tighten evenly and firmly...until it feels like the new copper 'O' ring is about half smashed. Now, lastly, tighten all the remained bolts and nuts that hold the muffler in place.

> --------------------- > > Good Luck Slide

Thanks, Slide...I'll get into it sometime in the next week as time permits (hope I don't have anymore questions). dat brooklyn bum _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

[DAHLHEIMER PETER]

> Peter, I'm wondering if instead of going for the long ball you might try

and

> just get an extra base hit...so, instead of trying to get someone from

New

> York, try hooking up with someone from New York through _____________ > (Chicago, Pittsburg...or just the midwest).

that's sort of what i meant by the last message. i'd frankly be happy enough even if i could find someone half way there to meet up with and ride the remainder.

> Also, here's another angle, if > we could find a bike for you out here would that interest you? In other > words, fly out and use a borrowed/rented bike for the few days in Moab?

i thought of that, but i kinda figured it probably wasn't a very viable option. is there really someplace down there where i could rent/borrow a bike to use? i'd definitely fly out there to attend if that were the case. _pete