[dsn_klr650] the "o" word

[Weaver, Mark]

i carry a bottle of slime and a mountainbike handpump. haven't had to use them yet, but i feel more confident. i changed my own rear tire this week, and i added the tire levers to my toolkit (the mad-max pvc arrangement) so they're always with me now, even on short trips. i can't count the number of times on my bicycle where i found that the one time i needed something, i had forgotten to put it in my fannypack or camelbak or whatever. i found the best bet was to make sure each bike had a dedicated emergency kit (tube, tire levers, patch kit, pump). i recommend against aerosol anything (that goes for co2 and so forth as well). a pump is not much bigger or heavier, and will move a whole lot more air. as far as long excursions vs afternoon, i definitely want to carry tire gear (and ride carefully) anytime i'm too far into the woods to walk home. mw

> -----Original Message----- > From: Rob MacLeod [mailto:rob@...] > Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2000 4:05 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] More Bears and tires NKLR > > > I ditched work yesterday at 2:00 pm to go for a ride. I > headed out on a Forest Service road to see what I could see. > About 160 km (100 miles) from the nearest other human I > encountered a sow with two very new cubs (black). We had a > pleasant exchange of glances and each went our own way. > > As I cruised home I thought how awful it would be to blow a > tire. I know some listers pack all the tools required for a > patch and re-inflate. That is ok for long runs, but what > about a simple afternoon excursion into the hinterland? Has > anyone used those aerosol re-inflation devices? Do they work > in an emergency just to get you to civilization or are they > unsuitable for 'tubed tires'? > > Rob > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Accurate impartial advice on everything from laptops to table saws. > http://click.egroups.com/1/4634/5/_/911801/_/959900765/ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

[Tom Simpson]

Jim & Shannon Morehead wrote:

> Hi All, > > Well I really do hate to bring up the subject, but I gotta. I just changed > the oil on my 2500 mile A13 for the first time. After a little ride around > the neighborhood (read lake here), the damned thing would hardly shift into > neutral. I hate to be a heritic, but I used Honda 20-50 oil. Any comments? > > It shifted into neutral on the first click before the oil change. Please > note, however, it was second gear challenged with a big "clunk" on many > shifts. It does seem to shift into the gears better now. > > Please give me your observations and comments.

It could be a cracked shift lever, but I have always found that the KLR is very sensitive to your choice of oil: use the wrong oil and it suddelny wont shift worth a damn. I dumped a fresh load of Golden Spectro MC oil one time (my only foray to date into MC oils) that had less than 100 miles on it 'cause the bike would hardly shift anymore. Went back to Moble 1 and the bike started shifting agasin. Hmmm. When I heard the story about new Trisynthetic Mobil One was not MC friendly, I made a mad dash about town and bought up all the old formula I could find. I have about a five year supply left. Dont know what the hell I'll do when its gone, as nothing else I have tried works nearly as well, including several other full synthetics. -Tom '96 KLR 650 43,000 miles