[dsn_klr650] almost outta here

[Toby Lampson]

Steven, Safe Travels! Don't forget to watch out........for the BEARS! Their up to storing fat for the winter........so don't forget your Bear bells, or bull horn, or air horn.....or something like that. Tob Steven van Twuyver wrote:

> Well folks it's been grand but I'll be signing off in the next couple of > days! My big trip is fast approaching. > > I've learned a lot from this list and conversed with and read many virtual > KLR stories. I even met a dozen of you at SongDog. My KLR is now pimped to > the max, a bit scary considering sooooo many last minute changes that have > gotten very little shakedown. From a completely new riding outfit - right > down to the boots - to that scary new Electrex hype output stator and > regulator. I've installed a rather large Givi top box for locking storage, > which I am not totally used to. I now have to mount the bike like a > chick -- I just hope my back doesn't give out. All along the Kawasaki > tailbag worked fine but my mind thinks my worldly possessions need locking. > Sure as shit I'll lose that key in two days, so tomorrow I'm gonna get a > couple extras. I've got a new chain and sprocket, eventhough the old one > was plenty fine. I re-lubed the ever rusting swing arm pivots. Put in > fresh oil, filter, antifreeze, fork oil and my valves are as loose as I can > make them and still be in spec. I even changed out the K&N with a Uni > because of the scary hype. I hope to squeeze enough miles out of the rear > tire to make it to Seattle so the replacement has its best chance against > the sharp shards that make up the Dempster Highway on the way to Inuvik. I > plan to do my Alaska voyage counterclockwise from what I hear others do, > ending in Haines or Skagway then via ferry to Bellingham, WA. I've > completed 98% of the preperation necessary. Just a few more bits - like my > Lexan headlight shield, some cash and traveler's checks and I'm ready to put > on 10,000 miles. I plan to be gone for 39 days, at which time I will > provide this list an update. > Regards, > Steven van Twuyver > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Make new friends, find the old at Classmates.com: > http://click.egroups.com/1/7075/6/_/911801/_/964155077/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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