nklr western us route suggestions?

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DJ, while in Moab, I highly recommend camping at the Canyonlands Campground. plan on staying at least 5 days in order to see everything. Must sees include Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. On your way into Canyonlands NP, stop to visit Dead Horse Point State Park and on your way out of Canyonlands, just before you take the exit out of the park, take a right and ride the Shafer Trail back to Moab. It is spectacular. There are some great petroglifs on the road back to town. Its a little out of the way, but when you leave Moab, take highway 191 South to Blanding. On the way, If you like Indian rock art, visit Picture Rock south of Moab. In Blanding there is the Edge of Cedars State park which has one of the finest collections of Anasazi pottery in the US. Take Highway 95 West and you can visit Natural Bridges National Monument, then take Highway 24 West to Capitol Reek National Park. Highway 95 and 24 has some of the most amazing scenery you will see anywhere. I also camped at Great Basin National Park in Nevada on the way home and Thoroughly enjoyed it too. Mike Roberts

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I just spent $114.32 at the Kawi dealer, replacing 1 totally destroyed rear bearing as well as the other bearings and seals while they had this apart. The good thing was, at least the hub was not damaged. I should have some pictures soon of the old parts. My intent was to remove the rear wheel to have a new tire mounted, but I soon found out (as soon as the main bolt was removed) that there were some serious problems with the rear hub assembly. My questions to the group are: 1.) how often do the rear bearings need to be removed and greased, maintained, etc. Is there a preferred method? 2.) could one of the bearings failed due the lack of maintenance, or was this most likely a defective part? Bike is an A12 with now 9000 miles. 7400 when I purchased it and supposedly the dealer serviced the "entire" bike when I bought it. Many lessons learned last weekend about maintenance, dealers, and of course more bonding time with my KLR. Thanks in advance for any info. Rich. A12 "Beast" http://www.klr650.20m.com