[dsn_klr650] motorcycle hell

[Ye Wilde Ryder]

>What kind of security device(s) do you use on your KLR?

is a bike that ugly really in need of security devices? gears, ye wilde ryder -- wallace@... 99 zx-9r "blue bayou" 98 vtr-1000f "stormy" zwallace@... 86 cr-250 "dirt devil" 00 sv-650 "zipper" "& you were using your friends as a berm." -- RP 83 v65 magna "nasty" FoJ#002...AMA#456832...JHLO#002...COP#000...CCS#SW969...Support the RKBA

[Tom Meagher]

Oh Bryan,

>From where I sit, the experience you describe sounds more like Motorcycle

Heaven. Here on the outskirts of Houston Texas, there is nowhere to go. Flat for hundreds of miles in all directions. _Hot_. While riding is physically possible, there is little joy in it. You speak of windy canyons, I barely remember canyons... This is the most depressing place I've ever lived, and summers are the worst. I used to enjoy summers. Yes, I can ride for a couple of hours through boring flatlands and get to the gulf of mexico. But if you've ever seen it, it's not exactly heaven on earth. Thousands of miles of "dirty dishwater". The other day I left early in the morning before the heat was too stifling, and rode 350 miles, from "point of interest" to "point of interest" that I'd identified on the map and programmed into my GPS. Besides being utterly flat, hot, and boring, all the land is privatized and fenced off. There is virtually nowhere to go offroad. Every now and then I find a hole in a perimeter, and sneak through someones ranch to the shore of a swampy lake or a turgid ditch or murky river. Can you imagine riding 350 miles and seeing *nothing* of interest? Count your blessings. I live in Motorcycle Hell all the time. Texas Tommy (from deep in the bowels of MH)

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Loehr" To: "KLR Listers" DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 7:49 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Motorcycle Hell > Listers, > > How about we take a little thread to address the matter of Motorcycle Hell > (MH). > > All of us have been there. We all enjoy our sport of motorcycling > immensely, but we all know a little MH will occasionally rear its ugly > head. MH has many faces. Let me begin by sharing just one of several MH > experiences in which I've found myself. > > Wind. Way big wind. Last Monday morning about 11:00, on the way home from > a good dualsport ride in the Sierras, I encountered MAJOR wind in the > Altamont Pass area of US580 in California. At first, I thought I could > focus and make it through, but it got significantly worse--stronger, as I > went. It was very strong and very gusty. I would lean hard into a gust > and then it would abruptly stop, several times a minute, freaking me out > each time by making me feel that I was going to tip in the direction I was > leaning. My tank bag was flopping back and forth as if it were empty. > > Then there were the trucks. Hundreds of trucks ahead of me and behind > me--average speed, 65-75. The turbulence caused by being behind them, next > to them, and between them was incredible. > > Fortunately, I got off on a road called Grant Line Road which took me to a > little road called Altamont Pass Road. There were no trucks here but the > wind was as bad, if not worse because I was in a canyon experiencing the > "funnel effect." The gusts were strong and relentless, the trees were > thrashing about wildly, and the hundreds of giant wind electrify generators > nearby were spinning crazily. The wind gusts were so strong they felt like > they were going to kick the front wheel out from under me each time I took > the weight off of it by accelerating. > > I was way tired when all this began, but way exhausted when it was over. I > made it through the Pass and the wind settled down a bit and things were > much better all the way home to Santa Cruz. Had I the time, I would have > pulled over--even checked into a motel and ridden over the pass early the > next morning before the wind came up. But, I had to make a 2:00 work > meeting. > > A brief (1 hour) visit to MH. > > Bryan Loehr > > > > 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 > > >

[Dreas Nielsen]

If you flip the kill switch whenever you put the disk lock on--and never otherwise--then you won't forget to unlock it even once. Dreas

> -----Original Message----- > From: The Squasher [mailto:thesquasher@...] > Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2000 6:29 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] KLR Security ????? > > > What kind of security device(s) do you use on your KLR? I am thinking of > getting a Kryptonite Disc lock for my new A15. I remember someone on the > list saying you only forget to unlock it once. > > Thanks > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > 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 > >