newbie upgrade questions (brakes, forks and tires)

[Keith Saltzer]

HEY JUAN!! I still haven't heard anything about what I and another lister suggested about loosening the bolt, 4 inches above the one that you were having trouble with. If it is rusted as you say, then I would think that you broke it loose when you said that it turned. When I did mine, it was tight as hell, like yours, and as soon as I loosened up the rear motor mount bolt above it, all the tension was released and it came right out. (or went back in) So how about it? Have you tried it? Are you going to try it? Have you seen the posts regarding this? We are just trying to help you here ya know, but it's frustrating when you think you know whats wrong, and all I hear is your just giving up on it. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "juanbalam" wrote:

> --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Green" > wrote: > > Moose Man,... > > >By the way "kimo sabe" = quien no sabe, which is me in this case

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> > fill us in - is the nut stripped or is nut off and the shaft just > > won't come out? > > > > Steve > > > Guys... the nut is obviously ON. And it is that way because I gave > up on the freaking bolt and reassembled the whole rear

suspension...

> which includes putting the nut back ON: BTW you can only put > something back on if you have removed it first!!! > > The bolt is rust-welded to the sleeve and there is no way except > maybe for a hidraulic press to take it out. The press has been

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> out because I'm not that stubborn and I can live with a frozen bolt > in my bike... there are parts of me I don't want frozen though... > > Besides, Ron Cristwell told me that a pal of his has had the same > frozen bolt problem and could not get it out either... and that's a > lot of miles ago. He s had no problems. I wonder if HE took the nut > off... > > Juan

[Lujo Bauer]

> Has Kenda 50/50 knobbies on it which I don't like at all for the > street, when leaned over into a turn it feels like the front end is > going to fold (any solutions to this other than "deal with it"?). I > rode it previously when the previous owner had more street oriented > tires on the bike and had no problems. I bought the bike for

While the K270s' feel may initially not inspire too much confidence, the tires, once you get used to the weird feedback they give you, can actually handle quite a lot. I don't drive too particularly agressively, and I've scraped a peg or two while my bike was shod with K270s. Granted that I much preferred the way my TW21/22 combo felt on the street, but the K270s never got me in trouble. -Lujo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]