early bird special

[dooden]

Air leaks in the exhaust can cause backfiring. Check the fittings, behind the rear brake master there is a clamp with a gasket, make sure thats tight and at the beginning of the header pipe where it clamps on the motor I think there is a copper crush type gasket in there. Standard warning with exhaust bolts and nuts apply, "easy to break" Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > > > In browsing the owners manual, I found that I was supposed to > > periodically clean the muffler by removing three drain plugs and > > banging on the muffler while it was running. OK, so in removing the > > plugs two of the three bold heads broke off and now I will have to > > drill them out, etc. > > > > But, I am wondering if this is a dead-end anyway, and if this > > maintenance is really important and/or could cause backfiring. Any > > thoughts? > > > > Mike > > When new to the klr I asked some experienced klristas about the muffler > cleaning which I - obediently to the manual - did on occasion. I was told > that nobody bothered with this. I haven't done it since with no ill effects. > Wonder if anyone says anything different now. I don't remember the topic > mentioned on the list. As to the backfiring, the consensus is that it's > caused by a lean condition. I believe that when the stock muffler burns out > its glass packing - early in its life - it leans our the mixture somewhat. > Did you say that you turned out the pilot screw somewhat ? You wrote idle > mixture. You may want to lift the needle with a small washer or two. > > Bogdan

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2004-10-16 11:59:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, kdxkawboy@... writes:

> > At last weeks Reno 200 DS I picked up a handful of IMS Gift > Certificates and after taking care of friends and family I have five > left to hand out to the first five people to send me an email with > their snail mail address. > >

The fifth and last certificate has been claimed. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]