woozy speedometer update

[Kerry Stottlemyer]

It's all in the gear reduction :p

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > On Tue, 22 May 2007 11:58:43 -0000 "kestrelfal" > writes: > > Lair, Dude, think'n your ready for a new cable. > > > > A thin coating of synthetic grease with teflon > > would be best for lubing your new cable. > > > > If that old cable locks-up both you and that bike > > are gonna flip faster than an acrobat. > > > > Fred > <><><><><><><><><><> > <><><><><><><><><><> > > Fred, > > You must have a very interesting story of a speedo cable causing a bike > to flip. : ) I can't come to grips with how that flimsy little cable > driven by a cheaply made speedo hub and gears could ever cause problems > with a front tire's traction. Heck, folks complain here often about the > front brake. That little cable on it's best day can't compare to the > front brake. > > Oh... if I was lubing a speedo cable I'd probably try white lithium > grease. But that's cause that's what I have on hand. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT >

[Ian Francisco]

Many thanks to Greg, David, Zach, Jeff and anyone I overlooked for chiming in with responses to my camchain questions. You guys rock! Thanks to you I am reasonably confident that the KLR's valve timing is not out. On to the next step; checking for sticky valves and adequate compression. I know there are no air filter issues, there's a clean new UNI in there. The young PO did remove the CA smog equipment so I need to be sure there are no vacuum leaks but I rode it like that during my first 100 smiles and all seemed well. The big tube on the airbox is not plugged and I read that it should be so that's on the to-do list. I guess that means it was sucking in unfiltered air, but the 100 miles were all street. I've cleaned the carb twice and checked the petcock and replaced the vacuum line so I'm pretty sure the fuel is flowing. I see nice blue sparks at the plug when it's out and touching the cylinder. Wish I had X-ray vision to see what's going on inside that combustion chamber. David asked if the doo was done and it's not, so it'll get done and the woodruff key and rotor checked out before long. Where can I get one of the new style doo springs, the non-compression type? (radial, torsion, I forgot its name). Does Fred have them? Thanks again. There's Nothing like the collective knowledge and experience of an owner's group. ian ____________________________________________________________________________________Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz