[dsn_klr650] progressive 500/560 spring replacement

[Ed Boyd]

A nice big fire would certainly allow people to pinpoint your location. Hell, if a puny flare helps, just think what a big ol' fire will do. Maybe I'll have to remove my spark arrestor and just leave a trail of scorched earth behind me, kind of like leaving a trail of bread crumbs, except these crumbs would look like the ones from the bottom of the toaster. Ed Duvall, WA '96 KLX 650 R '82 Katana 1000 '99 Sunbeam Single "Wide Slot" Toaster > Message: 10 >    Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 08:15:16 -0700 >    From: "Robert Morgan" > Subject: Re: Re: Skyblazer Flares (nklr) > > Doesn't this flare business strike anyone as a real good way > to start a > forest fire! > Morgan

[Alan L Henderson]

At 12:03 AM 5/26/2000 -0700, you wrote:

> >I'm close to pulling the old KLR apart to get the springs swapped. Is it >possible to compress the progressive with C-clamps or am I asking for a >hospital visit? I finally found a couple of local guys with mechanical >knowledge and a shop I can work in but they're Harley guys so I'm not so >sure the C-clamp idea is a sound one. I don't mind taking it to a shop to >swap but the more I can do myself the better I feel. > >dat brooklyn bum