Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Wed May 31, 2000 6:50 pm**

In a message dated 05/31/2000 4:15:59 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tebklr@... writes: >>

Posted: **Wed May 31, 2000 7:44 pm**

-----Original Message----- From: tebklr@... To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com DSN_klr650@egroups.com>; agoldfine@... Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 7:14 PM

>Greetings All: >Want to tell you this to extoll the virtues of FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. My

wife,

>Tina crashed on her m/c early this morning on the way to work.

Everything should be OK in time, but she has a long recovery in front of her. She is alive, and will

>recover, I'm sure to ride again. >Just wanted to remind all of you to please, PLEASE, wear your protective

gear

>ALL THE TIME. >That's it for now. Gotta get back to the hospital. Ride safely out there. >Tom

Tom, Very sorry to hear of your wife's accident. Our prayers and best wishes for a speedy and full recovery are with you. Sincerely, Steve & Lucy Pye

Posted: **Wed May 31, 2000 8:11 pm**

Tom, you`re wife is in our prayers. This is a very sobering incident. You`re right. Protective clothing is cheap insurance. For that reason, my gear has padded hard armor, not just pads. My jacket was made in Europe and over there the armor has to be certified, like helmets over here. We wish you and you`re wife well, and very sorry. Skip

Posted: **Wed May 31, 2000 9:09 pm**

> Want to tell you this to extoll the virtues of FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. > My wife, Tina crashed on her m/c early this morning on the way to work....

As others have said, your wife's accident is chilling and sobering. I'm glad to hear that you expect a full recovery. I'm sure we will all remember your letter when considering protective gear. Please accept my wishes for your wife's speedy recovery. Verle Nelson Cedaredge, CO

Posted: **Thu Jun 01, 2000 1:30 am**

On Wed, 31 May 2000 18:14:17 EDT, tebklr@... wrote:

> Greetings All: > > Want to tell you this to extoll the virtues of FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. My

wife, Tina crashed on her m/c early this morning on the way to work. Circumstances are unclear, as she is still in ICU, critical condition, and pretty dopey on morophine.

> Just wanted to remind all of you to please, PLEASE, wear your protective

gear ALL THE TIME.

> > That's it for now. Gotta get back to the hospital. Ride safely out there. > Tom

Sorry to hear about your wife's accident. Glad the prognosis is good though. My thoughts and prayers are with you and Tina. dat brooklyn bum _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freelane.excite.com/freeisp

Posted: **Thu Jun 01, 2000 12:40 pm**

I'll say a prayer for your wife's speedy recovery. Jeff

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com>; Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 3:14 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Wife's m/c accident this morning (NKLR) > Greetings All: > > Want to tell you this to extoll the virtues of FULL PROTECTIVE GEAR. My wife, > Tina crashed on her m/c early this morning on the way to work. Circumstances > are unclear, as she is still in ICU, critical condition, and pretty dopey on > morophine. She was on an elevated freeway ramp, and somehow ended up grinding > along the outside wall for about 50 feet before leaving the bike, and falling > 29 feet to a parking lot below. No witnesses, so don't know if another > vehicle was involved. That's to find out later. > > Injuries are broken left leg (tibia and fibula), severely dislocated rght > knee complete with tendon and ligament damage, two broken vertebrae (no > paralysis, thank God, but will require surgery tomorrow or Friday), a liver > "tear" (Doc says consistent with fall from height onto hard surface), and > deviated eyes (not looking at the same place) from whacking her head. HER > HELMET SAVED HER LIFE! It has a large area in the back that is delaminated, > and the EPS is partially crushed. CT scan and MRI reveal slight brain/nerve > trauma that will heal with a little time. Everything should be OK in time, > but she has a long recovery in front of her. > > She was wearing her Aerostich Darien jacket and pants with the factory > padding, and they performed admirably. They're all cut up now from the > paramedics removing them at the scene, but who cares? They did their job, and > minimized (?!) the injuries from what was a horrific accident. Her beloved > pink/black Shoei RF200 is junk, but who cares? She is alive, and will > recover, I'm sure to ride again. > > Just wanted to remind all of you to please, PLEASE, wear your protective gear > ALL THE TIME. > > That's it for now. Gotta get back to the hospital. Ride safely out there. > Tom > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Big Groups = big savings @ beMANY! > http://click.egroups.com/1/4112/5/_/911801/_/959811267/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > >

Posted: **Wed Jun 07, 2000 8:42 pm**

Hi all! I just bought a 99 Klr 650 w/1900 mi. for $3500. My brother who checked it out has a 98 and is familar with the KLR's. At the time he looked at it everything looked ok. No test ride,(liability they say)) it was at a dealer but he fired it up and listened to it everything seemed ok. dealer was not a kaw dealer. When i start bike after it has sat overnight it blows light blue smoke for a minute or so then clears off. ...mmmmm that don't look good..... stop a local Kaw dealer get mechanic explain ask whats up. dude says you never know till you open'er up but he felt that it probably has a bad valve seal ...or was it seat??? anyway evidently there is a platic seat/ seal whatever and if over heated it gets brittle and will let a little oil seep into the cylinder hence smoke. he said run it keep an eye on the oil level it could do that forever and not get worse or worsen and then you fix it. he said worst case senerio was a top end rebuild "good winter job". 6 to 8 hours at $55 hr ouch! This was an older guy in his forties who seemed geniune no attitude My quetion is does the above sound right. Anybody have any ideas as to what else it might be? Have no service records or bike history. found orignal dealer sticker called they said they wouldn't have any records other than if they did recall work. Am I the proud owner of a 99 klr with crappy valves???? Waaaaahh!!! Thoughts Please!

Wilsons Sandbox

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[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

[dsn_klr650] wife's m/c accident this morning (nklr)

smokey klr