Wilsons Sandbox

> Hello, Killers, > I'm a couple of thousand messages behind in my reading, and posting. > Work is a real dog these days. The only good part is I ride to work most > days. > > And that leads to the question: I just hit 30,000.4 miles today. Any > dire warnings? > > I understand Mr. Carl developed a modification to the countershaft

gear

> that maybe I should look at right about now. > ..............................>snip > Thanks, guys, > -Spike

With all do respect to Mr. Eldon, if it ain`t broke, don`t fix it. I know this may sound funny coming from me of all people, but if the bike is running well with no reason to suspect anything, I`d leave well enough alone. Mine is just short of that and I`ve got a lot to go this summer, with a dinged radiator to boot. Skip

> > Skip---That was exactly my attitude, the problem is it can be almost broke > and there is no way to know. I'm trying hard to not get into soap box

mode

> here but I do regard this as a serious rider safety matter. I was very > lucky, I was going slow and in a straight line when my motor locked up. > Kurt G.

I respect your thoughts and can apreciate what happened, but I personally have gotten tired of tearing my bike down before every long trip. Now if you mean just a good evening of going over the bike and looking at resonably accessable areas, I do that, but then again, I do a very thorough strip down and fix every winter when I can`t ride anyway, and that should be good enough for the season, for me. My feeling is, whatever works for you, just don`t neglect the bike. Skip

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> Skip > I think we're talking about two different things, my concern isn't routine > maintenance but the flaws in the pre 96 engines, if you have a later model > then its irrelevant. If, like me, you have an older KLR then I have

become

> convinced that updating the parts is needed. I hope that what happened to

me

> doesn't happen to anyone else, I became concerned when my buddy's bike

broke.

> His engine is not repairable without new cases. Elden just heard from

two

> more older bike owners that had the same experience. > I'm going to drop the subject now and leave folks to their own > conclusions. > Kurt g.

I`m sorry, I misunderstood, but while I agree with you somewhat in theory, I`m personally going to wait and see what happens. I`ve seen and heard of too many high mileage pre-96 KLR`s to go so far as to start replacing parts in my engine yet. I do have an A9, and when I had my covers off in Feb., everything was still looking good, with over 30K miles so far. I also borescoped my cylinder and lower case, and there is no excessive wear that I can detect. I don`t blame you though. I`m sure Eldon is correct in his evaluation of the pre-96 engine, I`m just curious to see how many miles I can get without major work. Skip

>From: LawsonCL@... >To: thesquasher@... >CC: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: 2001 A15's in 2 weeks!!! >Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:42:47 EDT > >thesquasher@... writes: > > > He said they will be here in 2 weeks. > >And where the Hell is "here," nameless one? > >Chris Lawson

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