[dsn_klr650] north carolina riding country (nklr)

[Jeffrey L. Walker]

> Help, My bike is running Hot! > > I have a '99 with 3100 miles on it. I just adjusted > the valves, they now measure in the middle on spec. I > then changed the oil to 10-40 Mobil syn motorcycle > oil. I washed the bike and cleaned the chain. It was > 70 in Massachusetts and I went out for a ride after I > did all this work. I was doing about 50mph with a few > stop lights. The temp needle was on the hot side, > about 3/4. At each light the fan would kick on. I > would get it up to about 50 and it still would not > drop to the middle. Before today I have driven the > bike in 90 degrees with out a problem. Was it > something I did when I did all this work? Any > suggestions would be great. > >

If the temp needle is at 3/4, it really is nothing to worry about. Maybe the oil you switched to is retaining more heat, has higher viscosity, therefore takes more power and the engine produces more heat. I find on my bike I run hotter in town at speeds below 50 than on the highway at speeds above 50, and the once I've been on the highway and then got into town, the temp climbs and doesn't come down again, unless I get back on the highway for about 15-20 minutes. What viscosity of oil were you running before? Jeff

[Jim Jackson]

Hey Folks! Just spent a great day yesterday with my girlfriend in the mountains of SC and NC. We went in the Jeep so we could converse and because she doesn't care too much for 2-up riding. At any rate we started on 11 in north eastern SC and headed north on 178 to 64 then west. Hit 107 heading north and then right onto 281. Followed 281 with a Wolf Mountain detour till we ended on 215 and back south to 178 and home. When we hit 215 we were less than 20 minutes from the Blueridge parkway. We were out about 4 hours with a little mountain rain that kept the dust down and the sport bikes at home. The great thing was that a large portion of 281 is groomed gravel with tons of unmarked trails. On the Wolf Mountain road we found a place called Horseshoe Rock in the heart of 15 miles of Christmas tree farms. Lots of twisties in the mountains and about half the trip was on gravel. Little creeks and waterfalls everywhere. Lots of campgrounds too. I'm hoping my roommate here decides on a KLR because this would be fantastic weekend riding. Just wanted to let everyone know. Thanks, Jim Jackson II A13 - South Carolina ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com