[dsn_klr650] built klr tough...like a rock

[Adam Stahnke]

Ralph E. Hanson wrote:

> Yesterday I asked: > > >How easy/difficult is it to remove the seat from an A13 with Original Tim > >Racks on it? Any advice before I dive in? I'm going to be mounting my > >Ortlieb Dry bags with the straps under the seat.

Remove the exhaust side panel. Cut off the "plug" that is in the middle of it at the bottom. This will make it possible for you to remove the side panel without removing the side racks to access the airbox and seat. I have done it and haven't had any problems. -Adam

[Ralph E. Hanson]

>Ralph E. Hanson wrote: > >> Yesterday I asked: >> >> >How easy/difficult is it to remove the seat from an A13 with Original Tim >> >Racks on it? Any advice before I dive in? I'm going to be mounting my >> >Ortlieb Dry bags with the straps under the seat. > >Remove the exhaust side panel. Cut off the "plug" that is in the middle of it >at the bottom. This will make it possible for you to remove the side panel >without removing the side racks to access the airbox and seat. I have done it >and haven't had any problems. > >-Adam

Thanks for the suggestion, Adam. I was able to get the seat off without taking the panel all the way off. (I unscrewed the panel and left it hanging behind the rack. It was a tight fit, but I was able to get the seat bolt out (easy) and back in (challenging). Any idea of whether there is any harm in having saddlebag straps going across the voltage regulator? Ralph Ralph E. Hanson 99 KRL 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2

[Skip Faulkner]

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> > The voltage regulator works by converting excess electrical > current to heat. That's what the heat sink fins are for on > the regulator >............................>snip Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA]

Jim, I believe you`re confusing the regulator with something else. The old point regulators ( like on my 72` Suburban) and many older aircraft work by controlling the field current to the alternator ( to a preset limit) in effect taking the alternator off-line, thousands of times a minute. That`s the reason the point type buzz, the point sets are opening and closing. In other words, when the voltage reaches it`s preset limit in the regulator, the alternator is taken off-line. The solid-state types ( KLR) work the same way, except instead of points, reistors, diodes etc..are used, including some heat sink properties, but mainly the alternator is being taken off-line whenever the preset limit is reached. I`m not getting any deeper than this. Skip (learning to leave well enough alone)

[Darrel & Deanna]

You would be correct sir. My friend who sent the post suggested perhaps the Nissan was totaled. Darrel (been there; done the t-bone thing on the KLR. Got the stitches...) A12 -----Original Message-----

>What's the story? It looks like the KLR T-boned the car. > >Jeff > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Darrel & Deanna > >Here's another pictorial testament to the resiliency of the mighty >swamp thing. It only suffered a bent fork and a little cracked >plastic. It's not my bike, just a friend of a friend's. > >http://www.micapeak.com/Phil/temp/nissan/ > >Darrel >A12 'avenger'