motorcycle filter debate

[Fred Hink]

[b]If you haven't used your reserve part of your tank for a while, this is a good place for all the "junk" to settle out and stay in the bottom of your tank.  When you turn on the reserve tank you are using gas from the bottom of the tank and can then get water or rust or dirt or whatever else is on the bottom into your carb.  I would suggest giving your carb a good cleaning and maybe even your tank to see if this doesn't fix your problem.  Do you have an inline filter?  [/b]   [b]Fred[/b]  

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] dan_iss@... [b]To:[/b] DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Thursday, July 20, 2000 6:58 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] help! my klr died! hello again, so ive got some problems with the biek. maybe someone here knows what the problem is. first off i have a 89 klr with nearly 50,000 miles. ive never had to do any engine work other then valve adjusting. the other day i was on along ride back to boston and the bike ran out of gas. i swithched to reserve yet the bike wouldnt start back up easily at all. eventually it did, and i rode to the gas station and filled the tank. about 20 min later the engine quits while im riding. i try in vain to start it. sometimes it putters but mainly is jjust turning over with no firing. i let it cool and it started for about 10 seconds and then died again. i had to abandon the bike and take the bus home after the batery died from trying to start it. im thinking a clogged carb or something with the fuel valve. any ideas anyone?  thanks! dan shaw __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: http://click.egroups.com/1/7078/6/_/911801/_/964101481/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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

[billmonahan]

I'd check for a vacuum leak in the petcock lines and also if there might be something clogging the fuel line or needle valve in the float chamber, and maybe a vacuum leak in the carb mounting somewhere.

----- Original Message ----- From: "dan shaw" To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 6:58 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] help! my klr died! > hello again, > > > so ive got some problems with the biek. maybe someone > here knows what the problem is. > > first off i have a 89 klr with nearly 50,000 miles. > ive never had to do any engine work other then valve > adjusting. > > the other day i was on along ride back to boston and > the bike ran out of gas. i swithched to reserve yet > the bike wouldnt start back up easily at all. > eventually it did, and i rode to the gas station and > filled the tank. > > about 20 min later the engine quits while im riding. i > try in vain to start it. sometimes it putters but > mainly is jjust turning over with no firing. > > i let it cool and it started for about 10 seconds and > then died again. > > i had to abandon the bike and take the bus home after > the batery died from trying to start it. > > im thinking a clogged carb or something with the fuel > valve. any ideas anyone? > > thanks! > > dan shaw > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Best friends, most artistic, class clown Find 'em here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/7078/6/_/911801/_/964101481/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >

[Jim Cunningham]

there is currently a debate taking place on a email user group for a particular popular on/off road motorcycle (KAW KLR650) that concerns K&N air filters. I have copied some of the postings below; would be most interested in K&Ns response to some of these. It might have been me. Hold it up to the light. You can see pinholes of light thru a K&N when clean - it's only one layer, with thousands of direct paths thru. It makes perfect sense to me that it would filter better after a light coat of dust covered all the pinholes. For that reason I have never trusted K&Ns, (except for a noticeable power boost!). Lots of folks are running them even though!! If by "clean" you mean not oiled, then you are definitely going to see light

>through the elements. the K&N MUST be oiled with the K&N lube before use!

It was definitely oiled, but I guess maybe it could have been oiled more? And these pinholes were just the ones visible at any one time. Rotate a little and there's thousands more. Either way, it did not give me a good feeling. I'd like to envision a more circuitous path in hopes the particle will hit and stick (to oil).

[Rob MacLeod]

Hey Dan, I ditto and double ditto what Fred said. Water, as you know, is more dense than gasoline therefore small amounts will settle out to the lowest part of the tank i.e. the intake level for the reserve setting. Clean the tank, clean the carb, put on an inline filter (they are $1-$3.00). Rob