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[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2000 1:50 pm
by racing43rd@aol.com
Sounds like maybe the cable is hanging up inside the sheath, it might even be
frayed. I guess it could be the gears at either end but since you had them
apart I would tend to doubt that.
Ed
Windsor Oh
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2000 2:12 pm
by Mark
Isn't the tach electronic?
Mark
B2
A2
At 2:50 PM -0400 7/25/2000, racing43rd@... wrote:
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2000 3:15 pm
by Dash Weeks
YUP! There's a Galvanometer under there and spikes are typically due to a
ground short but that usually results in a spike in the opposite direction
rather than UP.
???
LaterZ
Dash
>Isn't the tach electronic?
>Mark
>B2
>A2
>
>At 2:50 PM -0400 7/25/2000, racing43rd@... wrote:
> >Sounds like maybe the cable is hanging up inside the sheath, it might
> even be
> >frayed. I guess it could be the gears at either end but since you had them
> >apart I would tend to doubt that.
> >
> >Ed
> >Windsor Oh
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2000 4:03 pm
by racing43rd@aol.com
Obviously I didn't think so. I do not own a KLR although I will in the next
three weeks. I guess I should shut up if I'm not sure, but the symtoms
sounded like symptoms i'd experienced with other bikes.
Ed
Red Faced in Windsor Oh
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2000 5:54 pm
by Dash Weeks
At 10:49 PM 7/25/2000 +0000, Mike Reaves wrote:
>Dash - since your already having electric problems (keeping your
>battery up) and the tach is electronic might the two be related. I
>had a battery on my Harley go flat while riding and the first
>indication I had was that my tach and speedo needles went to zero. I
>rode to the Harley shop thinking I had an instrument problem till I
>tried to refire the engine in the parking lot. Fix the battery
>problem first and the other problems may take care of themselves.
Hi Mike,
Thanks.... The tach is actually pretty low on the "to do" list and it might
just fix itself.... We'll see.
LaterZ
Dash
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2000 9:50 am
by Robert E. Faircloth, D.M.D.
Dash, Mine did that for 3 or 4 days, last Spring, then my CDI died. After the CDI was replaced, under warranty, the tach worked normal again. Robert A13
----- Original Message ----- Greetings Borg,
I'm finally starting to get the real bugs out of this bike. I've beaten
them into submission and now they are all showing up. My trail riding is
utter torture to my poor bike but that's what I bought it for.
Anyhow, just since this weekend (which was especially grueling for Da'
Bomb) I've noticed my Tach not working properly. I haven't pulled anything
apart yet but I'm just wondering if anyone else has had similar problems.
Here's the deal... I accelerate up to about 3K-3.5K RPM and then the tach
decides that it wants to dance. It bounces all over the place, never below
3K-3.5K RPM but all the way pinned in redline and everywhere in
between. Just bouncing around. If I get it back below 3K then it behaves
again.
Any thoughts? Any Cures? Anyone?
laterZ
Dash
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2000 10:43 am
by Dash Weeks
At 09:45 PM 7/25/2000 -0400, JIM JAMES wrote:
>mine did that. i found out that it was broke. james in s.c.
Jim that's not the right answer. Darn.. I don't wanna buy a new one.
How Broke? Can a person of reasonable mechanical/electrical ability repair
it? HHMMMMM..... Where can I find one of those?

Thanks Again.... I think you are right though and that was my
suspicion. I've just been hammering my bike and while my teeth haven't
rattled loose on the trail, I'm not surprised that certain parts of my bike
are throwing a fit. I better get a BMW eh? Anyone rigged up a digital
RPM-o-meter yet?
LaterZ
Dash
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2000 11:10 am
by Dash Weeks
At 10:45 AM 7/26/2000 -0400, Robert E. Faircloth, D.M.D. wrote:
>Dash,
>
>Mine did that for 3 or 4 days, last Spring, then my CDI died. After the
>CDI was replaced, under warranty, the tach worked normal again.
>
>Robert
>A13
Oh O... HHHMMM.... This could get ugly. Is there a way to test the
CDI? What other symptoms would be noticed? Perhaps a sputtering and
bucking at RPMs greater than say 4K? I thought perhaps I got some stuff
clogged in my Carby, and was gonna clean it soon. Maybe I'm just not
getting the correct firing and the gas isn't the problem. Damn BUGS!!
Thanks a ton Robert, I probably would have found a clean carb and then
proceeded to shave my head with a dull pencil or something. ????
LaterZ
Dash
[dsn_klr650] rpm-o-meter
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2000 7:14 pm
by Robert E. Faircloth, D.M.D.
Dash, You can test the CDI with an ohmmeter and the table on page 14-10 of the Service Manual Supplement. Mine did buck above 5K before it quit. If you don't have the Supplement and need the table, let me know. Robert A13 ----- Original Message ----- Oh O... HHHMMM.... This could get ugly. Is there a way to test the
CDI? What other symptoms would be noticed? Perhaps a sputtering and
bucking at RPMs greater than say 4K?
[dsn_klr650] big gun and / or others
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2000 8:38 am
by Fred Hink
[b]You can check out... http://www.laser-jama.nl/selectflash.html[/b] [b]I have been in contact with them about becoming a dealer for these exhaust systems. I hope to know more soon about selling prices etc.[/b] [b]Fred[/b] ----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] ddetloff@... [b]To:[/b]
DSN_klr650@egroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Thursday, July 27, 2000 6:28 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_klr650] Re: Big Gun and / or others
Where can I get info on the Laser Pro Dura?
> I like my Big Gun. It's a quality piece of equipment. BUT, having
said
> that - if I were to do it over again, I would SERIOUSLY look at the
Laser
> Pro Dura set-up that Gino has. I believe it's a little quieter and
it's
> totally mechanical... no packing. I don't think it comes with a new
> head-pipe though... with which Big Gun does. I believe that this
accounts
> for a fair amount of throttle response improvement.
>
> Arne - happy hunting.
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