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[dsn_klr650] my klr finally arrives
Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2000 10:24 pm
by TNBMWRIDER@aol.com
In a message dated 08/04/2000 10:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
rcoker2882@... writes:
www.bmwrams.org
Club Treasurer
RAMS # 127
BMWMOA #49736
Rider of the Birds and the Bees
1997 (A11) KLR 650 - "Bluebird"
1994 R100GS - "Bumblebee"
[dsn_klr650] my klr finally arrives
Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2000 8:15 am
by Jim & Shannon Morehead
Hi David,
Pro-gel grips work well for me. Other listers have filled their handle bars
with lead shot, etc. but I haven't found it necessary.
Good luck with your A11.
Jim
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Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] My KLR finally arrives
> In a message dated 08/04/2000 10:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> rcoker2882@... writes:
>
>
>
> Group;
> Well you fellers did it, you convinced me to buy a KLR. After
> waiting 1 month my dealer finally got one in. Kawasaki told him they
> were seeing that every dealer that ordered KLR's got one and that the
> next one's probably wouldn't ship until near the end of the year so I
> snatched up the one he had for $4599.
> I was disappointed in the level of
> vibration. Oh well, if all of you can live with it, so can I.
>
> Congrats Ron on your A15 -
>
> I have only had my A11 for two months and truly enjoy it, but share in
your
> disappointment in the level of vibration.
> I have thought about doing some of the tricks I have been reading from
> listers, but would like to open the discussion about what others have done
to
> reduce the vibration in the handlebars. My right hand particularly gets
real
> numb after humming down the road.
> What can be done to reduce this?
>
> David W. Moulder (a.k.a. BB)
> TNBMWRIDER@...
> Riders Association of the MidSouth (RAMS), Website -
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> Club Treasurer
> RAMS # 127
> BMWMOA #49736
> Rider of the Birds and the Bees
> 1997 (A11) KLR 650 - "Bluebird"
> 1994 R100GS - "Bumblebee"
>
>
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carb tubes
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2000 2:28 pm
by aches@deltech.net
>He's talking about the so-called overflow/vent tube on the upper side
of the
>carburetor...it vents the float bowl. Contrary to another listers
report
Agree with Kurt on this. I remember when was shop manager at a
Kawa/Yama joint that the farmers were haveing trouble sucking water and
mud into the carbs and the little 4 wheelers dieing. Needless to say
they were not happy campers having to leave this unit in the rice fields
and walk home. We found that raising the vent tubes to under the seat
did the job on that problem and it became a normal new unit set up item
that was taken care of when servicing a new machine.
I have already t vented my KLR as everybody does on the DR350's. No
problems yet.
Andy Chesley
Jennings, La.
[dsn_klr650] my klr finally arrives
Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2000 3:49 pm
by OJ Salinas
>From: "Ralph E. Hanson"
>To:
DSN_klr650@egroups.com
>Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: My KLR finally arrives
>Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 13:29:42 -0400
>
>
> >I have thought about doing some of the tricks I have been reading from
> >listers, but would like to open the discussion about what others have
>done to
> >reduce the vibration in the handlebars. My right hand particularly gets
>real
> >numb after humming down the road.
> >What can be done to reduce this?
Ralph,
Perhaps you could also consider a throttle lock. I too suffered from
right-sided numbness greater than the left side. I diagnosed this, correctly
I believe, to result from greater continual contact of the right hand with
the grips as opposed to the left. This is obviously necessary in order to
overcome the resistance of the throttle spring. My left hand has greater
"time away" from the grips than the right hand does.
Possibly a combination of a "revised" bar and a throttle lock may just solve
this:)
peace and safe thumping,
OJ A15
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