Wilsons Sandbox

Hello All: I am always tempted to upgrade the exhaust of any bike I get to gain more power, etc.. I think on the KLR I will leave it stock. A small thing happened this week on a ride that made me lean in that direction. Was out riding Tuesday afternoon in an area here in Colorado that has both forest service roads (FSnnn) and forest service trails. I was out just poking around in 1st and 2nd gear exploring a new area a bit. You know, the KLR at 2-3-4K rpms is pretty darn quiet. There were a lot of other 2 and 4 stroke bikes in one area. Most had aftermarket exhausts or were just a lot louder. I could hear them a good 1/4 mile away at times. Came upon several couples that were hiking. I had stopped for some water out of my saddlebags when one of them walked up and THANKED me for having a quiet exhaust. I didn't know what to say so just nodded. Afterwards, on my ride home I reflected on this a bit. It made me feel good that my restraint (stock exhaust) had in some way made someone else have a better day. Most of the riding I plan to do with my KLR will be light forest service roads when I'm off the pavement. I don't need any more power out of the KLR at my ability level. I knew the KLR was sort of Miss Piggy (heresy I know) and knew the power was merely adequate. So will keep it quiet and perhaps make a better reputation for us bikers. One question: The exhaust pipe has 3 different places where there are small heats shields. Each has 2 phillips head screws. Every few rides I get my mondo-screwdriver out to tighten them. They still get loose a bit. Should I use some blue locktite on them? I don't think I'll ever remove them for anything. Right? Wrong? Thanks, Tom V A13 ===== ========================================================= Tom Vervaeke, Colorado, USA |Email: tom_vervaeke@... '99 Kawi KLR-650 A13, 1.8K |Ph: 719-495-2152 (home) '96 BMW R1100GS, Black 59K |Ph: 719-590-2133 (work) '95 Honda F3 MRA Novice #718|Ph: 719-650-4578 (cell/riding) '95 Honda Cub EZ90S Pit Bike|Ph: 800-539-8361 (pager) ========================================================= __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Jim Cunningham wrote:

> THANKS TOM AND JOE > I agree with both of you and you should know that there are many of

us who

> support those views. It really just comes down to common courtesy

most of

> the time. This attitude of "to hell with everyone else" is just a

symptom

> of increasing rudeness all over the country. (don't get me started)

Anyway,

> motorcyclists have a hard enough time with image, and the hot

dogging

> superbikers, loud ass Harley yuppies, and rude, loud dirtbikers are

hurting

> everyone. I think that most KLR riders, in my experience, are

reasonable

> people and do not knowingly add to the negative image of

motorcyclists.

>>

Ditto. Loud pipes don't save lives, they just piss people off. Gino

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Mark Wilson" wrote:

> > Do cats chase you guys with tweety exhaust?? > > MotorMark

Hey now. Let's not make fun of the Tweety Bird exhaust. Even Tweety needs a little puddy sometimes. Gino

It's only what you do to the cats that's illegal ;-]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Ye Wilde Ryder" wrote: > ... > >Do cats chase you guys with tweety exhaust?? > > it's called cat-baiting. illegal in many states. > > gears, > ye wilde ryder > -- > wallace@n... 99 zx-9r "blue bayou" 98 vtr-1000f "stormy" > zwallace@z... 86 cr-250 "dirt devil" 00 sv-650 "zipper" > "& you were using your friends as a berm." -- RP 83 v65 magna "nasty" > FoJ#002...AMA#456832...JHLO#002...COP#000...CCS#SW969...Support the RKBA

Impressive, Greg.....I woulda thought it would be a job for a wheel shop to straighten them enough to ride. At 06:58 PM 8/18/00 -0400, Gregory D. Pink wrote:

>I've (ok, everyone hold on now) have a BMW R1100RT with tubeless rims and >have bent them both in Mexico and on the Dalton Hwy. in northern Alaska. On >the Dalton, the rear rim was bent so badly that I had to lie on the top of >it to seat the bead while my small auto air compressor filled up the tire. >Each time I was able to pound them out and continue on. They were mag >wheels and I am running a set of tubeless spoked rims now. So, I'm sold on >tubeless tires and rims. Fixing a flat is a 2 minute job with a plug gun. >Later..... > >Greg Pink - Tampa, FL >www.pinkman.org >gpink@... > > > > >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 > > >

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