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side panel melted, was "yikes!!!!"
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2000 10:29 am
by D.J. Rogers
Joe,
I just got back from a 3 week trip, again, the right side panel was
melted through and the Kawi bag was scorched. I opted for the peice
of junk Kawi calls a guard to keep the bag away from the muffler, but
of course it didn't work.
Anyway, what I would like to know is if you got the bags replaced, as
well as the side panel, under warranty. the "heat sheild" on my bag
has a large peice of green plastic melted into it now. My view is
that both items were damaged as a result of Kawi's poor design, even
with the use of their guard.
I was at Happy Trails a couple of days ago on my way through. I
guess I should have bought the side racks, because I can see this is
going to be a reoccurring problem.
Cheers,
D.
GBG eh14
side panel melted, was "yikes!!!!"
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2000 1:29 pm
by Backroad Bill
--- In
DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "D.J. Rogers" wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I just got back from a 3 week trip, again, the right side panel was
> melted through and the Kawi bag was scorched. I opted for the
peice
> of junk Kawi calls a guard to keep the bag away from the muffler,
but
> of course it didn't work.
>
> Anyway, what I would like to know is if you got the bags replaced,
as
> well as the side panel, under warranty. the "heat sheild" on my
bag
> has a large peice of green plastic melted into it now. My view is
> that both items were damaged as a result of Kawi's poor design,
even
> with the use of their guard.
A suggestion on keeping your side panels and bags from melting would
be to move the bags forward and not to run the buckling strap through
the grab rails. Works for me, although mine have many miles on them
and are beginning to suffer from the heat, with a hole burned in one
side. But I never expected them to last forever, so the 18000 and
some-odd miles I've gotten from them at this time seems OK to me.
nklr mean bikers
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2000 4:22 pm
by Gary Ott
--- In
DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Denzfeat@a... wrote:
> " ... certain segments of our sport seem to go out of their way to
fit
> negative stereotypes."
>
> Despite what others in this group and other non-Harley groups I
have
> belonged to (VROC and Victory) say about Harleys, they are fine
bikes, and I
> have a 250,000 mile pin from the Motor Company to back me up. I
have found
> them to be reliable, useable and fun to ride, and some of them
(Sportsters
> and Buells) actually handle pretty well.
> HOWEVER, a lot of the people who ride them are serious butt-
heads. But
> that part of the market is also covered by certain factions of
Beemer riders,
> sportbike squids and other weekend warriors.
> The guys I like the best are the antique buffs. They BRAG about
how many
> times they break down, how hard their bikes are to start, and how
expensive
> and hard to get parts are.
> Kinda like Bizzarro-bikers.
>
> Pete the Streak
> A-14 KLR
> V92C KYSOB Victory
Yup,Pete
I also like Harleys. I've still got a couple from a few years
back (before they became so dog-gone trendy). I don't seem to ever
get rid of the bikes that I really like. 8^) Don't ride them much any
more.8-( The new breed of Harley rider kind of sucked a lot of the
fun out of "Riding a Harley". I guess I'm a bit of a Contrarian.
That's probably part of the reason that I enjoy my KLR so much.
But,as you said,Harley Davidson doesn't have any monopoly on jerks.
As for the poor fellow with the VFR! If I came upon a large sign
telling me that I wasn't wanted,I would sure as hell consider parking
somewhere,unless I was prepared for the consequences! You
have to use a little common sense. You don't go prodding a bear!
And that's all I have to say about that.
Bizzarro Bikers-LOL They are contrarians to!
Gary Ott
69 XLH
73 T140
74 FXE
82 GS1100EZ
A6