[dsn_klr650] ride things

[JD]

Yup....You turn the fuel valve off and remove the side panels and the tank (no spilled gas). Only have 2.7K on mine, so haven't had to change one yet. If the bike is set up properly, shouldn't have to change to a new plug for quite awhile. It is recommended that you clean/inspect plug every 3K miles I think. I will be pulling mine to look at it within the next week or so, to see if the dynojet kit that I threw in is set up optimally. I calculated mileage on 2 full tanks of gas since I installed the BigGun/jet kit/K&N, and it seems to high. Still getting 55.9 mpg (mostly highway). Will see what the plug says. JD A14-2.7K "Godzilla" DF/W, Texas The Squasher wrote:

> Good Itea. How do you change a spark plug in the field? That would be the > only reason why you would need a plug case. I looked at my bike and I would > need to remove the fuel tank. Looks like I would spill gas everywhere. Have > you ever changed a plug in the field? How often do you need to change a > plug? 2 strokes are the ones that usally eat up plugs. > > Thanks > A15 > > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:13:23 -0400 > From: "Zachariah Mully" > Subject: El Cheapo Spark plug holder > > I happened to be looking for a snack just now so dipped > into the bag and pulled out a tube of mini-M&M's... Hmmm I thought as I ate > them... This is a pretty rugged plastic tube they put them in, looks like it > seals pretty well too, I betcha I could use this for something... WAIT! It's > about the right size for a spare spark plug! > ..Thanks,Zack1991 KLR > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > 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

[Zachariah Mully]

I figure it is one of those parts (you know less than $5) which can ruin your day should it go bad... It weighs next to nothing and takes up little or no space. Can't hurt, that's fursure! -----Original Message----- From: JD [mailto:jdsummer@...] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 9:00 PM To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] RE: El Cheapo Spark plug holder Yup....You turn the fuel valve off and remove the side panels and the tank (no spilled gas). Only have 2.7K on mine, so haven't had to change one yet. If the bike is set up properly, shouldn't have to change to a new plug for quite awhile. It is recommended that you clean/inspect plug every 3K miles I think. I will be pulling mine to look at it within the next week or so, to see if the dynojet kit that I threw in is set up optimally. I calculated mileage on 2 full tanks of gas since I installed the BigGun/jet kit/K&N, and it seems to high. Still getting 55.9 mpg (mostly highway). Will see what the plug says. JD A14-2.7K "Godzilla" DF/W, Texas The Squasher wrote:

> Good Itea. How do you change a spark plug in the field? That would be the > only reason why you would need a plug case. I looked at my bike and I

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> need to remove the fuel tank. Looks like I would spill gas everywhere.

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> you ever changed a plug in the field? How often do you need to change a > plug? 2 strokes are the ones that usally eat up plugs. > > Thanks > A15 > > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:13:23 -0400 > From: "Zachariah Mully" > Subject: El Cheapo Spark plug holder > > I happened to be looking for a snack just now so dipped > into the bag and pulled out a tube of mini-M&M's... Hmmm I thought as I

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> them... This is a pretty rugged plastic tube they put them in, looks like

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> seals pretty well too, I betcha I could use this for something... WAIT!

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> about the right size for a spare spark plug! > ..Thanks,Zack1991 KLR > ________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > 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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[ephilride@aol.com]

TomMyers@... writes:

> Who's fouling plugs on a modern fourstroke? I carry a plugwrench; > cuz I envision drowning the bike in deep water someday. I can't > imagine needing a new plug on the trail (as long as I don't drop the > plug into the water!!). > > Just curious. > > Tom

Dear Just Curious Tom, I always try and remember to carry an extra plug (or two). I think it is a partly a carry over from the old days (20:1 two-strokes) mostly, but, if your bike quits running, what are the simple diagnostic checks? Do you have gas - yes. Do you have fire (spark)? Pull the plug and check. No spark......hummmm ... wonder if I got a bad plug or shorted wire or bad CDI or....? A spare plug can eliminate (and fix) one of those possibilities. I have fouled a plug on my bi-cylinder BMW....just started running crapy on one cylinder. Change plug.....and good a s new! So, it does occasionally happens. Now if that had happened on a one-lunger.....you're dead meat without a spare plug and it could be a long walk for help! But statistically, over the last 30 or so years, a *bad plug* has spoiled my day more than any other than failure mode, 'cept for rider error ;~) Now I've had my share of phat tars, bent shift forks, banged up gears, broken cranks, slung chains, busted hubs, and seized pistons.........but clearly, I have fowled more spark plugs than all of the above combined. Sure, the efficient 4-stroke, unleaded fuel and modern ignition systems have greatly improved over the years, but things happen and one of those *things* is a fouled plug! So Tom, continue to live dangerously and maybe, just maybe, one of your riding buds will have a spare plug to get you going again........cuz you'll need one....sooner or later! Knot - who has fizzled out deep in the backwoods more than he cares to admit. ps: Ol' Knot carries a tow rope next to his plugs...just in case!

[Tom Myers]

>Another handy use for them is to be able to check to make sure you >still have spark, without having to pull your working plug. Of >course if your not able to run, you will most likely want to take a >gander at the gap area of the worker.

I hear you. I would be in deep kaka if my plug went bad. But I carried a plug all over the countryside from 1987 until 1998 and never needed it. I recently reassessed my tool kit for minimum size, and a plug got Xed off the list. When I get email on the trail, i'll email you guys and you'll send me one, right? ;http://www.cycoactive.com | e-mail: TomMyers@... +------------------------------------+

[Kurt Simpson]

> oh yeah...anyone else mounted a 16t cs sprocket on an A14 or A15...seems

to

> rub on the cover right over the wires(at the frontmost point of the > sprocket)..!!?!!...took it off put the 15t back on..

many of us have used the 16T...perhaps there is a slight difference between brands...the PBI available from Fred has worked... Kurt