Wilsons Sandbox

be sure to raise the front end too. my bike is kinda squirelly right now because i set the preload on 3 (i'm only 165 lbs) for 2-up riding a couple weeks ago and i keep forgetting to turn it down. this seems to steepen the head angle to where it's annoyingly twitchy at hwy speeds. i remember reading about elden carl's fork cap extenders, but i don't know anything about them. sounds like they might be a good idea. mw

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jaime Pertuz [mailto:pert0012@...] > Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 7:21 AM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Raising KLR back height > > > Hello all, > > I've seen it written about lowering the KLR's links. > > I'm wondering if anyone knows about raising them. I'm kind of tall, > and I'd like it if the bike were higher. My shock is all stock 93' A7. > > Jaime > St. Paul, MN. > > > 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 > >

>There's a 99 490 on e-bay. It's at $2376.01 right now but reserve is not yet >met. No affiliation with seller just passing along info. It's probably too >much bike for my wife right now

I'd recommendstarting with a foo-foo bikes in this order, first is most foo-foo. XT, XL, DR, XR, KLX300, DRZ . If you're riding trails, you will go faster and easier (than KLR or ATK) on all these bikes. The ATK 490 is a race bike like the YZ400F. Will be too tiring to ride for a newbie. However if it goes for less than $3000, maybe you could take your lumps? If a 2-smoke is OK, you can't go wrong with a KDX-200 (another KawTipper), any year. KDX-200 can be ridden by a beginner, and can be raced effectively - a GREAT motorcycle. Tom -- +---------------------------------------------+ | CycoActive Products | 701 34th Ave | Seattle, WA 98122 USA | | Design/Manufacture of Motorcycling Accessories | Products website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc | e-mail: moto@... | tel (206) 323-2349 fax (206) 325-6016 | trail tips website: http://www.cycoactive.com/mc/trail_tips +---------------------------------------------+