Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Sun Sep 03, 2000 8:03 pm**

Hmmmmm. The '47 Knucklehead and the 3 other V-twin HD's so I could sell them at todays prices. To keep. '78 XT500 Yama. Tons of fun. Still have scars on my butt from that one.

. Andy Chesley Jennings, Louisiana

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2000 7:41 am**

In 1975 I rode in an ISDT qualifier where I watched the Rokon factory team having a great ride on their 340's. Since I worked for the local Yamaha-Rokon dealer I had him order me an MX 340, the one with spoke wheels, Sun rims, chromoly frame, and mx type chamber. I added a large Rokon tank, tool bag, Yamaha TY250 lights, and had a machinist friend weld a length of angle iron along the bottom of the expansion chamber for protection and competed in local hare scrambles and enduros. I paid $1800 for it and sold it about 3 years later for something like $500. Those Rokons were always hard to sell. Wish I had it back. Ron-A15 in MO

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, rusig1@a... wrote: > I had a brand new 1982 XL500R my dad bought me in 1986. It was the 1st year

Posted: **Mon Sep 04, 2000 10:38 pm**

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Todd Schroder wrote: Ok, I did the springs followed by the brake > line without test riding the new springs first. While testing the brakes, I > noticed that the bars pull slightly to the right under hard - near panic - > braking. I am not sure if this condition existed before, and with an improved > front brake system is now more noticable or if I may have goofed the spring > replacement somehow. Maybe I'm just pulling the bars myself when I pull the > brake. Todd, that's a sure sign that you don't have the axle and its retaining nut torqued adequately, don't ask me how I know. Although due to its design, if you pull hard enough on the brake lever, it has to pull to the right at least a little. Backroad Bill resting after a freezing trip to the Trinity River...what the hell happended to Labor Day's nice warm weather?

Wilsons Sandbox

steering pulls under hard braking

if you could have them back.

if you could have them back.

steering pulls under hard braking