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Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2000 9:27 pm
by Paul Kneisl
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 21:54:13 EDT
> From: "William Whalen"
> Subject: Re: Push Starting
>
> I have had my share of dead batteries on my KLR and other bikes, but in
my
> opinion the KLR is impossible to push start unless you are on some great
big
> hill (that we don't have in Central Florida).
>
> My question is this is the compression release different on the newer
models
> then the older ones making it easier to push start, because I am 6'2"
> 220lbs. and running along side the bike, jumping on the seat and
releasing
> the clutch in 2 or 3 gear does not work. I have done that many time on
> smaller dirt bikes but not the KLR-650.
>
> If there is a trick that I don't know please let me know what it is. I
have
> been riding since 71 so I am not a newbie to dead batteries and
motorcycles.
> _________________________________________________________________________
> This summer when I left the key on in the ignition of my ST, it was not
possible to bump start it and I had to resort to jumper cables. I'm told
that this type of alternator requires a small ammount of current going to it
(called exciting current) before it will generate electricity. Thus if your
battery is truly dead, this type of alternator precludes the possibility of
bump starting. Does the KLR have this type of alternator? This would explain
why you have been unsucessfull bumping yours, if true.
Paul kneisl
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Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2000 7:42 am
by Ted Palmer
Paul Kneisl wrote:
[...]
> This summer when I left the key on in the ignition of my ST, it was not
> possible to bump start it and I had to resort to jumper cables. I'm told
> that this type of alternator requires a small ammount of current going to it
> (called exciting current) before it will generate electricity.
Quite possible on the ST. My Honda CBX750F alternator needs a field
current.
> Thus if your
> battery is truly dead, this type of alternator precludes the possibility of
> bump starting.
With a competely dead or no battery at all, this alternator would not
work.
> Does the KLR have this type of alternator?
The KLR has permanent magnets to create the field, so in theory the
alternator could produce output, but the regulator would still need
to see a functioning battery.
You'd be unlikely to push start a KLR with a completely dead battery.
Mister_T
push it
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2000 9:49 am
by punkynsquirt@cs.com
Hello list: Once again, I sure wish I could get a kick start for a newer
model KLR before I go gallivanting solo all over the hemisphere. The evidence
in favor keeps piling up. No kick start, then I will take my sealed emergency
starting battery with built-in cables and 12v outlet.
Lew Waterman
Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo
push it
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2000 10:38 pm
by Harry Thames
Lew, please post a picture of your bike when you get it fully loaded.
Harry Thames
South Carolina
nklr guns
Posted: Sat Oct 07, 2000 10:35 am
by Debbie Barry
Remember the old addage about inner tubes, it also applies to guns:
"It is better to have one and not need it, than to need one and not have
it."
John
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Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:05 PM
Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR Guns
> List: I must admit that I would feel a lot safer if I took a handgun on my
> Americas Motopaseo, if it weren't for the fact that Latin American
countries
> like Mexico will put any foreigner in prison for a long time just for
being
> caught with a handgun. That makes it more dangerous to have a gun than not
to
> have one. I don't feel as threatened here in the US or Canada. I was
robbed
> 28 years ago in Mexico by 4 bandidos waving machetes. I am 63 years of age
> and have never been robbed in the US and I have hung around some pretty
> dubious places and people. Here in Florida it is very easy to legally have
a
> concealed firearm. I used to carry a 9 mm Glock, but came to the
conclusion
> it was not worth the risk of shooting someone illegally. The places where
I
> would most have wanted the extra security of a gun was in some of the bars
I
> used to hang around in. Unfortunately, even in liberal Florida, a bar is
one
> of the places where firearms are not allowed, even with a concealed
firearm
> permit. I am willing to hear some advice on how best to keep me and my
Yorkie
> from becoming dinner for a bear or some other wild animal while camping
> during my Americas Motopaseo. Feedback please.
>
> Lew Waterman
> Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo
> Greenacres, Florida
>
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