Wilsons Sandbox

At 01:37 AM 12/21/00 +0000, you wrote:

>Kawasaki decrees that you remove the three plugs from the muffler >every three thousand miles and blow the carbon from the spark >arrestor. Beware! If you meet resistance as you unscrew the plugs >(8mm bolts) do not proceed! Some darling engineer specified bolts >which extend 5mm past the weldnuts into the spark arrestor chamber. >The exposed thread quickly becomes coated with carbon, preventing >removal of the bolts. Aggressive torquing will snap the heads off. >(Hmmm, how does he know that?) If you have a new KLR remove the plugs >immediately and cut off 5mm.

>> This is a good idea. Changing to shorter bolts is easier if you can get them. What I've been doing from the beginning is removing the three OEM bolts twice a year, wire brushing them and replacing them coated with a light smear of copper based anti-seize compound. They come out but you have to unscrew them gently, turning them in and out a little bit at a time. But shortened or shorter bolts would solve the problem. Take heart, though. BMW F650s, (the fuel-injected ones), which cost a ton, are having major driveability problems that dealers seem unable to easily solve. There is something to be said for simple, mature technology. Merry goddam Xmas. Thanks. Bob Kaub

> My significant other rides a KLR 250. Is it possible to get some > Givi's to fit? Anyone ever try? Thanks > T.N.T. > 01 Cali

you just have to get Tim or Arnie to fit you up a set of racks...they'll do most anything for a price and in Arne's case a price and a beer...Where is Arne? Kurt