Wilsons Sandbox

>From: Jim Franklin >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Shock for Tengai - Ohlins? >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 17:12:40 -0800 > >Hi folks...I was on the list last year but dropped off so I could spend >more time remodelling the house and fixing the bikes. Exercise in futility. >Anyway, the Tengai is looser than ever, and while I have it apart micro >inspecting everything, I'd like to replace the suspension. The KLR shock >won't fit the Tengai, but I can get an Ohlins for 480 Euro, about $450. >Has anyone ever tried their Tengai shock (or the KLR if they make one)? >What about teh Race-Tech shock emulattor? I just saw it on their web page >but don't know if it's for rebuildable shocks only, or if supposedly >non-rebuidables like the KL(R)s have... > >Also, do teh Race-Tech emulators make a big difference? How about their >bushings? > >I've got a trip to Death Valley planned fo rPresident's day weekend, >and I'd like to do it on a reasonably stable bike =:o > >thanks, >jim >

> Jim, > I just got my Ohlins shock KA 106 for the Tengai recently. It's going on a > KLR 650. I'll be sending it to a Ohlins expert who Elden Carl knows to be > set up with the correct spring for my weight. Morgan wrote an article for > the DSN featuring Eldens Ohlins suspension, you've probably seen it. > Ohlins has a new distributor in the US , who no longer carries the KLR or > Tengai shock, so you have to order through Wim Kroon Import at > http://www.ohlins.nl > Am Ex or Euro/Mastercard only. Great service, the Ohlins factory allows the > importer to ship to me by air within 2 weeks. > It may be a little while until mine is on the bike and I have a chance to > try it out(g), but with the dollar where it is vs. the euro I say buy now. > That's probably not important to you, but to me it's like a 30-40% off sale. > It's a sweet unit, I'm cradling it in my arms right now. > > CO

>Hi folks...I was on the list last year but dropped off so I could spend >more time remodelling the house and fixing the bikes. Exercise in futility.

>Anyway, the Tengai is looser than ever, and while I have it apart micro >inspecting everything, I'd like to replace the suspension. The KLR shock >won't fit the Tengai, but I can get an Ohlins for 480 Euro, about $450. >Has anyone ever tried their Tengai shock (or the KLR if they make one)?

> >Jim, >I just got my Ohlins shock KA 106 for the Tengai recently. It's going on a >KLR 650. I'll be sending it to a Ohlins expert who Elden Carl knows to be >set up with the correct spring for my weight. Morgan wrote an article for >the DSN featuring Eldens Ohlins suspension, you've probably seen it.

>Am Ex or Euro/Mastercard only. Great service, the Ohlins factory allows the >importer to ship to me by air within 2 weeks.

>That's probably not important to you, but to me it's like a 30-40% off sale.

> >Jim, you emerged from your "small" Home Improvement project... >Actually, didn't you just move? Are you back in SillyCon Valley? >Anyway, nice to "see" you again.

>improvement. The stiffer the suspension is, the more you'll notice the >chassis compromises... A fork brace is probably another item to add to

>your list. I'd start with the shock, a stiffer set of springs and heavier >weight oil (you can also change the volume of the oil in the forks to >change the damping, but do one thing at a time to see how it affects >the handling and ride, then decide what to do next accordingly).

>From: Toby 'Slide' Lampson >To: Conall O'Brien >CC: jamesf@..., DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Shock for Tengai - Ohlins? >Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 20:21:32 -0800 > > > >Conall O'Brien wrote: > > > Jim, > > I just got my Ohlins shock KA 106 for the Tengai recently. It's going on >a > > KLR 650. I'll be sending it to a Ohlins expert who Elden Carl knows to >be > > set up with the correct spring for my weight. Morgan wrote an article >for > > the DSN featuring Eldens Ohlins suspension, you've probably seen it. > > Ohlins has a new distributor in the US , who no longer carries the KLR >or > > Tengai shock, so you have to order through Wim Kroon Import at > > http://www.ohlins.nl > > Am Ex or Euro/Mastercard only. Great service, the Ohlins factory allows >the > > importer to ship to me by air within 2 weeks. > > It may be a little while until mine is on the bike and I have a chance >to > > try it out(g), but with the dollar where it is vs. the euro I say buy >now. > > That's probably not important to you, but to me it's like a 30-40% off >sale. > > It's a sweet unit, I'm cradling it in my arms right now. > > > > CO > >Conall- I have been strategically aligning myself this master plan >of attack for most of this month......and the question I have >to you Conall is.... > How does that work......you recieve a shock complete from >overseas......then Bob Bell(I presume) re-works it with shims and >gold-valve....and new spring? > Does he just keep the old spring, and exhange it....or must you >buy a second? > Also....What Spring do you think you'll go with......the >6.7 or 6.9gr. Spring.......? > > The Rider Article as well as Elden speak of a 6.5 for the average >guy or ones who like it soft.... > Elden figured I'd use a 6.9(w/o luggage) and it might be somewhat >stiff.......but I like it soft.....so I'm thinkin of a 6.7......... > >Slide >

> Hi Toby and others, > Elden recommended for me a 6.3 kg spring.(I'm 175 lbs dripping wet). The > labeling of the spring I recieved is 596-15/62 449 whatever that means. > According to the Dec '99 issue of DSN Elden's contact for Ohlins shock tuner > is Stig Peterson of Peterson Pro Suspension in Anaheim CA. > http://www.ppsrcing.com voice 714-630-4777. > Gotta run, sorry I'll TTYL. > Conall

----- Original Message ----- From: bob kaub To: K L R dsn_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:27 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Ball Bearing Quality > I just had the Kings rear tire mounted this afternoon. > It's bitter (for here) cold and I just didn't want to wrestle with this tire > all day. > I had it mounted and balanced at the dealer I bought the tire from for 15 > US$--which I thought was a little pricey. > I watched the guy and he had to really work at getting the tire on the rim > even with the tire machine. > Anyway, the last time I replaced the rear tire, the OEM sprocket hub bearing > (#6004) had worn enough in about 3500 miles to allow the sprocket hub to rub > on the wheel hub. Just bad luck I guess, as this was a Japanese made > bearing which I would have expected to last much longer. > I replaced it with a new bearing I bought at the Kawasaki dealer for about > five bucks. After getting the bearing home, I discovered that while the box > said USA on it, the bearing was actually made in China. It is a supposed to > be sealed on both sides but the seal on one side was so crappy that you > could look right past it and see the ball bearings. I installed it with the > crappy seal facing inside the hub. > When I took off the sprocket hub today , about 6500 miles later, the China > bearing feels crunchy when you spin the hub. It doesn't look like the > sprocket hub and wheel hub actually made any contact like they did with the > OEM bearing, but this bearing is definitely beginning to wear out. > In the last few years bearings have been coming from virtually all over the > world. The big names we recognized like Timkin, FAG, SKF, etc. are hard to > find and the bearings we are getting seem to be lower quality. > Does anybody know a brand of bearing that you can trust to be solid quality? > Thanks. > > > 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 > >