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muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:15 am
by redufo1
I was reading in the older listings,someone wrote that greasing your
muffler bearings will make your bike faster,i looked all over that
bike and cant find them,i was also told the green klrs were faster
than the blue ones,so i traded my 99 blue bodywork for 02
green/silver,and i cant tell any difference,did the silver mess it up
so there was no diference?,i even squirted a bunch of grease down my
tail pipe thinking maybe it will get into the muffler bearing,but all
it did was get my neighbors car and cat all dirty and smoke,no
faster!.any ideas?Dave A-13
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 6:54 am
by bradcdavis
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "redufo1" wrote:
> I was reading in the older listings,someone wrote that greasing your
> muffler bearings will make your bike faster,i looked all over that
> bike and cant find them,i was also told the green klrs were faster
> than the blue ones,so i traded my 99 blue bodywork for 02
> green/silver,and i cant tell any difference,did the silver mess it up
> so there was no diference?,i even squirted a bunch of grease down my
> tail pipe thinking maybe it will get into the muffler bearing,but all
> it did was get my neighbors car and cat all dirty and smoke,no
> faster!.any ideas?Dave A-13
If you muffler tweets then for sure your muffler bearings need
greasing because they are dry and squeaking for lack of lubrication.
Peanut oil is said to be a good lubricant and I have thought the
following might work..haven't tried it yet so maybe you can be the
first. Go to the grocery store and buy raw peanuts. Stuff raw peanuts
down the muffler, maybe 20 or 30 of them. Stuff a ball of cotton or
screen or something down there too so the nuts don't blow out. Run the
bike maybe 100 miles or until the peanuts start smelling good. Remove
peanuts, eat them. Hopefully some of the oil dripped down to you
muffler bearings. Keep us posted.
Brad
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 7:20 am
by John Irvine
You've been taken in by a lots of BS on the muffler
bearings. If you pull out the kanutin valve and have
it chromed you'll see that HP gain for sure.
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muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 7:24 am
by texfornow
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "bradcdavis"
wrote:
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "redufo1" wrote:
> > I was reading in the older listings,someone wrote that greasing
your
> > muffler bearings will make your bike faster,i looked all over
that
> > bike and cant find them,i was also told the green klrs were
faster
> > than the blue ones,so i traded my 99 blue bodywork for 02
> > green/silver,and i cant tell any difference,did the silver mess
it up
> > so there was no diference?,i even squirted a bunch of grease down
my
> > tail pipe thinking maybe it will get into the muffler bearing,but
all
> > it did was get my neighbors car and cat all dirty and smoke,no
> > faster!.any ideas?Dave A-13
>
> If you muffler tweets then for sure your muffler bearings need
> greasing because they are dry and squeaking for lack of lubrication.
> Peanut oil is said to be a good lubricant and I have thought the
> following might work..haven't tried it yet so maybe you can be the
> first. Go to the grocery store and buy raw peanuts. Stuff raw
peanuts
> down the muffler, maybe 20 or 30 of them. Stuff a ball of cotton or
> screen or something down there too so the nuts don't blow out. Run
the
> bike maybe 100 miles or until the peanuts start smelling good.
Remove
> peanuts, eat them. Hopefully some of the oil dripped down to you
> muffler bearings. Keep us posted.
> Brad
Dave....Stop!!!!!
Brad is giving you some bad information!!!!!! Do not put 20 or 30 raw
peanuts in your muffler. Your stock muffler is much bigger than Brad
might know. You should be able to get 50 or 60 peanuts in there.
Drive it about 500 mile off road too get a great crunky peanut
butter. GREAT ON CRACKERS!!!!
I hope I stopped you from doing what Brad told you to do. Brad sounds
like he might be nuts!!!! As far as the oil getting to the muffler
bearings, do not worry. They are self lubricating.
Doug
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 7:51 am
by PEDRO.VALDES@COULTER.COM
I haven't tried the Muffler Roasted Peanuts yet. You might want to try
bacon in your muffler and strap a couple slices of bread to your exhaust
manifold. When you get to work your breakfast will be ready.
Just peal it off and eat. The bacon grease will remain on the muffler
bearings for a longer period of time due to its saturation factor. I have
actually put on some weight. By the way if you enjoy having a smoke after
breakfast while sitting on your KLR , check out JC WHITNEY. They used to
carry a Combination Gas Cap and Ashtray.
Peter A - 14
texfornow
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Muffler Bearings
01/30/2002
08:24 AM
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "bradcdavis"
wrote:
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "redufo1" wrote:
> > I was reading in the older listings,someone wrote that greasing
your
> > muffler bearings will make your bike faster,i looked all over
that
> > bike and cant find them,i was also told the green klrs were
faster
> > than the blue ones,so i traded my 99 blue bodywork for 02
> > green/silver,and i cant tell any difference,did the silver mess
it up
> > so there was no diference?,i even squirted a bunch of grease down
my
> > tail pipe thinking maybe it will get into the muffler bearing,but
all
> > it did was get my neighbors car and cat all dirty and smoke,no
> > faster!.any ideas?Dave A-13
>
> If you muffler tweets then for sure your muffler bearings need
> greasing because they are dry and squeaking for lack of lubrication.
> Peanut oil is said to be a good lubricant and I have thought the
> following might work..haven't tried it yet so maybe you can be the
> first. Go to the grocery store and buy raw peanuts. Stuff raw
peanuts
> down the muffler, maybe 20 or 30 of them. Stuff a ball of cotton or
> screen or something down there too so the nuts don't blow out. Run
the
> bike maybe 100 miles or until the peanuts start smelling good.
Remove
> peanuts, eat them. Hopefully some of the oil dripped down to you
> muffler bearings. Keep us posted.
> Brad
Dave....Stop!!!!!
Brad is giving you some bad information!!!!!! Do not put 20 or 30 raw
peanuts in your muffler. Your stock muffler is much bigger than Brad
might know. You should be able to get 50 or 60 peanuts in there.
Drive it about 500 mile off road too get a great crunky peanut
butter. GREAT ON CRACKERS!!!!
I hope I stopped you from doing what Brad told you to do. Brad sounds
like he might be nuts!!!! As far as the oil getting to the muffler
bearings, do not worry. They are self lubricating.
Doug
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:02 am
by ron criswell
Don't forget to oil your brake pads.
Criswell
redufo1 wrote:
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:05 am
by dooden
[snip]
Thats kinda funny, but I was figuring maybe closer to 70 peanuts, but
I guess size variation would determine that.
On a simular note, do not forget the screen over the end of the pipe,
this happened to us once, in the barn the mice used the exhaust pipe
on a old tractor to store acorns. But in our human desire to be
lazy, we started this said tractor to plow snow, well after about 5-
10 minutes of warm up time, we gently nudged the throttle forward and
*BAM* looked like a Roman Candle went off, out came a flaming
fireball in a 100 year old wood barn, by the time we got that old 4
banger to idle down about another 8 shots were launched. Good thing
the old well pump works still, because there we were running around
stomping on red hot cherry sized fireballs and tossing water on
everything.
Again if you forget the screen over the end not only will you loose
your USFS approval, the ATF might consider it a Cannon and arrest you.
Ride-um if you got-um
Duden
A15 Pilot
> Dave....Stop!!!!!
>
> Brad is giving you some bad information!!!!!! Do not put 20 or 30
raw
> peanuts in your muffler. Your stock muffler is much bigger than
Brad
> might know. You should be able to get 50 or 60 peanuts in there.
> Drive it about 500 mile off road too get a great crunky peanut
> butter. GREAT ON CRACKERS!!!!
> I hope I stopped you from doing what Brad told you to do. Brad
sounds
> like he might be nuts!!!! As far as the oil getting to the muffler
> bearings, do not worry. They are self lubricating.
>
> Doug
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 8:32 am
by jake_sagebrush
The grease will do it's job a lot better, if, at the same time you
top off the turn signal fluid.
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 11:09 am
by bradcdavis
>
> Dave....Stop!!!!!
>
> I hope I stopped you from doing what Brad told you to do. Brad sounds
> like he might be nuts!!!! As far as the oil getting to the muffler
> bearings, do not worry. They are self lubricating.
>
> Doug
I am not NUTS!!! I was going to tell him to use buttered popcorn
kernels instead but my grocery store is out of them.
Brad
muffler bearings
Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2002 11:16 am
by dooden
Brad is that your bike that "pops" on decel ???
Maybe its just the popcorn cooking off like small tiny little
explosions......
Har Har Har....
Smoke it if you... whoops .. Ride um if you got um....
Duden
A15 Pilot
--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "bradcdavis"
wrote:
> >
> > Dave....Stop!!!!!
> >
>
> > I hope I stopped you from doing what Brad told you to do. Brad
sounds
> > like he might be nuts!!!! As far as the oil getting to the
muffler
> > bearings, do not worry. They are self lubricating.
> >
> > Doug
>
> I am not NUTS!!! I was going to tell him to use buttered popcorn
> kernels instead but my grocery store is out of them.
>
> Brad