Wilsons Sandbox

> Hello > > Has anyone ever taken their bike to the top of Pikes > Peak, Colorado. I > currently live at 800' sea level in Manitoba, and am > wondering if the KLR > would be able to handle to thin air at 14000 ft? > > > > Douglas Dick > ddick2@... > I've been there a couple times, i had no problems.

> -----Original Message----- > From: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com] > Sent: April 12, 2002 4:39 PM > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Digest Number 2585 > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com >

> > There are 15 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: Coolant Leak > From: "bmrbill" > 2. Re: It Got Me! > From: "West Hovland" > 3. Against the Dirt - Part 2 of 2 > From: Ira Agins > 4. Re: Installing Front Brake Line > From: John Lyon > 5. Re: Installing Front Brake Line > From: Kurt Simpson > 6. Re: NKLR Lost web page > From: "Walter Lesnowich" > > 7. Re: NKLR Lost web page > From: TM1669@... > 8. Re: Balancer Chain Adjustment > From: John Lyon > 9. Re: Anyone know if Jake Jakeman is there? > From: George Basinet > 10. RE: Anyone know if Jake Jakeman is there? > From: Bogdan Swider > > 11. Storage & Concealment > From: "jmt_usa" > 12. Re: Against the Dirt - Part 1 of 2 NKLR > From: "s2mumford" > 13. RE: Re: High & Low Beam Together > From: "Lujo Bauer" > > 14. Re: Coolant Leak > From: "mnron2002" > 15. Re: Re: Valve shims > From: PhantomRider3@... > > >

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> > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:47:37 -0000 > From: "bmrbill" > Subject: Re: Coolant Leak > > Hi Barnaby, > > It was as simple as "re-screwing" the cap. > Bill A15 > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Barnaby Robson" > wrote: > > Hi Bill, > > > > So .. it was a simple case > > of re-screwing, or did you > > need a new cap ? > > > > Barnaby. > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Coolant Leak > > > > My bike also had a coolant leak. I checked the > hoses, etc. What I > > finally found was that whoever assembled the bike > cross threaded > the > > cap on the coolant resevoir. > > Bill A15 > > > >

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> > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:19:02 -0700 > From: "West Hovland" > Subject: Re: It Got Me! > > LOL!! I'm glad to see others out there with a warped > sense of humor like > mine! > > West > Eugene, OR > A15 "Grasshopper" > > Snip... > >and "WHOOSH" the light came on! Actually it wasn't > > really that loud. Anyway, I remember another on > the list saying they > > replaced the 10 amp fuse with a 15 amp. If I do > this will I burst > > into flames riding down the freeway should it > short out? Will it > > destroy anything other than me? > > > > Thanks in advance for any info. > > > > Greg in Dallas > > > > >

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> > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:38:47 -0700 (PDT) > From: Ira Agins > Subject: Against the Dirt - Part 2 of 2 > > Tomorrow comes, and after breakfast we go out to > Jimmy's rig. He tells us to gas up for about a > hundred-mile ride, so off to the gas station for > some > $2.00+/gal. gas. We then cross the lake bed where > yesterday's drills took place, go under the > Interstate, and head to the northwest. > > For the rest of the day, we take a variety of > "roads." > I put quotes around the word because they can only > be > called roads in the loosest sense - they're for the > most part unimproved jeep trails, double-track but > in > pretty poor condition. Certainly worse than any I > would deliberately choose for adventure touring. > > But this is a Good Thing[tm]. For the class, I want > to be riding in conditions more difficult than I > would > normally encounter. And the ride presents many > challenges. Sand, silt, small gravel, large gravel, > and whatever you call rocks too big to be classified > as gravel but smaller than boulders. > > Jimmy also has some specific places for more > practice. > One is what appears to be a dry holding pond, about > 30 feet deep, flat on the bottom, and with a nice > slope to it. Here, the class can try their hand at > ascending and descending hills. > > Another place he takes us to is a fifty-foot sand > dune. He demonstrates climbing it on the Adventure > and makes it look easy. Most of the class takes a > crack at it, successfully for the most part. > > We encounter a parasailer who had just come from the > top of a mountain where some antennas are located. > Jimmy thinks it's a good idea to take the road up > there, so we head on out. The road is in pretty > good > shape, but fairly steep and with a lot of hairpin > turns. I cut one corner too close and dump the bike > again. No damage to me or the KLR, and I top out > without further incident. > > We stop for lunch in the small town of Sandy Valley. > After pizza and a lot of liquid, we again head out. > We continue the loop we were on, skillfully managing >