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lost my muffler to vibration.
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 2:13 pm
by scooterguysf
I have an A-16 (2002) with 3300 miles. This past Saturday on my way
home from a day's ride, the muffler fell off the bike onto the
freeway (no recovery possible). I guess the bolts/nuts/clamps had
vibrated so loose that the entire assembly was not supported and
BOOM...away it went.
So, now that I'm in the market to replace it, I am seeking
suggestions or comments about how to proceed. I liked the soft purr
of the factory muffler but to replace with an OEM part will run over
$400 and 3-4 business days to recieve it, yet alone installation time.
Is there another brand/model that will be appropriate and not noisy
and still not break my budget? I'm also curious if anyone might have
a good working condition extra muffler (maybe you replaced factory
with after-market and could sell your old one?).
In either case, I'm open to suggestions and input.
Thanks
Mark
San Francisco
lost my muffler to vibration.
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2002 5:00 pm
by Allan Patton
Mark,
What did the dealer say? Shouldn't that be covered under warrantee?
Allan
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Subject: [DSN_klr650] Lost my muffler to vibration.
> I have an A-16 (2002) with 3300 miles. This past Saturday on my way
> home from a day's ride, the muffler fell off the bike onto the
> freeway (no recovery possible). I guess the bolts/nuts/clamps had
> vibrated so loose that the entire assembly was not supported and
> BOOM...away it went.
>
> So, now that I'm in the market to replace it, I am seeking
> suggestions or comments about how to proceed. I liked the soft purr
> of the factory muffler but to replace with an OEM part will run over
> $400 and 3-4 business days to recieve it, yet alone installation time.
>
> Is there another brand/model that will be appropriate and not noisy
> and still not break my budget? I'm also curious if anyone might have
> a good working condition extra muffler (maybe you replaced factory
> with after-market and could sell your old one?).
>
> In either case, I'm open to suggestions and input.
>
> Thanks
> Mark
> San Francisco
>
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dual star's "gel seat kit"
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2002 7:09 pm
by KLR_Defender
----- Original Message -----
From:
> Sporttour.com was making a corbin spin off for
about
> 100. bucks
> I have never seen one or talked to anyone that has one , Maybe someone on
the
> list can shed some light about this seat.
>
> Mike
>
I have the Sport Tour seat on my bike. Paid $125.00 + shipping. Very
similar to the 'flat' Corbin, but a little softer. By softer, I mean the
foam cushion compresses easier, the Corbin feels firmer. Vast improvement
over the stock seat on long hauls. Still possible to suffer monkey-butt if
you stay in the saddle long enough but I have done 600+ miles in a day on
the stock seat and the Sport Tour seat, and I was much happier with the
Sport Tour.
Cheers,
Steve
A11