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Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2002 9:30 am**

thanx for the info on the lighting question. Here is another . I am thinking of lacing a 19" front rim onto my klr so I can run radials. Anyone try this before? I ride daily to work in town plus a bit of off road on the weekends. The 21 is fine but the radial 19's would be better in town ? Anyone try Race tech emulators in a klr?

Posted: **Tue Feb 26, 2002 10:35 am**

> thanx for the info on the lighting question. Here is another . I am > thinking of lacing a 19" front rim onto my klr so I can run radials. > Anyone try this before? I ride daily to work in town plus a bit of > off road on the weekends. The 21 is fine but the radial 19's would be > better in town ? Anyone try Race tech emulators in a klr?

I don't have any thoughts on this specifically, but I recently bought Avon Distanzia AM-43 & 44 tires in the stock sizes that I'm pretty sure are radials. (Although I'd have to go out and check them again to be sure.) Maybe going this route would save you some time and money... Wise men still seek Him... Mark St.Hilaire, Sr A15 My Adelphia Email can be "iffy." If you don't get a response, please try: KLR6500@... HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html KLR650 Motorcycle Pages: http://klr6500.tripod.com/

Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2002 12:21 am**

Mark, I have had the Distanzia on the rear of the KLX for just over 4,000 miles now, and can report very little wear, a great ride, and good on road traction. I have almost no off road time with this tire, so I can't attest to off road capabilities. For what I use the bike for, the Distanzia is a great tire. Am looking at ordering the Distanzia for the front very soon. Just my .02 worth, Marshall in Slidell, La 95 KLXC3 "Blackhorse" (in honor of those who served)

Posted: **Wed Aug 21, 2002 11:20 am**

as in a previous post i did i did a recent trip of around 260 miles in i20 running stock tires. i have the happy trails fork brace too but around 75+ the whole front end started to shake the faster i went the worse it got. i checked the bearings and they seemed tight and pressures were fine. but just in the last week somone mentioned they checked bearing ans seemed fine to but tightened them anyway and found an improvement. so i checked mine again still seemed tight until i put a wrench on the nut and found it to be just over hand tight. after tightening i can sit around 80 with very little shake the rest i attribute to the tyres and road conditions. not running your tyres i cant say if thats the prob but i would reccomend seeing if you can tighten the bearings. paul A16

Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 12:06 am**

I'm gonna check the steering head again. It sure didn't seem loose. I would think that it would have to be pretty darn loose to create a wobble on the street at only 65 mph. I'm still suspicious of the tires though. I was running fairly high pressures (26 front, 30 rear). I'll be disappointed if it ends up being the tires. The MT21's are great for logging roads and the occasional off road stuff I do. But it's not worth having that kind of wobble on the street. Steve

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "btlynx" wrote: > as in a previous post i did > i did a recent trip of around 260 miles in i20 running stock tires. > i have the happy trails fork brace too but around 75+ the whole > front end started to shake the faster i went the worse it got. > i checked the bearings and they seemed tight and pressures were fine. > but just in the last week somone mentioned they checked bearing ans > seemed fine to but tightened them anyway and found an improvement. > so i checked mine again still seemed tight until i put a wrench on > the nut and found it to be just over hand tight. > after tightening i can sit around 80 with very little shake the rest > i attribute to the tyres and road conditions. not running your tyres > i cant say if thats the prob but i would reccomend seeing if you can > tighten the bearings. > paul > A16

Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 3:30 am**

Don't be too eager to rule out the tires as the cause. I got rid of my head shake by airing up to 30/35 f/r, That was with a well-worn stock front and a fairly fresh K270 rear. I just replaced the front with a K270, and the wobble is back. So I will have to start over on tire pressures, but will give the steering head a closer look, too.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "rideoregon" wrote: > I'm gonna check the steering head again. It sure didn't seem loose. I > would think that it would have to be pretty darn loose to create a > wobble on the street at only 65 mph. I'm still suspicious of the > tires though. I was running fairly high pressures (26 front, 30 > rear). I'll be disappointed if it ends up being the tires. The MT21's > are great for logging roads and the occasional off road stuff I do. > But it's not worth having that kind of wobble on the street. > > Steve >

Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 8:19 am**

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "rideoregon" wrote:

> I'm gonna check the steering head again. It sure didn't seem loose.

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> would think that it would have to be pretty darn loose to create a > wobble on the street at only 65 mph. I'm still suspicious of the > tires though. I was running fairly high pressures (26 front, 30 > rear). I'll be disappointed if it ends up being the tires. The

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> are great for logging roads and the occasional off road stuff I do. > But it's not worth having that kind of wobble on the street. > > Steve

I've run both the MT-21s and the Dunlop DOT knobs on my KLR with now ill effects to freeway riding except for som vagueness in the steering since there's very little rubber on the road at any one time. I'd check (re-check) the steering head and triple clamp. __Arden

Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 9:05 am**

Someone in the parking lot at our breakfast stop last Sunday noticed that the nut on my steering head was loose. This eagle eyed gentleman spotted it because the nut was backed all the way off to the point that it contacted the handle bars. I'm not sure but it probably was like that for at least 60 miles or so. I didn't notice anything weird about the handling at freeway speeds. The week before I did notice a clunk or creak sound during hard braking. Probably starting to get loose then. We tightened it back up with needle nose Vice grips and Devon doused it with thread lock. Karl A14

> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "rideoregon" wrote: >> I'm gonna check the steering head again. It sure didn't seem loose. > I >> would think that it would have to be pretty darn loose to create a >> wobble on the street at only 65 mph. I'm still suspicious of the >> tires though. I was running fairly high pressures (26 front, 30 >> rear). I'll be disappointed if it ends up being the tires. The > MT21's >> are great for logging roads and the occasional off road stuff I do. >> But it's not worth having that kind of wobble on the street. >> >> Steve > > I've run both the MT-21s and the Dunlop DOT knobs on my KLR with now > ill effects to freeway riding except for som vagueness in the > steering since there's very little rubber on the road at any one > time. I'd check (re-check) the steering head and triple clamp. > > __Arden > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >

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Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 9:42 am**

Here's a link with a sample of what a route sheet looks like and some more detailed description of TSD (or Road) Rallying. These are usually done in cars since there's lots of calculating, guessing and figuring which is handled by a second person, the navigator. http://my.ohio.voyager.net/~jhardest/rally/toplinks/whatisit.htm I've often thought about devising a rally that would work for bikes. A 'gimmick' rally seemed like a winner, in which riders followed a route sheet and looked for answers to questions posed on the route sheet. Then, the rider with the most correct answers and who was closest to 'correct' mileage would win an extra hamburger at the cookout afterwards. Dirk A14

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "klrz4ever" wrote: > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "BIGB" wrote: > > Please educate a poor ignorant flatland Indiana hillbilly. What do > TSD as in Alcan 500 mean? Go Rock. BIGBIKER@m... > > > > > > TSD stands for time, speed, distance. Your job in a TSD section is to > be right on time at checkpoints in these sections, based on your > ability to go a specified speed over a certain distance. For a good > little primer on rallys, look here: > > http://www.writerguy.com/rally/rally.htm > > __Arden

Posted: **Thu Aug 22, 2002 10:13 am**

Was that the top jam nut, or the actual slotted nut that holds the bearings tight ? Look again there is a hex nut that jams down on the slotted collar nut. Just my $.02 Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., KJ wrote: > Someone in the parking lot at our breakfast stop last Sunday noticed that > the nut on my steering head was loose. This eagle eyed gentleman spotted it > because the nut was backed all the way off to the point that it contacted > the handle bars. I'm not sure but it probably was like that for at least 60 > miles or so. I didn't notice anything weird about the handling at freeway > speeds. The week before I did notice a clunk or creak sound during hard > braking. Probably starting to get loose then. We tightened it back up with > needle nose Vice grips and Devon doused it with thread lock. > > Karl > A14 > > > > clippity clip clip

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