Wilsons Sandbox

On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 06:41, arejay_73 wrote:

> Has any one out there taken all of the street legal equipment off > thier bike? Did it help when riding the tighter trails? Any help in > this area would be cool. I have another question for all of you off > roaders too. Last week the parks dept. had a moto race in the > secluded

If I have time when I get to an event, I usually strip the blinkers and mirrors from the bike. Once my fairing frame gets sufficient bent out of alignment I'll be going with a fork mount headlight/fairing unit to further reduce the amount of streetish crap on the bike. If you want a good example of what can be done to make the bike more comfortable offroad, look at the pictures of Devon's KLR, his is pretty much as close as you're going to get to woods specific KLR.

> area of the park which is set aside for land management around the > resevior. I have snuck back there and done some riding there is over > 100 miles of fire roads and connecting trails. In fact I rode the > track last night. Here's the catch. It is illegal to ride there > unless you are "authorized vehc., permitt, or lisc". Do any of you > have any pointers on how to approach this with the parks people? I > have talked to the rangers they say people do ride back there and > there is not too much they can do about it, but will issue tickets if > caught. Not that they would have much chance catching a KLR. > Thanks, RJ A-17

I think you should be honest and go ask. I bet that your request (how to legally ride) is rare and they'll be happy to talk about it. IME, rangers are far more approachable and reasonable about off-road riding when you're asking them how to do it legally! Most rangers I've spoken to think that people should be able to ride offroad in the forests, but the bad-apples among us usually keep them from pushing for more openings. Z DC A5X A12X

arejay_73@... wrote:

>Has any one out there taken all of the street legal equipment off >thier bike? Did it help when riding the tighter trails? >

Taking off the frame-mounted fairing makes the bike feel much lighter and smaller when trail riding. I would guess I eliminated maybe 10-12lbs or so, but since it's from the top/front of the bike it does seem to really matter. Or maybe it's just the psychological benefit of seeing the front fender. I also got rid of the stock instruments, and just use a Trailtech computer instead. Devon

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Devon wrote:

> arejay_73@y... wrote: > > >Has any one out there taken all of the street legal equipment off > >thier bike? Did it help when riding the tighter trails? > > > > Taking off the frame-mounted fairing makes the bike feel much

lighter

> and smaller when trail riding. I would guess I eliminated maybe 10-

12lbs

> or so, but since it's from the top/front of the bike it does seem

to

> really matter. Or maybe it's just the psychological benefit of

seeing

> the front fender. > > I also got rid of the stock instruments, and just use a Trailtech > computer instead. > > Devon

Devon, Zach mentioned the appearance/setup of your KLR being more trailworthy. Do you have any pics handy anywhere? Thad Carey A15 (at Barbie's house)

ttcarey1@... wrote:

> Devon, Zach mentioned the appearance/setup of your KLR being >more trailworthy. Do you have any pics handy anywhere? >Thad Carey >A15 (at Barbie's house) >

http://216.173.6.149/modded_klr.jpg http://216.173.6.149/minimalist_instrument_panel.jpg http://216.173.6.149/acerbis_hp_fairing_directionals.jpg I have since replaces the Acerbis rally-pro handguards with the Enduro Engineering ones that I bought from Mark Van Horn. The ones I got from Mark are strong enough to bang trees all day long, where the Acerbis have to be readjusted and bent back all the time. If you're tall enough, skip the Corbin seat and keep the stock one- the Corbin seat and pan weighs at least twice what the stock seat does. I;m experimenting with a lighter exhaust again, but in retrospect messing with the exhaust is the LAST thing to do. Real offroad footpegs is one of the best mods you can do (for the money) to make the bike easier to ride in slop. The dual-star radiator guard is essential. The DR-Z front end is not essential either, you can usually get the stock KLR forks working OK with emulators, a fork brace, and different springs. The problem is they're easy to break. Devon

On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 09:25:23AM -0400, Devon wrote:

> > with the exhaust is the LAST thing to do. Real offroad footpegs is one > of the best mods you can do (for the money) to make the bike easier to > ride in slop. The dual-star radiator guard is essential.

I was looking at a newish F650 (I think it was a Dakar) yesterday and noticed the footpegs: pretty aggressive offroad-style pegs, but with removable rubber inserts to make them easier on the boots for street riding. Has anyone seen anything else like this? Thor

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Devon wrote:

> ttcarey1@t... wrote: > > > Devon, Zach mentioned the appearance/setup of your KLR being > >more trailworthy. Do you have any pics handy anywhere? > >Thad Carey > >A15 (at Barbie's house) > > > > http://216.173.6.149/modded_klr.jpg > > http://216.173.6.149/minimalist_instrument_panel.jpg > > http://216.173.6.149/acerbis_hp_fairing_directionals.jpg > > I have since replaces the Acerbis rally-pro handguards with the

Enduro

> Engineering ones that I bought from Mark Van Horn. The ones I got

from

> Mark are strong enough to bang trees all day long, where the

Acerbis

> have to be readjusted and bent back all the time. > > If you're tall enough, skip the Corbin seat and keep the stock one-

the

> Corbin seat and pan weighs at least twice what the stock seat does.

I;m

> experimenting with a lighter exhaust again, but in retrospect

messing

> with the exhaust is the LAST thing to do. Real offroad footpegs is

one

> of the best mods you can do (for the money) to make the bike easier

to

> ride in slop. The dual-star radiator guard is essential. > > The DR-Z front end is not essential either, you can usually get the > stock KLR forks working OK with emulators, a fork brace, and

different

> springs. The problem is they're easy to break. > > Devon

Hey, appreciate the pics...drooling a little over the fork. I've done just about everything to mine except some kind of non-OEM fork, and no luggage stuff included. Yeah, looks like you've gone over the bike pretty extensively. Also like your "character" kisses on the gas tank. Ever used an aftermarket fuel tank? I had a large Acerbis for many years on my '88, and it's still on there with no problems. I went with an IMS on this A15 I recently got. Maybe it's just all the real off road bikes I've had over the years, but I'm quite partial to plastic tanks. How did you post pics in your message like that? The mountain bike site I frequent has an easy method of posting pics, but I've not caught on to the correct method here. Thad Carey A15 (plastic Barbie lookalike)

You might want to feed the grips with a direct fused run from the battery too. You mentioned that you were using the accessory harness and the wire gauge on that isn't very thick. Maybe use a relay so the power isn't on unless the key is on, but at least use 12 gauge to feed them to take the load off.

On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 02:15:16PM -0000, kusst wrote: > Hey guys, just a follow-up, I recalled that my hot grips came with > their own fuse. I had it wired in right up fron newar the switch. > Tore into it a bit this morning, tested things with my tester, and > sure enough it pointed to the fuse. put in a new one in and I was > good to go. 24degrees f this morning. Went for a 10mile spin for > doughnuts. Hands nice and tosty, other parts not so warm. Running > used Pirellit Mt80 from Zach's garage sale, runs smooth as a nice > backup highway tire. > -- ___ ______ _____ __ ________ ___ / _ |< < / == / ___/__ / /_ /_ __/ / __ ____ _ ___ /__ \ / __ |/ // / ****/ (_ / _ \/ __/ / / / _ \/ // / ' \/ _ \ /__/ /_/ |_/_//_/ == \___/\___/\__/ /_/ /_//_/\_,_/_/_/_/ .__/ (_) 8600 miles*Russel Lines*Supertrapp Race* /_/ http://www.panix.com/~cesser/mybike/