was doohickey/ now pre 96 counter shaft sprocket

[johnbiccum@comcast.net]

My 14 year old son and I are visiting the San Diego area and are looking for places we can ride together. We trailered the KLR and his Honda down with us from Seattle. We found Ocotillo Wells yesterday. Let the record reflect that the KLR shod with well-worn Duro Medians is NOT the idea mount to chase the light Honda shod with MT21s thru deep sand! Both the KLR and the Honda are street-legal but of course my son has no drivers license. Other than Ocotillo Wells is there another place where we can ride together in the San Diego area?

[Keith Saltzer]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "PauL M. Bober" wrote:

> Steve .. with that many miles on my A9, it also was perfect. I did

change it

> out for a better spring and the obviously thicker made doohickey. I

also had

> a spline issue. Better check your front counter sprocket. My

sprocket kinda

> ate the spline a bit. Does make for an expensive repair if you are

not aware

> there is an upgrade for the cheesy factory retainer! > > PauL M. Bober > A9 > 420 KTM

Yes! Anyone out there with a pre-96, keep an eye on that countershaft sprocket! If you don't have the after market retainer, and shim kit that Jake makes, you need to get one. No need to worry about it, or baby it, just remember to pull off the countershaft cover every 5000 miles or so, or when your putting on a new chain, and grab it to see if it is still tight, and does not move at all on the shaft. Like Paul says above, if you don't catch it, you could be looking at BIG dollers to fix it, and a LONG down time. I was just into mine last night while doing some tweaking to my bike, and found the sprocket a little loose. This is the first time that I have found it to be loose, in about 5 checks, and 14,000 miles. I'm just gonna grab a thicker shim to take out the extra slack. MrMoose A8 (Barbie and Ken special)