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what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 8:56 pm
by Jim Fortner
This weekend with the help of my KLR buds:
93 A7 with 5,300 miles
Friday night:
Checked the valves in spec.
Had beverages.
Installed Kytech Fork Brace. A very soft piece of aluminum artwork.
Don't ask how me and my ten thumbs know this to be fact. Gravity is cruel.
Picture here:
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988839-M.jpg
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988853-M.jpg
Had some beverages.
Saturday morning barely:
Replaced the stock doohickey and spring - intact.
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988860-M.jpg
Replaced with Jake' s DH and spring perfect fit.
My ten thumbs and I tried to drop the spring into the engine case.
Buddy advised me this would not be a good thing to do.
My thanks to my two buddys for use of their shop, tools and most
excellent pictures.
--
J Fortner, Plano, TX. CBR, FJR, KLR
http://langly.smugmug.com http://langly.smugmug.com/>
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:30 pm
by Mike Torst
Hey, great shots. Very clear! BTW, how was the original spring and
Doohickey?
Oh, the LOW mileage was not lost on me (and, I expect, anyone with a pulse).
Mike Torst
A16
Las Vegas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Fortner [mailto:jim.fortner@...]
> Subject: [DSN_klr650] What I did with my weekend while I was not working
>
> This weekend with the help of my KLR buds:
> 93 A7 with 5,300 miles
>
> Friday night:
> Checked the valves in spec.
> Had beverages.
> Installed Kytech Fork Brace. A very soft piece of aluminum artwork.
> Don't ask how me and my ten thumbs know this to be fact. Gravity is
> cruel.
> Picture here:
>
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988839-M.jpg
>
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988853-M.jpg
> Had some beverages.
>
> Saturday morning barely:
> Replaced the stock doohickey and spring - intact.
>
http://langly.smugmug.com/photos/2988860-M.jpg
> Replaced with Jake' s DH and spring perfect fit.
> My ten thumbs and I tried to drop the spring into the engine case.
> Buddy advised me this would not be a good thing to do.
> My thanks to my two buddys for use of their shop, tools and most
> excellent pictures.
>
> --
>
> J Fortner, Plano, TX. CBR, FJR, KLR
>
>
http://langly.smugmug.com http://langly.smugmug.com/>
>
PS - SMUGMUG - good place to store,link digital photos. (Use myself)
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 12:06 am
by Jim Fortner
Mike Torst wrote:
>Hey, great shots. Very clear! BTW, how was the original spring and
>Doohickey?
>
>Oh, the LOW mileage was not lost on me (and, I expect, anyone with a pulse).
>
>
The A7 had 4,600 miles and was stock when I purchased it for $1,400 in
Decemeber.
The stock doohickey and spring were fine at 5,300.
I have had the A7 apart wrenching and sent the seat out a month ago.
I hope the seat comes back soon. I will finish upgrading the electrical
system this week.
Smugmug is sweet. I have been uploading trip pictures from last year.
--
J Fortner, Plano, TX. CBR, FJR, KLR
http://langly.smugmug.com http://langly.smugmug.com/>
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:27 pm
by Paul Dent
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Fortner
wrote:
> Installed Kytech Fork Brace. A very soft piece of aluminum artwork.
I just got mine in the mail today and am looking forward to
installation. Does anyone know why the first item in the
instructions is to cut the fender? There is even a fancy self-
adhesive template showing the exact cut needed. It seems impossible
that the fender could interfere with the brace.
Paul
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 9:50 pm
by bigfatgreenbike
When I was using the stock KLR forks, I used a happy-Trails K9 fork
brace (which is a great fork brace BTW). It used to hit the fender every
time I went trail riding.
Instead of cutting the fender (which would weaken it at the point where
it needs the most strength) I took the crossbar off the HT brace and
beveled the corners with a file. This way it didn't grind the finder
when it hit. Worked really well, AFAIK the guy who bought my stock front
end is using it to this day.
Devon
phd@... wrote:
>--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Fortner
>wrote:
>
>
>>Installed Kytech Fork Brace. A very soft piece of aluminum artwork.
>>
>>
>
>I just got mine in the mail today and am looking forward to
>installation. Does anyone know why the first item in the
>instructions is to cut the fender? There is even a fancy self-
>adhesive template showing the exact cut needed. It seems impossible
>that the fender could interfere with the brace.
>
>
--
Devon
Brooklyn, NY
A15-Z '01 KLR650
'81 SR500 cafe racer
"The truth's not too popular these days....."
Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 11:12 pm
by Jim Fortner
Paul Dent wrote:
>I just got mine in the mail today and am looking forward to
>installation. Does anyone know why the first item in the
>instructions is to cut the fender? There is even a fancy self-
>adhesive template showing the exact cut needed. It seems impossible
>that the fender could interfere with the brace.
>
>
>
I think the template is for people running a low fender. I left my
fender on and mounted the brace.
If I had it to do again I would put some soft pad down when I installed
it in case I dropped a piece.
Good luck getting it installed use lots of assembly lube.
--
J Fortner, Plano, TX. CBR, FJR, KLR
http://langly.smugmug.com http://langly.smugmug.com/>
what i did with my weekend while i was not working
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 12:30 pm
by Russell_Niesz
I have yet to install a fork brace on the KLR, but I installed one on
my xr600, and it had the same instructions about the cutting of the
fender.
I of course did not think it was important, and disregarded it. I took
the bike over a nice big jump, and when I landed, the suspension
bottomed out which shoved the fender down on the brace which crammed
the brace onto the front tire which stopped the front tire and through
my ass a good distance over the handle bars.It scrambled my eggs
pretty good.
It took me a few minutes to figure out what happened, but I noticed
there were a few knobs completely missing from my front tire, and
kinda put 1 and 1 together.
I promptly made the recommended cut out to the front fender when I got
home, and will probably do the same with every other fork brace I install.
--- In
DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Fortner wrote:
> Paul Dent wrote:
>
> >I just got mine in the mail today and am looking forward to
> >installation. Does anyone know why the first item in the
> >instructions is to cut the fender? There is even a fancy self-
> >adhesive template showing the exact cut needed. It seems impossible
> >that the fender could interfere with the brace.
> >
> >
> >
> I think the template is for people running a low fender. I left my
> fender on and mounted the brace.
> If I had it to do again I would put some soft pad down when I installed
> it in case I ropped a piece.
> Good luck getting it installed use lots of assembly lube.
> --
>
> J Fortner, Plano, TX. CBR, FJR, KLR
>
>
http://langly.smugmug.com http://langly.smugmug.com/>
*nklr* interested in comments on v-strom 650 *nklr*
Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 1:00 pm
by Mike Torst
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lujo Bauer [mailto:lbauer@...]
> Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] *NKLR* Interested in comments on V-Strom 650
> *NKLR*
>
> >>>Everything you ever wanted to know about the baby DL is at:
> >>>
http://home.earthlink.net/~ridehappy/vstrom/
> >>
> >>Anyone figure out a way to get full knobbies onto it?
> >
> > Or spoked wheels?
>
> Or a machine-gun mount? It isn't a dual-sport bike if it doesn't have
> one of those.
Perhaps even an RPG launcher, in bright pink with pretty flowers and
passages from Karl Marx painted on it.
> -Lujo
>
Mike Torst
Las Vegas
