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Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:05 am**

For the second time, My KLR is affected by moisture! You non-dry riding environs owners are laughing- SO, what solutions do you vets use for water crossings and humid weather? Mike Torst A16 aka lasvegasrider [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:51 am**

lasvegasrider@... wrote:

>For the second time, My KLR is affected by moisture! You non-dry riding >environs owners are laughing- > >SO, what solutions do you vets use for water crossings and humid weather? > >

At some point, you need to have pulled the rear suspension apart and re-greased it with a good waterproof moly grease. I used some AMsoil crap I had, which is "waterproof" and "synthetic" (woo hoo), but two years later when I redid the rear suspension greasing, the amsoil stuff was in excellent condition. And I really, really beat on it. Got the bike stuck in mud over the axles, rode the bike all winter long on the salted roads, stored it outside under a cover..... As far as the rest of the bike, it's all aluminum, or painted, or it's tupperware plastic. Not much to rust, but WD40 always helps. Unless you mean "affected" like it doesn't run well in the wet. In that case, do the T-mod to the carb bowl vent hose, then buy a tube of dielectric grease from Radio Shack or an auto supply store, open up EVERY connector in the ignition and charging circuits, and liberally grease them. Also grease inside the spark plug boot. I've done this to my 650 and my 250, they're pretty waterproof. Devon

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2004 7:34 am**

In Ga. it gets pretty damp. On my A14 the fasteners seem to be the most susceptible item to rust. Those Phillips head screws will begin rusting as soon as you tough them with a screwdriver. The exhaust fasteners also rust quickly due to the heat. Over the years, I've been scrounging the hardware store for stainless metric fasteners & have upgraded virtually all the fasteners to stainless or at least plated. I also detest Phillips head fasteners with the exception of those requiring a #4 bit. I've got almost totally to allen head or hex head fasteners. The other KLR corrosion weaknesses are the wheel axles & suspension pivots. I bought my A14 new & wish I had known about this issue at first. Kawasaki doesn't grease these shafts & being out of sight they tend to begin rusting immediately. Since Kawasaki is so damn cheap with their grease, I suggest all KLR riders to personally grease all pivot bearings, pivot shafts & wheel bearing ASAP. When I did for the first time at about 6K miles the pivot shafts had started corroding. This is so unnecessary; once I started lubing these shafts no further damage has been noted & it's so easy. I either grease it with moly grease if that's what I'm doing or if I'm changing a tire, I hose the shafts with waxy rust preventative. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, bigfatgreenbike wrote:

> > > lasvegasrider@c... wrote: > > >For the second time, My KLR is affected by moisture! You non-dry

riding

> >environs owners are laughing- > > > >SO, what solutions do you vets use for water crossings and humid

weather?

> > > > > At some point, you need to have pulled the rear suspension apart

and

> re-greased it with a good waterproof moly grease. I used some

AMsoil

> crap I had, which is "waterproof" and "synthetic" (woo hoo), but

two

> years later when I redid the rear suspension greasing, the amsoil

stuff

> was in excellent condition. And I really, really beat on it. Got

the

> bike stuck in mud over the axles, rode the bike all winter long on

the

> salted roads, stored it outside under a cover..... > > As far as the rest of the bike, it's all aluminum, or painted, or

it's

> tupperware plastic. Not much to rust, but WD40 always helps. > > Unless you mean "affected" like it doesn't run well in the wet. In

that

> case, do the T-mod to the carb bowl vent hose, then buy a tube of > dielectric grease from Radio Shack or an auto supply store, open up > EVERY connector in the ignition and charging circuits, and

liberally

> grease them. Also grease inside the spark plug boot. > > I've done this to my 650 and my 250, they're pretty waterproof. > > Devon

Posted: **Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:08 pm**

Giorgio, we're cool man. Take care, -Weldman

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Giorgio Trucco wrote: > > None of the numerous gun carriers here pursuant to their right to > selfdefense concerned about defending themselves from the lack of > freedom of speech at work, were people live in terror of being fired, > due to the absence of a fair labor legislation? > None concerned about their wifes job security and length of the > maternity leave while pregnant? > In my country the maternity leave is 15 months with 85% of the salary, > with the position secured by law. Here is what... 6 weeks without pay? I > think that a fair labor legislation that put people over profit would > protect myself and my family much more than a gun. > None concerned how to defend themsleves from a rotten healthcare system > where your health is not your and your doctor business, but a bunch of > stock holders business?? > None ready to uprise armed against the oligarchy that runs our lifes in > this country pursuant to their right to screw us up for their own > profit? > > And to answer an earlier question: > No I don't have an issue with the fact that people can carry guns. It's > just something that I don't choose to do and don't understand why other > people do. I don't understand their list of priorities when it comes to > "protect themseleves". > Selfedefense is a broad term that can be interpreted in numerous ways, > and it carries far reaching inplications that go way beyond the strict > legal meaning. > We have a difference in the way we interpret it. > > PS.: this will be my last post on this topic, that I enjoyed a lot BTW, > because I know that I'm the absolute minority here with the above > arguments, and next time I post a question about my KLR leaking coolant > liquid, I'd like to still be able to get an asnwer from all of you > guys... )) > > Ciao. > > Giorgio > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

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