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Posted: **Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:08 pm**

not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and in 5th it had noticibly more acceleration.

Posted: **Sun Jul 03, 2005 7:09 pm**

not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and in 5th it had noticibly more acceleration.

Posted: **Sun Jul 03, 2005 10:11 pm**

Hot and/or humid = less dense air which means less air in the cylinder to gennerate power. As the stock setup is usually a bit lean, less dense air results in a richer mixture thus this could be giving you the extra power I guess. Craig A18 San Jose, CA

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote: > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and in > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:00 pm**

Uh..... Lifted your wheel in 5th? ya, ok.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "clutz003" wrote: > Hot and/or humid = less dense air which means less air in the cylinder > to gennerate power. As the stock setup is usually a bit lean, less > dense air results in a richer mixture thus this could be giving you > the extra power I guess. > > Craig > A18 > San Jose, CA > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote: > > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage > > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what > > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and > in > > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration.

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 2:33 pm**

That's funny...I can't get mine to lift the wheel in first! ;^) Scott A1 adamavis wrote: Uh..... Lifted your wheel in 5th? ya, ok.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "clutz003" wrote: > Hot and/or humid = less dense air which means less air in the cylinder > to gennerate power. As the stock setup is usually a bit lean, less > dense air results in a richer mixture thus this could be giving you > the extra power I guess. > > Craig > A18 > San Jose, CA > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote: > > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage > > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what > > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and > in > > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration. Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:17 pm**

Easy to do: stand in front of bike, Grasp wheel with both hands and lift. Always remember; lift with your legs, not your back. Wheelie mama....not. Kathleen '92 Yamaha TDM '99 Kawa KLR -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scott quillen Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:33 PM To: adamavis; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: break in period? That's funny...I can't get mine to lift the wheel in first! ;^) Scott A1 adamavis wrote: Uh..... Lifted your wheel in 5th? ya, ok.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "clutz003" wrote: > Hot and/or humid = less dense air which means less air in the cylinder > to gennerate power. As the stock setup is usually a bit lean, less > dense air results in a richer mixture thus this could be giving you > the extra power I guess. > > Craig > A18 > San Jose, CA > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote: > > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage > > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what > > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and > in > > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration. Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 3:29 pm**

Thanks Kathleen :^) I knew it had to be possible somehow! Scott Kathleen Tyre wrote: Easy to do: stand in front of bike, Grasp wheel with both hands and lift. Always remember; lift with your legs, not your back. Wheelie mama....not. Kathleen '92 Yamaha TDM '99 Kawa KLR -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of scott quillen Sent: Monday, July 04, 2005 12:33 PM To: adamavis; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: break in period? That's funny...I can't get mine to lift the wheel in first! ;^) Scott A1 adamavis wrote: Uh..... Lifted your wheel in 5th? ya, ok.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "clutz003" wrote: > Hot and/or humid = less dense air which means less air in the cylinder > to gennerate power. As the stock setup is usually a bit lean, less > dense air results in a richer mixture thus this could be giving you > the extra power I guess. > > Craig > A18 > San Jose, CA > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" wrote: > > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the mileage > > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited what > > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times and > in > > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration. Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 4:23 pm**

Poor Jeff is taking a beating here. If you look, there is the word "AND" between reference to lifting the front wheel and better 5th gear acceleration. I don't think he was saying he lifted the front wheel in 5th gear. I think he was making reference to two different things. At least I hope so

Rick A17 scott quillen wrote: Thanks Kathleen :^) I knew it had to be possible somehow! Scott Kathleen Tyre wrote: Easy to do: stand in front of bike, Grasp wheel with both hands and lift. Always remember; lift with your legs, not your back. Wheelie mama....not. Kathleen '92 Yamaha TDM '99 Kawa KLR

> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff"

wrote:

> > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the

mileage

> > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited

what

> > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple times

and

> in > > 5th it had noticibly more acceleration.

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Posted: **Mon Jul 04, 2005 5:13 pm**

lol sorry jeff, no offense! --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCauley wrote:

> Poor Jeff is taking a beating here. If you look, there is the

word "AND" between reference to lifting the front wheel and better 5th gear acceleration. I don't think he was saying he lifted the front wheel in 5th gear. I think he was making reference to two different things.

> At least I hope so > > Rick A17 > > scott quillen wrote: > Thanks Kathleen :^) > I knew it had to be possible somehow! > > Scott > > Kathleen Tyre wrote: > Easy to do: > stand in front of bike, > Grasp wheel with both hands and lift. > Always remember; lift with your legs, not your back. > > Wheelie mama....not. > Kathleen > '92 Yamaha TDM > '99 Kawa KLR > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff" > wrote: > > > not sure if its the weather (hot, humid and overcast)or the > mileage > > > (1700 miles); today riding to work and back, my bike exhibited > what > > > felt like much more power; lifted the front wheel a couple

times

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Posted: **Tue Jul 05, 2005 7:14 pm**

I got tired of waiting for UPS to show up today with the left-hand-drill set I orderd from McMaster-Carr and hit the local Sears to see what they had in the way of screw extractors, left hand bits, etc. They have a really nifty little kit I'd never seen before, called "Drill-Out/ Screw-Out Micro Extractors". It has four rather dubious extractors for damaged screws (didn't do any good, but worth a try) that engage the screw head, or try to anyway, and four double-ended bits that consist of a very short drillbit with an EZ-Out like extractor on the other end. The idea is that you try to turn the screw with the "Screw-Out"; if that doesn't work, at least it leaves a nice, centered conical hole that you can use to start the drill end of the "Drill-Out". That drill is just long enough to make the right length hole for the extractor that's on the other end; flip it over and put it back in the drill with the extractor end out and there you go. Not so special *except* that they come in sizes down to M3. You can use that size to pull any of the "compressed oatmeal" fasteners Kawasaki ships on the bike: the body work, the brake reservoir, anything you strip. I did a lot of searching on Friday and was unable to find any other extractors smaller than M4. In fact, the sizes they give you are almost a custom kit just for pulling every crappy phillips-head screw used on the KLR... And the whole kit is about $10. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@... "The inconsistency is startling, though admittedly, if consistency is to be abandoned or transcended, there is no problem." - Noam Chomsky

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