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dead when moist
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:29 pm
by Guest
Hi all,
Today the KLR died. Here's the story:
Rode to work in drizzle. During work, it was foggy with a little
drizzle now and then. No real rain. Temps in the upper 40s (F).
When I tried to start 'er, she did what she's done twice before. Turn
turn turn turn turn... POP! The pop is accompanied by an 8-inch flame
shooting out of the muffler.
The bike has a new coil, plug and plug wire.
I drained the bowl. Problem persists. Took the connections off the
coil and shot 'em with WD-40. Problem persists.
I know that the first thing folks are going to say is, "T-mod!" But,
I've ridden in POURING rain lately and not had this problem. Today I
rode to work in drizzle, and it sat in not much more than fog all day.
So, what should I try? I know that once it dries out, she'll start
again. What should I lube up to protect from this moisture. Or, is
this really a t-mod issue?
Signed,
Bummed in Michigan (Trevor)
http://www.staplesworks.com/klr
dead when moist
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:54 pm
by Rodney Copeland
Hey Trevor,
Just a thought, but I've had mud dobbers plug the hole that allows
the spark plug area to drain.
I've also had them try to block some of my tubes.
They like to stash small spiders in small holes with thier larvae.
And Yes, you need the Y Mod to eliminate that possibility!
Rod
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Nunya" wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Today the KLR died. Here's the story:
>
> Rode to work in drizzle. During work, it was foggy with a little
> drizzle now and then. No real rain. Temps in the upper 40s (F).
>
> When I tried to start 'er, she did what she's done twice before.
Turn
> turn turn turn turn... POP! The pop is accompanied by an 8-inch
flame
> shooting out of the muffler.
>
> The bike has a new coil, plug and plug wire.
>
> I drained the bowl. Problem persists. Took the connections off the
> coil and shot 'em with WD-40. Problem persists.
>
> I know that the first thing folks are going to say is, "T-mod!" But,
> I've ridden in POURING rain lately and not had this problem. Today I
> rode to work in drizzle, and it sat in not much more than fog all
day.
>
> So, what should I try? I know that once it dries out, she'll start
> again. What should I lube up to protect from this moisture. Or, is
> this really a t-mod issue?
>
> Signed,
> Bummed in Michigan (Trevor)
>
>
>
>
http://www.staplesworks.com/klr
>
klrs are taking over; seen so many lately.
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:31 am
by nakedwaterskier
I think people are buying em for commuting in LA.CA traffic. I have
never seen so many in so brief a time period except at ESR or Julian
tech days!
Jeffrey
dead when moist
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:20 am
by johnny.meehan
I've never had this problem with the klr specifically, but I can tell
you about a similar problem I had years ago with another bike. It was
an (83?) Yamaha Virago 500 (they only made 'em for a year or so) and
it would do much the same kind of thing you are describing. The
virago was a twin, not a single, and usually you could get one
cylinder to run, while the other one refused to fire, except for
occasionally letting out loud BANG and shooting flame out the tailpipe.
We tried everything. Ignition seemed fine, plenty of hot blue spark,
cleaned the carbs, checked everything we could think to check, no dice.
When I pulled the plug to check for spark, I noticed that it seemed to
be soaked in fuel. however, drying out or replacing the plug had no
effect.
Then one day we changed the oil (don't remember why) and lo and behold
it was full of gasoline...hmmm. To make a long story short, the
vaccuum-actuated fuel valve was stuck wide open, allowing the cylinder
and crankcase to fill with gas. Once we drained the oil, turned off
the gas, took out the plugs and let the whole thing sit in the sun for
a day to dry out, both cylinders fired right up. From then on, we
were able to just manually turn off the fuel valve every time we shut
down the bike and had no problems.
I don't know if the klr is capable of having the same problem, but you
never know...has anyone on this list had this happen?
Just an idea, I'm not a mechanic and I don't play one on tv...just
trying to help.
Good luck! let us know what it turns out to be.