over heating

[rschulte46]

Hi, I'm the 60 year old going through a mid-life or later crisis. I used to race scrambles back in the sixties (1965-1967) and also owned a couple of woods bikes for hunting in the New York State mountains. After 40 years without a bike, I recently bought a low mileage 2006 and am having a ball. I named it the Praying Mantis" (green of course). I heard about checking nuts, bolts etc as the single vibrates a bit, but did not do a thorough job of it as the exhaust pipe holder cap nuts fell off and the engine upchucked the exhaust gasket. I picked up 2 replacement nuts from an auto parts store in town. They weren't cap nuts but I had a scheduled ride coming up that evening with a new friend so just slammed some 8mm nuts on it without a gasket for the evening. Called a dealer (unnamed) and picked up the gaskets...got two while I was there, and the two cap nuts. The metric nuts I got from the local parts store cost me .30 cents total...the cap nuts from Kawasaki were $7.68 yipes! I wound up spending over $40 on the two gaskets, two nuts, a spark plug and a can of chain lube. Their markup must be enormous. Anyway, all of that to say that I pulled the bike apart today, and replaced the exhaust gasket, cap nuts, did the T-mod while I had everything apart, pulled cleaned and reinstalled the battery, same to the air filter, topped off the oil and oiled the chain. Took me about 2 1/2 hours using my new motorcycle lift from Harbor Freight (fabulous)...just cranked that baby up into the air so I could sit in my wheeled work chair, threw on four hold down straps to steady everything and I was able to wheel the bike all around the garage to get daylight on all the right angles. Anyway, I am impressed with the ease with which I could work on the bike. The Clymmer manual is clear and the bike is very straightforward...I think I am going to like this new ride. Bob in CT.

[Ernie Campbell]

You got to be kidding us? an hour later yous fan was on? oh well the devil has yous soul. Ernie Campbell

----- Original Message ----- From: Geoff To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 2:05 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: over heating --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Angelo Petrolini wrote: > > the cooling fan doesnt turn on but i checked the fan and it is still good,my service manuals are to far away for me to just get them and i wonder if anyone knows how to fix this delima of mine. > > --------------------------------- > Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > I started to get the same problem with my 87' and I think the problem is the sending unit. Mine was not consistant about on/off, even when Iparked it. I would walk away after the fan shut off, but go back through the shop an hour later and it was on again! I decided to think for the bike and put a switch above the gauges(the black headlight blocker) and now I turn it on after I start it. This has worked great while trail riding, especially when climbing hills and going slow. Give that a try, I think that's the best answer even if you replace the thermostat and get it working right. GM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]