digest number 7744

[FJROGERS3]

What a great day of riding with my 13 year old son. The KLR kept up well with his crf 250F. Thank all for the great information contained on this group. It is great to be part of it! FJROGERS

[Neil Doane]

I can relate. I took my boy out today for his first ride on a motorcycle ever. He's almost 4. I used a heavy-duty toddler-carrying harness, with a little ski helment and goggles and kept him in front of me. I never got it out of first gear and just tooled around the block, but I revved her up and maybe broke 20mph a couple of times . After the first time, he said "Wooohoooooo!" followed immediately by "Do it again!" After that, it was all "Motorcycles are -FUN- Daddy!" and "Let's go around 3 more times!" Neil

On 11/18/06, FJROGERS3 wrote: > What a great day of riding with my 13 year old son. The KLR kept up > well with his crf 250F. Thank all for the great information contained > on this group. It is great to be part of it! > FJROGERS > > > > > 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 > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >

[fasteddiecopeman]

Neil (and anyone interested), One of the dangers for a kid on the bike is that, as his feet are NOT supported, his guts can take a beating! When my sons were little (2 yrs old), I made a piece of seat belt material into an 18" piece with a loop sewn at each end that his feet could fit into, and put it over the front of the seat. That way he could stand if he felt like it, fully supported, between my arms, wearing his gear - helmet, leather MX pants, boots, gloves. Rode dirt on a TT500 and Can Am 400, and pavement on an XS750 for MANY miles with the boys. In fact, one started riding (a Suzuki DS50 or DR???) at 2, so when he was 6 or so I'd let him control the bars and throttle on the XS750 sometimes. And NEVER had a problem. One time #1 son started 'drifting away' into sleep on a longish street ride and I tied a scarf around the two of us around our middles, so he wouldn't fall off. My .02$ Ed

[David C.]

At 01:00 AM 11/20/2006 +0000, you wrote:

>Re: Rear Shock for Big Guy > Posted by: "gaylonharbuck" scottharbuck@... gaylonharbuck > Date: Sun Nov 19, 2006 3:56 pm ((PST)) > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Analog Aardvark wrote: > > > > Do you happen to have a link to the place I can get those raising >links? I have read about them, but cant find them.

Arrowhead sells them. http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/index.html Go to the KLR section, then Suspension. I have them on my KLR; I'm 6'5", about 230. They work fine with the bike unloaded. I haven't tried them with a full load yet, but I'm sure it'll be better than stock.