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I'm still not finished recovering from my encounter with the dog. My ankle still hurts to rotate inwards. The doctor thinks the puncture wound to the calf might have done a little damage to the muscle, since the tendons hurt when I turn my foot inwards, and it "will take some time to heal completely." I also think I sprained my ankle--part of the issue, but I can walk much better now. Can't wait to get on my baby. We look at each other every day. I even took her for a walk the other day--turned her on, warmed her up, and walked her around a couple of palm trees. She got so excited that she almost got ahead of me--I had to limp/run to keep up. You see, I was on the left side of the bike and the front brake is shifted downward, so when I tried to rein her in, I couldn't reach the front brake--much less the rear brake. We made it OK. She's getting anxious, as am I. WOW, I guess we've bonded! BUT, getting to my question/comment: The throtle will not zero back when I let go of it. Would this be an easy fix? what could it be? I'm still a bit clueless about motorcycle mechanics. My Nissan 240SX, well, I know that vehicle pretty well. Vlad In Riverside, CA ____________________________________________________________________________________Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC

On 5/23/07, Vladimir Vega III wrote:

> The throtle will not zero back when I let go of it. Would this be an easy fix? what could it

Stuck throttle cable. You mention an encounter with a dog - did you drop it on that side?? I'd check the area near the throttle and see if that housing is cracked, etc... It's fairly easy to pop it open and check the routing of the cables internally as well. If you dropped it - it may be the throttle tube is rubbing on the handlebar. You can loosen the entire throttle assembly and slide it over a bit. Jim

On Wed, 23 May 2007 11:39:16 -0700 (PDT) Vladimir Vega III writes:

> I'm still not finished recovering from my encounter with the dog. My > ankle still hurts to rotate inwards. The doctor thinks the puncture > wound to the calf might have done a little damage to the muscle, > since the tendons hurt when I turn my foot inwards, and it "will > take some time to heal completely." I also think I sprained my > ankle--part of the issue, but I can walk much better now. > > Can't wait to get on my baby. We look at each other every day. I > even took her for a walk the other day--turned her on, warmed her > up, and walked her around a couple of palm trees. She got so > excited that she almost got ahead of me--I had to limp/run to keep > up. You see, I was on the left side of the bike and the front brake > is shifted downward, so when I tried to rein her in, I couldn't > reach the front brake--much less the rear brake. We made it OK. > She's getting anxious, as am I. WOW, I guess we've bonded! > > BUT, getting to my question/comment: > The throtle will not zero back when I let go of it. Would this be > an easy fix? what could it be? I'm still a bit clueless about > motorcycle mechanics. My Nissan 240SX, well, I know that vehicle > pretty well. > > Vlad > In Riverside, CA

<><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><> Vlad, I think I'd take a look at the position of the right hand controls. I'd probably loosen them a tad and try to slide the throttle assembly outboard a smidge. I'm wondering if the throttle tube is rubbing on the end of the handlebar. Best and good luck with your continued recovery, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

I couldn't find the original post from John. I'm interested to know the details on getting those Pelican cases--I like the way they look (and probably cheaper than the alumninum paniers, right?). Also, what is needed to install them on a stock KLR. Thanks, Vladimir ----- Original Message ---- From: revmaaatin To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:18:43 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: j.c.whitney travel trunk

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, "John Biccum" wrote: SNIP > > BTW after 40K miles of (ab)use I replaced my Givi A36s with Pelican cases. > I think the Pelicans can take more than I can: > http://johnbiccum. smugmug.com/ gallery/2549433# 136747357 > Hi John, Nice post, and great pictures (as always), to include this caption "Bike survived the cartwheeling high side with no damage except for one broken mirror" supporting the link above. Q. So, how does one survive a cartwheeling high side with little damage, etc. Q = stroy-time details (please). revmaaatin. ____________________________________________________________________________________Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onese ... fer=1ONXIC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]