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[mark ward]

I'm looking at taking a ride to Intervale NH, while stopping & camping near Bar Harbor Maine, "along the way" (LOL), to look at some hiking boots. (Intervale is on the East edge of white mountain National forest.) Last trip I crossed at Thousand Islands, by Kingston, BUT made the MISTAKE!! of staying close to Lake Ontario. (Had to ride threw cities almost as big as Chicago, YUK) I THINK I was told highway 7, is an ok 2 lane road, BUT looks like it does not start until 70 miles (113 Kilometers) PAST Toronto. AND I will also, be looking for places for camping along the way. A few EXRTA M/K's, are fine, and BETTER if it keeps me out of BIG city traffic. Mark (West Michigan) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[chris kelty]

Dual sport event in Colorado mid July Sponsored by Horizons Unlimited. I have been to many of their events and they are cheap and fun and interesting !! http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/ ________________________________ From: "DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 3:36 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Digest Number 12560 DualSportNews' KLR650 Discussion List Group 8 New Messages Digest #12560 1a Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR by "achesley43@..." achesley43@... 1b Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR by "Fred Hink" moabmc1 1c Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR by "VanHornWhitewater" elevengai 2a Re: spring/shocks by "mark ward" nomad59@... 2b Re: spring/shocks by "Peter Dore" pmdoreklrrider 3 Moab & Airport Restaurant?? (NON-KLR) by "mark ward" nomad59@... 4 Re; Moto Mule by "josephgrove42" josephgrove42 5 Canada, Sarnia to Bar harbor Maine? (NON-KLR) by "mark ward" nomad59@... Messages 1a Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:36 am (PDT) . Posted by: "achesley43@..." achesley43@... Also , besides what Jeff mentioned and I built that tool a long time ago, try just jamming a broom stick handle down there to hold it in place. Have succeed with that method several times before building an all thread rod with a 15/16th head bolt of 5/8 thread size if your wondering. Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (5) . Top ^ 1b Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:59 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Fred Hink" moabmc1 The procedure I use on all forks in my shop and requires no special tools is to pull out on the upper fork leg while the lower fork leg is clamped in a vise. Zapping it once or twice with an air impact gun with pressure you put on the damper rod from pulling the forks apart will keep it from spinning and break loose this bolt. Not sure this would work if you are turning this bolt with a ratchet but it may. It ll take a few impacts to break loose the bolt. Fred www.arrowheadmotors ports.com From: nic_ran1 Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:12 AM To: mailto:DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR So I'm trying to undo (or tighten) the hex nut at the bottom of the fork but the damper rod is just spinning inside the fork. I've searched around the 'net and have seen lots of talk about building your own tool to stick down the fork tube and hold the damper rod in place but can't seem to find a definitive answer on which size nut I'm going to need to weld onto the end of a piece of bar to do the job. Also, all suggestions I've found talk about using a hex nut to fit into the top end of the damper rod but the shop manual illustration looks like the tool is a tapered square, not hex? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (5) . Top ^ 1c Re: Damper rod tool - 2008 KLR Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:36 am (PDT) . Posted by: "VanHornWhitewater" elevengai Yup... I just use an impact gun and hold the fork in upside-down my hands, letting Mr. Gravity pull down on the fork upper. I've never had one that didn't come apart after 2 or 3 zaps.. Mark At 6:59 AM -0600 6/19/13, Fred Hink wrote:

>...Zapping it once or twice with an air impact >gun with pressure you put on the damper rod from >pulling the forks apart will keep it from >spinning and break loose this bolt. Not sure >this would work if you are turning this bolt >with a ratchet but it may. It ll take a few > impacts to break loose the bolt.

Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (5) . Top ^ 2a Re: spring/shocks Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:40 am (PDT) . Posted by: "mark ward" nomad59@... Hey Robert At 250lbs 6ft. I have an 07, Changing out "Good" stock springs, and installing Emulators, And a Beefy R shock made an AMAZING difference. ON AND OFF!!!! Road. 5-103 MPH (YA! 100 mph. DOWN HILL,14miles of it) on pavement. (Honest, I searched for a speed limit sign, ETC.) PARTS?????? bike........ ..Talk to me.

>________ _________ _________ ______ > From: Robert Waters >To: "mailto:DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com" >Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 7:50 AM >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] spring/shocks > > > >My 2007 has about 24k on it. It acts like it might need new shocks and or springs or both. I have a parts bike that has about 9k on it. Wondering if I should take the shock and or shock/springs from it and put on the 07. Or, should I go with after market on shock and or shock and springs. Would appreciate advice from persons who have had experience and can suggest what would be best to do. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ 2b Re: spring/shocks Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:33 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Peter Dore" pmdoreklrrider I also seem to have a shock situation. This week, when just riding city streets just hitting a man hole cover (at about 35 mph, maybe a half inch down from road) felt like someone grabbed me by the spine and tried to shake the meat off me. I started realizing I could feel every bump in the road. I have 9,000 miles on my second owner 2008 KLR. Brand new Heidenau tires, and the preset on 2. I am 5'10" and weigh about 210. Do I need to set it higher? Or is something wrong. I seem to remember when I first got it, I could ride over a 4" curve straight on at 10-12 mph and barely feel it. Peter in St. Louis, still looking for someone to ride with here in the St. Louis area or down at Mark Twain national forest. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (4) . Top ^ 3 Moab & Airport Restaurant?? (NON-KLR) Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:40 am (PDT) . Posted by: "mark ward" nomad59@... Last winter when planning my Moab trip, someone mentioned that they Always take a day trip and go to an Airport for dinner. (Seafood?) WHO WHAT WHERE? This group? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (1) . Top ^ 4 Re; Moto Mule Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "josephgrove42" josephgrove42 To make it street legal in Washington, I had to go to DMV and get a permit to take it to the State Patrol inspection station where they inspected it, mostly for proper lighting. The inspector assigned a VIN number and put it on the trailer. I then had to return to the DMV to have it registered and licensed. Since there was no manufacturers statement of origin, I have to wait two years in order to obtain a title, but they license it immediately. Joe Grove Issaquah, WA Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (1) . Top ^ 5 Canada, Sarnia to Bar harbor Maine? (NON-KLR) Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:06 pm (PDT) . Posted by: "mark ward" nomad59@... I'm looking at taking a ride to Intervale NH, while stopping & camping near Bar Harbor Maine, "along the way" (LOL), to look at some hiking boots. (Intervale is on the East edge of white mountain National forest.) Last trip I crossed at Thousand Islands, by Kingston, BUT made the MISTAKE!! of staying close to Lake Ontario. (Had to ride threw cities almost as big as Chicago, YUK) I THINK I was told highway 7, is an ok 2 lane road, BUT looks like it does not start until 70 miles (113 Kilometers) PAST Toronto. AND I will also, be looking for places for camping along the way. A few EXRTA M/K's, are fine, and BETTER if it keeps me out of BIG city traffic. Mark (West Michigan) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Reply to sender . Reply to group . Reply via Web Post . All Messages (1) . Top ^ Visit Your Group

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[VanHornWhitewater]

I'd ride through Canada's wine country and cross into the US at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and hug the south shore of Lake Ontario. I'd then climb over the Adirondacks and enter Vermont via the Essex-Charlotte Ferry. Mark

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At 3:17 PM -0700 6/19/13, mark ward wrote:

>I'm looking at taking a ride to Intervale >NH, while stopping & camping near Bar Harbor >Maine, "along the way" (LOL), to look at some >hiking boots. >(Intervale is on the East edge of white mountain National forest.) > >Last trip I crossed at Thousand Islands, by >Kingston, BUT made the MISTAKE!! of staying >close to Lake Ontario. (Had to ride threw cities >almost as big as Chicago, YUK) > >I THINK I was told highway 7, is an ok 2 lane >road, BUT looks like it does not start until 70 >miles (113 Kilometers) PAST Toronto. > > AND I will also, be looking for places for camping along the way. > >A few EXRTA M/K's, are fine, and BETTER if it >keeps me out of BIG city traffic. > >Mark (West Michigan)

[mark ward]

It looks like I took that Ferry my last/1st trip to Maine, and it was free do to construction on a bridge. Nice area to ride. Canada's Wine Country????? I know, a few areas, from growing up in Flint Mi. (Murder Capital of the USA) We went across into Sarnia a lot, even school field trips to the park, in the 3rd threw 6th grades. From: VanHornWhitewater

>To: mark ward >Cc: List KLR DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> >Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:14 PM >Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Canada, Sarnia to Bar harbor Maine? (NON-KLR) > > >I'd ride through Canada's wine country and cross >into the US at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and >hug the south shore of Lake Ontario. I'd then >climb over the Adirondacks and enter Vermont via >the Essex-Charlotte Ferry. > >Mark > >> >> >At 3:17 PM -0700 6/19/13, mark ward wrote: >>I'm looking at taking a ride to Intervale >>NH, while stopping & camping near Bar Harbor >>Maine, "along the way" (LOL), to look at some >>hiking boots. >>(Intervale is on the East edge of white mountain National forest.) >> >>Last trip I crossed at Thousand Islands, by >>Kingston, BUT made the MISTAKE!! of staying >>close to Lake Ontario. (Had to ride threw cities >>almost as big as Chicago, YUK) >> >>I THINK I was told highway 7, is an ok 2 lane >>road, BUT looks like it does not start until 70 >>miles (113 Kilometers) PAST Toronto. >> >> AND I will also, be looking for places for camping along the way. >> >>A few EXRTA M/K's, are fine, and BETTER if it >>keeps me out of BIG city traffic. >> >>Mark (West Michigan) > >

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