Wilsons Sandbox

I had a Kawasaki 500 triple that I "converted" to low bars and I took off all the gauges and oil injection and anything that weighed more than I wanted to carry, including the centerstand which was dangerous to have on there, I can tell you that for sure. I also "five-ported" the barrels and modified the piston. A fellow named Carl Cranke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Cranke did it for me in Sacramento. I shifted when it started to "slow down" or "flatten out". Trouble was, that was so far above redline that the alternator grenaded within a few runs. Fun, for a day or two. Then the battery ran down and you need another alternator. It was blue. Sniff. Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 2/2/2014 9:09 AM, roncriswell2@... wrote:

Funny about the tach. I talked to a drag bike guy once telling I noticed no tach on his machine. He laughed and said he had done it so long, he knew when to shift. He had a button / air shifter. Criswell Sent from my iPhone On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:25 AM, wrote: Something else I've seen done which gives some interesting options is to install one of those trick bicycle computers in place of the whole instrument cluster. They work pretty good and don't cost much. Would take bit of fab work to make it look right. Not having a tach isn't that big of deal on a KLR IMO. Street trackers and some dual sport bikes use this set-up. Not OEM but definitely an alternative.