laid the klr down

[RobertWichert]

Well, you should have hit her. I only use the front brake, so I am more likely to end up upright than on the ground (unless it's gravel or wet), and I might have let off a bit (it could happen!) just to give her a nice dent. She probably wouldn't have driven off at that point, or at least she would have a dent to show for her stupidity. Your girlfriend was on the back? I'll bet she's pissed off big time. My wife would have beaten her to a pulp. Robert Wichert P.Eng. LEED AP BD&C +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ===============================================

On 2/12/2014 10:28 AM, libertyeagle@... wrote:

Last evening I laid the KLR Down... woman Texting rolled out of a parking lot without stopping at the stop sign and stopped blocking two lanes of traffic. Almost got the bike stopped but went down at the last moment and stopped a foot from her drivers door... she looks down at me, still blocking traffic of a 5 lane road, and goes back to texting... guys come running up to help me... she drives off, never even opened her window... one of the witnesses said he seen her going down the block to Starbucks and getting a coffee... Oh, and to top it off it was very light traffic and no reason for her to stop at all except the damm cell phone. Blessed with a couple riders seeing it, helping me and the bike out of the street, and that other than a few scrapes both Emerald (the KLR) and I are fine. Still pissed off, but fine. Thank God for Crash bars and metal boxes!!! May have gotten my girlfriend to quit that damm texting and driving... she was more scared than I was. Michael

[pwhatfourever@sbcglobal.net]

I am learning the ropes on my recently purchased first bike, a 2006 KLR, with 10K miles. Aside from faded red plastics, it is a nice clean bike. Many thanks to Rev Maaatin and Robert Wichert for their guidance. I am having a blast and am very pleased with my choice. Forgive my semantics on the following. I'm not sure of the correct words for some of the parts and I don't yet have the owners manual. The right side fairing was not mounted on the bike when it was delivered. The bottom front mounting tab on the fairing has been sheared off, leaving the tab still attached to the bracket on the tubular mounting frame on the bike. When I place the fairing's bottom "peg"  in or near its grommet, the sheared off tab, (still on the bike), is about 2" behind the spot on the fairing from which it was sheared. The bottom of the tubular frame that holds the coolant resevoir seems to be pushed back a couple of inches. I was able to pull the tubular frame slightly forward, however, its top now sits awkwardly against the bottom of the fairing mount tab on the front of the gas tank. The bottom of the tubular frame is basically perpendicular to the main frame, but then curves rearward a little more than halfway out. I may try to reattach the mounting tab using polypropelene glue but have doubts that would hold unless I could build up the plastic. I may drill through the fairing and attach a small angle bracket, or just get another fairing, but would like to have the mounts in their orginal positions. Any thoughts? Questions:     Should the top of the frame rest behind the top fairing mounting tab on the tank? If so, how far?     Is the bottom leg of the frame supposed to curve backwards? Also, is there anybody in Oklahoma City who has done Eagle Mike's doohickey mod? Thanks, Paul

[Jeff Saline]

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Aside from faded red plastics, it is a nice clean bike. Many thanks to Rev Maaatin and Robert Wichert for their guidance. I am having a blast and am very pleased with my choice. Forgive my semantics on the following. I'm not sure of the correct words for some of the parts and I don't yet have the owners manual.   The right side fairing was not mounted on the bike when it was delivered. The bottom front mounting tab on the fairing has been sheared off, leaving the tab still attached to the bracket on the tubular mounting frame on the bike. When I place the fairing's bottom "peg"  in or near its grommet, the sheared off tab, (still on the bike), is about 2" behind the spot on the fairing from which it was sheared. The bottom of the tubular frame that holds the coolant resevoir seems to be pushed back a couple of inches. I was able to pull the tubular frame slightly forward, however, its top now sits awkwardly against the bottom of the fairing mount tab on the front of the gas tank. The bottom of the tubular frame is basically perpendicular to the main frame, but then curves rearward a little more than halfway out.   I may try to reattach the mounting tab using polypropelene glue but have doubts that would hold unless I could build up the plastic. I may drill through the fairing and attach a small angle bracket, or just get another fairing, but would like to have the mounts in their original positions. Any thoughts?   Questions:       Should the top of the frame rest behind the top fairing mounting tab on the tank? If so, how far?       Is the bottom leg of the frame supposed to curve backwards?   Also, is there anybody in Oklahoma City who has done Eagle Mike's doohickey mod?   Thanks,   Paul <><><><><> <><><><><>   Paul,   My suggestion is to just bend the bracket so the top and bottom are where you want them so they fit the shroud position.  It will take a little force.  The shroud position is mandated by the fuel tank.   I broke the tabs on both of my 2003 tank shrouds.  I made small aluminum "L" brackets and used pop rivets to hold them to the shrouds.  Put the shroud in place on the fuel tank and bolt the new bracket to the mounting bracket.  Then mark the holes that need to be drilled with a sharpie.  Install one pop rivet and then check the position of the bracket and if it is good install the other pop rivet.  Repeat on the other side and you'll hardly see the pop rivet heads as they will blend in the shrouds.   Best, Jeff Saline The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650 . . . . .   ____________________________________________________________ [b]Do THIS before eating carbs (every time)[/b] 1 EASY tip to increase fat-burning, lower blood sugar & decrease fat storage info.fixyourbloodsugar.com

[Paul Whatley]

Thanks Jeff, Sounds like a great way to go. Paul Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 16, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Jeff Saline wrote:

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[Norm Keller]

Those Tupperware push tabs break off frequently so anyone working on KLR's tends to develop their favorite repair. I see the type which Jeff recommended many times and, by the age of the repair, it seems to be a very robust solution.   "Gluing" by various means has not been nearly as successful, IME, although some who are higher up the plastics repair food chain seem to make excellent repairs. I'm not able to duplicate.   My favorite is to drill a hole for a small sheet metal screw of almost full tab length from outside of fairing into the tab. Run the screw in, combined with a well prepared epoxy and all mine have endured excepting where the trauma was excessive. The fairing will only withstand a certain level of stress so fish plating and such begins to become redundant at some point.   Likely someone with a more practical and predictive nature will point out that drilling for a screw before the tab breaks..... Maybe I will try that.   Sometimes the push tab is lost but have seen several good solutions. Perhaps the most simple is to use a 6 mm screw with washer through the fairing. A nut secures the screw to the fairing so that it replaces the push tab. A length of spacer tubing, copper, plastic, can be slipped over the threads although have seen several without. An acorn head, domed head nut is tightened against the tubing or simply bottomed against the end of the screw. An elastic stop nut is also an option.   The domed nut pushes through the rubber grommet and performs the same function as the push tab. This can be a good option where the tab has pulled out a hole in the fairing.

[Mark Van Horn]

Drill it out and run a nylon toilet seat bolt through the fairing and grommet. Secure on the other side of the grommet with the nylon toilet seat nut. Holds fast and looks acceptable. Mark

[zoot]

One of the solutions I've found pretty functional for the front tabs, is a plastic tube hanger to wrap around the radiator guards, with a nylon machine screw and bolt to mount through the hanger.  Drill the fairing and the white screw head looks pretty unobtrusive.  For the rear mount on the front fairing, I use a double female connector with fender washers and a bolt on the back side, and a nylon bolt/screw through the fairing into it.  Simple, cheap and easy to remove.   t.     .[img]http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97359714/gr ... 1392599956[/img]