Wilsons Sandbox

HA! Wrong! I took the bike out in the snow storm this weekend. It plows its way through 6" of light and fluffy pretty well. Maybe everybody else went out to ride in the snow too?

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud" wrote: > > Yeah, I wonder why nobody's posting. I mean, it's -15 F., so nobody's out riding. >

Everybody rides in the snow. Nobody rides at fitteen below.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "skypilot110" wrote: > > HA! Wrong! I took the bike out in the snow storm this weekend. It plows its way through 6" of light and fluffy pretty well. > > Maybe everybody else went out to ride in the snow too? > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud" wrote: > > > > Yeah, I wonder why nobody's posting. I mean, it's -15 F., so nobody's out riding. > > >

Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: (no subject) Yup. I rode in shitloads of snow often, but the coldest I ever did on my 14 mile morning commute was -1F. Mark At 3:23 AM +0000 1/11/11, Jud wrote:   Everybody rides in the snow. Nobody rides at fitteen below. --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com >, "skypilot110" wrote: > > HA! Wrong! I took the bike out in the snow storm this weekend. It plows its way through 6" of light and fluffy pretty well.

> > Maybe everybody else went out to ride in the snow too? > > --- In

href="mailto:DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com">DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >, "Jud" wrote: > > > > Yeah, I wonder why nobody's posting. I mean, it's -15 F., so nobody's out riding.

> >

Don't ride on black ice which we get occaisionally here in North TX. You won't have good day or stay upright. It is a special time....to watch Texans driving backwards at 80 mph in their cars after being forwarned that ice is starting to form. Call us crazy. Criswell

On Jan 10, 2011, at 9:23 PM, Jud wrote:   Everybody rides in the snow. Nobody rides at fitteen below. --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, "skypilot110" wrote: > > HA! Wrong! I took the bike out in the snow storm this weekend. It plows its way through 6" of light and fluffy pretty well. > > Maybe everybody else went out to ride in the snow too? > > --- In DSN_KLR650%40yahoogroups.com, "Jud" wrote: > > > > Yeah, I wonder why nobody's posting. I mean, it's -15 F., so nobody's out riding. > > >

On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:10 AM, roncriswell@... wrote: Don't ride on black ice which we get occaisionally here in North TX. You won't have good day or stay upright. It is a special time....to watch Texans driving backwards at 80 mph in their cars after being forwarned that ice is starting to form. Call us crazy. Criswell

One of my favorite winter memories is a night spent driving home from a job site in Willow River, MN (birthplace of Ernie Nevers) where the temp had been 20-something below zero. What should have been an easy mornings work turned into a day-long project when the all-terrain drilling rig we were using drove out of its tires when we went to move to the second hole; seems the tires had frozen to the ground while we were drilling the first hole. Anyway, it was a clear evening and I was getting skip on the AM from a station in Texas. The mayhem on that broadcast rivaled War Of The Worlds. The announcer had a note of desperation in his voice as he reported roads closed due to vehicles losing control on the ice and countless buildings set afire by folks trying to thaw out frozen pipes. I kept waiting for him to break into, "..Oh the humanity." So yes Criswell, after listening to that broadcast I have a healthy respect for Texas ice! -- Kevin Powers White Bear Lake, MN

yes , fuel tank dampner rubbers arrived today via USPS to my mail box. Think it had been 3 days since ordering them from Bandit. I had called my dealer ( 30 miles away ) and had received a 2 to 3 week possible delivery on them. I really try to use my local dealers when can. To nice outside to work on KLR today, think me and da Bandit is gonna go get lost along the coast.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Andrus" wrote:

> > yes , fuel tank dampner rubbers arrived today via USPS to my mail box. Think it had been 3 days since ordering them from Bandit. I had called my dealer ( 30 miles away ) and had received a 2 to 3 week possible delivery on them. I really try to use my local dealers when can. > To nice outside to work on KLR today, think me and da Bandit is gonna go get lost along the coast. >

Andy- In my observation: I too use the local dealer when I can; the 2-3 weeks 'seems' excessive and it is Mother-Kaw to blame, not the local dealer, per se. In my observation: The dealer is STUCK with a minimum order to receive dealer prices; so mine usually arrive in a week/less after I tell them what I need. It usually takes about a 4-5 days maybe week +/- to pull enough together to place a minimum order. Then, They receive their order; 2-3 days after placing their order, which, as you see is the same turn around as Bike Bandit. Makes you wonder if Bike Bandit is actually Mother Kaw warehouse, which would not surprise me that they would compete with her own dealers. All the 'just in time' inventory control is about dealer investement, not always customer satisfaction; not that I am throwing stones. I talked to a former-JEEP dealer last week that is stuck with $400K in inventory and special tools after Chrysler went belly up and deleted him as the JEEP dealer. Gave his 75 year dealership (75 years = all the way Back to Kaiser, etc) to the local Chrysler dealer during the reorganization. Our alternative: the internet sales and 'FAST FRED' of Arrowhead as our other go-to rather than our local dealers. Or, you stock pile a few things your self, which I do due to my own remote location. Or buy a 2d KLR. shrug. Did that also. Of course, it it positively has to be there overnight, for ~$60 more you can have it tomorrow. Yeah, saw that done also in Riverton, WY Kawasaki dealer when we = John S. blew up a clutch in the GREAT BASIN mud bog. Shameless plug for good people: Wild West Power Sports = http://www.wildwestpowersports.com/aboutus.asp Glad you got what you wanted in a timely manner. Did you know Fast Fred had that rubber donuts as well? revmaaatin.