Wilsons Sandbox

Don't be a motorcycle snob, wave to everyone. Watch the smiles on the faces of the people on mopeds. Everyone that rides deserves a wave and a smile after all, the nicest people ride bikes. Ride Safe. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

I took a 1 day course on oil a few years ago and the said synthetic oil tends to leak out easier and that's why its not recommended for older engines. Also not recommended for air cooled engines. Sent from Darcy's Blackberry

I have two KLR's and one of them, when I have a strong tail wind, will start to miss and even backfire. It seems to happen when I have rolled out of the throttle a little because the Kansas wind is strong enough to just about coast. It takes awhile for it to start to do it, but it continues to get worse unless I open the throttle or slow down more. This happens at about 65 to 70 MPH. Does anyone think it is possible that when it is almost coasting at about half throttle, with the wind, that the vacuum is shutting off the petcock valve and it is staving it of fuel? With a 40 MPH tail wind it wouldn't take much throttle to keep it running at 65 MPH. These conditions are the only time that it happens. I have never had the same problem with my other KLR but it is geared differently and I don't ride highway with it very much. Has anyone else had a problem like this? BigO [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

zippy tom, I have a 1995 klr650, my buddy said i need to be more detailed in my post, my bike will not turn over no noise to the starter, all light work, horn, but no cranking, have tried what you guys told me, but no work. what should i do next, thanks again group. tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]