[dsn_klr650] class

[Arne Larsen]

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You all said it couldn't be done! Well, maybe one of you did anyways... For anyone who's interested, I have found an excellent location for a remote fuse block on my KLR. Well protected; securley mounted; and provides multiple sources of power up near the front so I do not have to run lengths of wire back to the battery if I need to hook things up near the instrument cluster. Basically, I took a fuse block and mounted it on a piece of aluminum. Using stainless steel bolts and a bit of loc-tite, I mounted it behind the right cowling, right in behind the coolant resevoir. There is a bracket already on the frame that was perfect for this. I don't know what it was intended for... but it's available in Canada anyways. I took a few pictures for anyone who's interested in a look-see. Sorry about the close-ups... I should have switched to "macro". BTW... I ran 12 guage wire. It pretty much looked heavier than anything else that was on the bike except for the battery cables themselves. Heavy enough? Too heavy? Too light? Cheers, Arne

[Jim Hyman]

Arne, VERY NICE JOB! 12 guage wire? fine (i hope it's stranded wire, not solid core). Crimped electrical connector on wire ends? OK if soldered. I prefer heat-shrink tubing on all soldered connections, the connections won't separate due to vibration. My only concern with the long length of 12 guage wire is that there doesn't appear to be any protection against an electrical short of this wire, unless you have a master fuse or circuit breaker near the battery. This may seem like overkill, but under the wrong circumstances ... Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA] ps: you can use my KLR for release 2.0 of your fuse box mod! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- I "Arne Larsen" wrote:

> You all said it couldn't be done! > Well, maybe one of you did anyways... > > For anyone who's interested, I have found an excellent

location for a remote fuse block on my KLR. Well protected; securley mounted; and provides multiple sources of power up near the front so I do not have to run lengths of wire back to the battery if I need to hook things up near the instrument cluster.

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Basically, I took a fuse block and mounted it on a piece of aluminum. Using stainless steel bolts and a bit of loc-tite, I mounted it behind the right cowling, right in behind the coolant resevoir. There is a bracket already on the frame that was perfect for this. I don't know what it was intended for... but it's available in Canada anyways.

> > I took a few pictures for anyone who's interested in a look-see.

Sorry about the close-ups... I should have switched to "macro". BTW... I ran 12 guage wire. It pretty much looked heavier than anything else that was on the bike except for the battery cables themselves. Heavy enough? Too heavy? Too light?

> > Cheers, > > Arne

[ephilride@aol.com]

> Aftermarket pipe- $200 to $400 > Fancy coat- $200 to $500 > Nifty boots- $200 to $300 > Flashy luggage and rack- $300 to $600+ > Car oil- $1.35 > > Now class, which of these items doesn't belong with the others? > DAngus

~~~~~~~~~ Let's see; Fancy Car Pipe rack Nifty luggage Aftermarket oil Is this a trick question? Knot - a multi-grade guy who changes often.