[dsn_klr650] suspension help needed

[Carl Sorensen]

Mike from Quebec was in fact a true Canadian, and yes we did spend the whole time making fun of the Americans behind their backs...ha ha. Thanks for a great time to all. A little rushed on my part but have a great fondness of the Moab now. Fred, thanks for the spare front tire, and yes, I did change it one night while camping. The fellow in the beat Areostitch from Cali was in fact a KLR owned whose bike was not road worthy at the time so he rode a 1000 miles in a day on his new Honda!! Nice work bud. Juan from Mexico was heading north towards Alaska from Moab, hope you got that mirror of yours all fixed up (if you needed it). good times at the Canyonlands camp ground and at the Moab Brewery watching the (3) periods of overtime for the Stanley Cup. Thanks to all. cheers carl.

>>> Bogdan Swider 06/15 10:57 AM >>>

Some thought on the Moab Rally: First, underlining everything is the DS & klr list College of Cardinals, the organizers, listmeisters, host shop, fabricators, expert mechanics and innovators. Some of you weren't there but contributed non-the-less. It was great sitting with a group of kindred spirits overlooking riders scaling the White Rim's infamous Hog's Back. For some guys it was such a yawn that they did it twice in an attempt to get their pulse up. Of the two-timers I saw one weighed around 300lbs, the other did it on worn tires. Is there a theory of the survival of the fattest and worn? I alternated days ridding and maintaining/bullshiting, mostly around Fred's shop. The senior citizens, sporting broken bones, sure had some stories. They redefined the term,"golden years". I'd have something to look forward to if it wasn't for the fact that my mortgage agreement specified that I be dead before my house is paid off. In between and after my own fixes, I'd wander around among the guys still working, my hands held behind my back and nose in the air like Prince Charles, spouting mechanical gobbly-gook and aphorisms. I could tell by their sweaty stares that this was appreciated. Some character wearing a faded red Aerostich whom I've never seen before or since showed up on a dorky, brand new Honda cruiser. Get this, he removed the foam air-filter from the bike and placed it right in the middle of the path to the water spigot. When someone would inevitably step on it he's lay a guilt trip on them. First I thought he was just a sick f*^#k; but latter I realized he was conducting an experiment in behavioral psychology. The rally was short on Canadian content, only 2 I believe, and one was from Quebec + he was Ukrainian or maybe Chinese. He probably didn't count. There was a rider from ole Mexico and a lady I've never seen before now living in Chicago that was from Poland, or maybe it was China. Anyway, I make a point of not insulting foreigners by being patronizing. Her English was excellent but when she did make a mistake I'd say, "Hey, learn English !" She told me I was begining to irritate her. What can I say? Regards to all I met in Moab and to those that couldn't make it. Bogdan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Big Groups = big savings @ beMANY! http://click.egroups.com/1/4112/5/_/911801/_/961087390/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Weaver, Mark]

unfortunately, i'm a terrible (subconscious) mimic. this has helped me a lot in learning foreign languages (german and russian), although most germans make fun of my bavarian accent (hey, that's where i learned it, so that's how i talk). unfortunately, it's completely involuntary, so during the hockey game, i was picking up quite a bit of that other foreign language, canadian (eh?). the next day on the white rim, someone asked me if i was from canada. thankfully the accent is finally gone now. at least watching hockey (and listening to the local punk band) kept us safe from the now legendary karaoke follies. i thought about stopping on the way back to cali to see if someone was televising hockey on saturday night. since it ended up being another multi-overtime game, i'm glad i didn't. it took days to recover from the thursday game. i'd probably still be on the road. looking forward to seeing everyone next year. -mark weaver -----Original Message----- From: Carl Sorensen [mailto:carls@...] Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:06 AM To: bSwider@...; DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Rally Ramblings Mike from Quebec was in fact a true Canadian, and yes we did spend the whole time making fun of the Americans behind their backs...ha ha. Thanks for a great time to all. A little rushed on my part but have a great fondness of the Moab now. Fred, thanks for the spare front tire, and yes, I did change it one night while camping. The fellow in the beat Areostitch from Cali was in fact a KLR owned whose bike was not road worthy at the time so he rode a 1000 miles in a day on his new Honda!! Nice work bud. Juan from Mexico was heading north towards Alaska from Moab, hope you got that mirror of yours all fixed up (if you needed it). good times at the Canyonlands camp ground and at the Moab Brewery watching the (3) periods of overtime for the Stanley Cup. Thanks to all. cheers carl.

[Carl Sorensen]

AHHH Mark, yes the punk band, whom I seemed to enjoy more and more after every Budweiser I consumed and those god-forsaken 'Scorpians' I yi yi, I am impressed that you did beat me to the White Rim that Day though. And yes the Canadian accent is great thing, easily learned by just sitting at the bar drinking, drinking and drinking looking at the local Hi-jinx goings on and all those hippies dancing their flower dance to the tunes of such heavy rockers as the Melvins and Rage against that good ol' machine. Whatta great night! carl.

[Arne]

Thanks Bogdan.  I've been waiting for more behind-the-scenes reporting.  BTW... I've heard mention of Mariola in a few posts... Where was Kris?  Did I miss something?   Arne

[b]-----Original Message-----[/b] [b]From: [/b]Bogdan Swider [b]To: [/b]'DSN_klr650@egroups.com' DSN_klr650@egroups.com> [b]Date: [/b]15 juin, 2000 09:43 [b]Subject: [/b][DSN_klr650] Rally Ramblings Some thought on the Moab Rally: First, underlining everything is the DS & klr list College of Cardinals, the organizers, listmeisters, host shop, fabricators, expert mechanics and innovators. Some of you weren't there but contributed non-the-less. It was great sitting with a group of kindred spirits overlooking riders scaling the White Rim's infamous Hog's Back. For some guys it was such a yawn that they did it twice in an attempt to get their pulse up. Of the two-timers I saw one weighed around 300lbs, the other did it on worn tires. Is there a theory of the survival of the fattest and worn? I alternated days ridding and maintaining/bullshiting, mostly around Fred's shop. The senior citizens, sporting broken bones, sure had some stories. They redefined the term,"golden years". I'd have something to look forward to if it wasn't for the fact that my mortgage agreement specified that I be dead before my house is paid off. In between and after my own fixes, I'd wander around among the guys still working, my hands held behind my back and nose in the air like Prince Charles, spouting mechanical gobbly-gook and aphorisms. I could tell by their sweaty stares that this was appreciated. Some character wearing a faded red Aerostich whom I've never seen before or since showed up on a dorky, brand new Honda cruiser. Get this, he removed the foam air-filter from the bike and placed it right in the middle of the path to the water spigot. When someone would inevitably step on it he's lay a guilt trip on them. First I thought he was just a sick f*^#k; but latter I realized he was conducting an experiment in behavioral psychology. The rally was short on Canadian content, only 2 I believe, and one was from Quebec + he was Ukrainian or maybe Chinese. He probably didn't count. There was a rider from ole Mexico and a lady I've never seen before now living in Chicago that was from Poland, or maybe it was China. Anyway, I make a point of not insulting foreigners by being patronizing. Her English was excellent but when she did make a mistake I'd say, "Hey, learn English !" She told me I was begining to irritate her. What can I say?                       Regards to all I met in Moab and to those that couldn't make it. Bogdan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Big Groups = big savings @ beMANY! http://click.egroups.com/1/4112/5/_/911801/_/961087390/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Mark]

It's a "White Power" (not a racist thing) shock. It was very popular on turn-of-the-decade KLRs. The one on my '88 is sooooo sweet, especially after I changed the oil and recharged it. I'm not sure what the 60-200 means, but the spring is much beefier than the stock one. Yes, the top collar is the lock-ring. You adjust the preload with either a spanner wrench, a hook adapter for your socket wrench or you can hammer on it with a mallet & fat screwdriver (not recommended, but less harmful when decreasing preload). Also, you can pull the shock and use Channel Locks, but put the lower mount in a vise first to keep the shaft from spinning. Mark B2 A2

>At 11:48 AM -0400 6/16/2000, Zachariah Mully wrote: > The bike (1991 KLR) has a WP rear shock (at least that is what I can >see on a sticker on the shock)... Now, I am new to this bike and to most >motorcycle accesory manufacturers, so is this a White Precision (from my >mountain biking days?) or Works Precision shock? It doesn't have >anything on it to identify what model number the shock is either.. The >spring is stamped on the coils with "60-200" which I can only assume >means it has a progressive 60lbs-200lbs spring. Can anyone help me >identify this sucker? The PO didn't know what it was as it was replaced >before he bought it. It has no attached gas cynlinders or remote mounted >resevoirs, and I couldn't see anything on it that looked like a model >number... And I don't really want to drop it from the bike to find out. > Along those lines, how does one go about adjusting a monoshock... I >apologize for my ignorance but my last bike (81 R65) had two shocks with >simple lever actuated preloads. This one has two notched collars (a lock >collar and an adjustment collar I assume). Is there a special tool to >use to adjust these? I would assume something like a large spanner >wrench would be needed to adjust it.