[dsn_klr650] nklr: endurance riding

[Robert Morgan]

Sounds like a twitchy fan switch to me, it is screwed into the bottom of the radiator and can't be very expensive. This would be a good time to change the engine coolant since most of it is going to come out anyway. Drain the block as well and use high quality coolant, I use Honda's mixed 50/50 with DISTILLED water. cheerio Morgan

----- Original Message ----- From: Andy Watts To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2000 12:49 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Fan stayed on - flat battery > > Well i've had fun and games today... It's been pretty hot here in Southern > England today so i decided to visit some friends on my KLR, when i got to my > destination the engine was very hot and the fan was running after i turned > the engine off. When i returned to the bike some 5 hours later the fan was > still running > > Needless to say i had a flat battery and had to ask my friend if i could > jump start it using his car battery. It started perfectly but i'm not quite > sure why the fan kept going for all of that time. The ride home was OK > although it was a little cooler and so the fan didn't click in. > > Is there a common electrical problem with the cooling system or was i just > unlucky ?. I have the day off work tomorrow and i'll investigate but any > pointers would be most welcome. > -- > Andy - Southampton,UK > '87 KLR650 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Free Conference Calling with Firetalk! > Click Here! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5480/5/_/911801/_/961354145/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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 > > >

[Rob Heywood]

Andy, what a bummer, man!! I have had the same worry, although the fan has always kicked off after a short while. But, I haven't yet really had the same conditions you had to test out this poblem, so I don't know. Probably a sensor is bad. But don't quote me. Good luck!! Rob----99KLR Andy Watts wrote:

> Well i've had fun and games today... It's been pretty hot here in Southern > England today so i decided to visit some friends on my KLR, when i got to my > destination the engine was very hot and the fan was running after i turned > the engine off. When i returned to the bike some 5 hours later the fan was > still running > > Needless to say i had a flat battery and had to ask my friend if i could > jump start it using his car battery. It started perfectly but i'm not quite > sure why the fan kept going for all of that time. The ride home was OK > although it was a little cooler and so the fan didn't click in. > > Is there a common electrical problem with the cooling system or was i just > unlucky ?. I have the day off work tomorrow and i'll investigate but any > pointers would be most welcome. > -- > Andy - Southampton,UK > '87 KLR650 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Free Conference Calling with Firetalk! > Click Here! > http://click.egroups.com/1/5480/5/_/911801/_/961354145/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 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

[Matthew Callaghan]

> > While I think that for the most extreme of the rides, 1500 miles in a day, > the KLR would be straining, for nearly everything else I think it would be > dandy! People laughed at Ed Otto on his Helix in the 1995 Iron Butt. They > don't now! I have an Elite 250 that my wife uses, and I know that it could > do the base route in almost any rally. It would be work, but sometimes it

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> more fun to show up on something different and play around with the "big > boy's heads". >

There's all sorts of (apparently) crazy options out there for serious long distance people. I have ridden a couple of 1000 milers on my Laverda 668. On the first a young lady finished 1/2 hour outside time on a Vespa 200. On the second the same young lady only managed 400m on her Italjet dragster before holing the piston . A friend always runs his 1980 R80GS, due to it's ease of use (a big softie, just like a KLR!) heated handlebars and accessory lights. It has been jumping out of gear for 3 years now, but seems ok in top!?! I have to say that the Laverda is particularly unsuitable, for the last 4 hours or so on both runs my hands were numb, and I could not hold a coffee cup the following day... This is the hard work aspect you mention, peaky and limited power delivery (not to mention a racer crouch!) combined with tight windy country roads; small country you see . The hard work aspect on NZ roads would make a KLR a near perfect choice as there is no high speed to speak of (no straights you see, it's a terrible shame really )) and the road surface is generally poor, like most of the populace! In 2001 I have a 1500 miler to look forward to. I'm pleased this is idea has a precedent! And after all that, I decided against the KLR I was looking at (too many miles on it), so I'll go back to quietly lurking again now and look for another one! Matt.