[dsn_klr650] aftermarket shift levers

[Robb Seurkamp]

Hello friends- A couple of questions. I am looking for a manual for my 2000 KLR. Someone mentioned a manual for sale on ebay. I looked and it is for an 84 KLR 600. Anyone know if this is the same as the new base manual? If not does anyone have a base manual (and update) they want to sell?? Thanks, Robb 2000 KLR 1,300 broken in miles (literally)

[Dash Weeks]

At 06:40 PM 7/26/2000 -0700, Fred Hink wrote:

>The shift levers that Tim sells are made by McDonalds >Manufacturing. These shift levers are sold by several distributors. >(Moose and MSR to name a couple) > >My experience tells me that most times when a shift lever won't stay tight >it is usually because the old shift lever has been run loose for a long >time and worn the splines on the shift shaft. This will not let a new >lever stay tight very long. Sometimes even though the shift lever is >tight on the shaft it might seem loose but this is only because there is a >slight play in the shift shaft that makes the lever look loose. > >Fred

Well I can't say that my bike is not out of spec on that spline, or anything else, but I get my lever REALLY tight on there and after a few hours of riding I have to tighten it up again. The gap certainly closes when I tighten it again so I am guessing that the mount is relaxing. I'm not talking about the shaft play, this lever is rattling around. One more thing to live with for the joys of KLR ownership. LaterZ Dash