[dsn_klr650] bike lifts - get the cadillac

[a phipps]

Hey Listers, I've been away from my computer a lot this summer and haven't been keeping up with the list much. I did get a short bike trip in a few weeks ago. I went down to southern BC (Nelson, Castlegar, Slocan, etc.) Lots of great motorcycling roads down there. The road from Castlegar to Silverton was one of the most fun roads I've been on. A friend and I swapped bikes for a while. I got to ride his 93 Honda VFR 750. I'd never ridden anything buy my KLR and the MSF trainer bike I learned on. I really enjoyed riding a bike with more power. It's got me thinking about new exhaust, jet kit, etc. Don't get me wrong, I was still happy to get back on my KLR. I just wish it had more get up and go. Anyways, tonight I was channel surfing and caught the tail end of a segment on a motorcycle show on TSN. They were featuring a group of 4 or 5 guys touring around northern BC and up into the Yukon on KLR's. One of the bikes had Tim Bernard's yellow side racks and highway pegs. Are any of these guys on the list? I didn't catch their names. Tire update: small cracks are starting to appear between the treads on my front Avon Gripster. The tire has about 20,000 km on it now. I thought I could get through the season with it but the cracks kind of scare me. Is this a sign that my tire is going to fail soon? Faded plastic: I'm not sure why but I am getting some dull spots on the plastic parts of my 96 KLR. Any tips for bringing back a nice finish? Headlight upgrade: After reading through the archives I decided to install a brighter headlight bulb. I went with a 80/100. In the archives it looked like some of you had installed such bulbs with no wiring mods and no problems. It was great while it lasted. After a half hour, the fuse blew. I returned the bulb for a refund and put a 55/60 back in. I'm thinking my next lighting mod will be to duct-tape a flashlight to my helmet and mount a candle on my front fender. That shouldn't blow any fuses. Over and out, Al Fort St. John, BC ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

[k650dsn@aol.com]

In a message dated Thu, 3 Aug 2000 3:39:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Tom Vervaeke writes: >>