carb tubes

[TNBMWRIDER@aol.com]

In a message dated 08/04/2000 10:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rcoker2882@... writes: www.bmwrams.org Club Treasurer RAMS # 127 BMWMOA #49736 Rider of the Birds and the Bees 1997 (A11) KLR 650 - "Bluebird" 1994 R100GS - "Bumblebee"

[Jim & Shannon Morehead]

Hi David, Pro-gel grips work well for me. Other listers have filled their handle bars with lead shot, etc. but I haven't found it necessary. Good luck with your A11. Jim

----- Original Message ----- From: To: ; DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] My KLR finally arrives > In a message dated 08/04/2000 10:45:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > rcoker2882@... writes: > > > > Group; > Well you fellers did it, you convinced me to buy a KLR. After > waiting 1 month my dealer finally got one in. Kawasaki told him they > were seeing that every dealer that ordered KLR's got one and that the > next one's probably wouldn't ship until near the end of the year so I > snatched up the one he had for $4599. > I was disappointed in the level of > vibration. Oh well, if all of you can live with it, so can I. > > Congrats Ron on your A15 - > > I have only had my A11 for two months and truly enjoy it, but share in your > disappointment in the level of vibration. > I have thought about doing some of the tricks I have been reading from > listers, but would like to open the discussion about what others have done to > reduce the vibration in the handlebars. My right hand particularly gets real > numb after humming down the road. > What can be done to reduce this? > > David W. Moulder (a.k.a. BB) > TNBMWRIDER@... > Riders Association of the MidSouth (RAMS), Website - www.bmwrams.org > Club Treasurer > RAMS # 127 > BMWMOA #49736 > Rider of the Birds and the Bees > 1997 (A11) KLR 650 - "Bluebird" > 1994 R100GS - "Bumblebee" > > > > 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 > >

[aches@deltech.net]

>He's talking about the so-called overflow/vent tube on the upper side

of the

>carburetor...it vents the float bowl. Contrary to another listers

report Agree with Kurt on this. I remember when was shop manager at a Kawa/Yama joint that the farmers were haveing trouble sucking water and mud into the carbs and the little 4 wheelers dieing. Needless to say they were not happy campers having to leave this unit in the rice fields and walk home. We found that raising the vent tubes to under the seat did the job on that problem and it became a normal new unit set up item that was taken care of when servicing a new machine. I have already t vented my KLR as everybody does on the DR350's. No problems yet. Andy Chesley Jennings, La.

[OJ Salinas]

>From: "Ralph E. Hanson" >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: My KLR finally arrives >Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 13:29:42 -0400 > > > >I have thought about doing some of the tricks I have been reading from > >listers, but would like to open the discussion about what others have >done to > >reduce the vibration in the handlebars. My right hand particularly gets >real > >numb after humming down the road. > >What can be done to reduce this?

Ralph, Perhaps you could also consider a throttle lock. I too suffered from right-sided numbness greater than the left side. I diagnosed this, correctly I believe, to result from greater continual contact of the right hand with the grips as opposed to the left. This is obviously necessary in order to overcome the resistance of the throttle spring. My left hand has greater "time away" from the grips than the right hand does. Possibly a combination of a "revised" bar and a throttle lock may just solve this:) peace and safe thumping, OJ A15 ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com