problems turning bars

[OJ Salinas]

seems like kawasaki dealers dont like attaching the return hose properly to the recovery tank. I had the same problem. They also took the liberty to cross-thread my recovery tank cap... thanks guys. oj a15

>From: "The Squasher" >To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com >Subject: [DSN_klr650] RE: New A-15 Check recovery tank >Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 13:33:14 PDT > >Same thing on my engine (A15). I think it was over filled . After runnig it >for a week ther was no more to splash out of the tank. > > > Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:29:52 -0500 >From: "Nancy Davis" >Subject: New A-15 Check recovery tank >Hello to all. I took a 340 mile round trip ride to my BMW club meeting on >my >three week >old A-15. On the way I looked down and saw a lot of white stuff on the >right >side of the engine. >Thought it splashed up off the road some how. After lunch and the meeting, >giving it a closer lookit was coolent. >________________________________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com >

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[Chuck Tanner]

I also had the same thing happen to my A14 following it's first maintainence.  I drove the bike 50 miles to a shop I thought I could trust and on the way back stopped for a snack.  While returning to the bike I spotted all the white splashed stuff all over the front of the motor and some down the right side of the bike.  Closer inspection reveled that this was not due to some road trash and I also found green fluid slowly dripping from the bottom of the coolant overflow tank.  Well just how does green fluid relate to the white stuff all over the motor I thought?  SO I rubbed some of the green coolant on the hot exhaust and what do you know... it turned white.  Turns out that the shop I thought I could trust spilled coolant all over the top of the overflow and left the cap loose.  I am just happy I did not lose the cap. Wonder if they really checked the valve clearances??   I just wanted to get the 500 mile maintenance done by, dare I say, the qualified guys.  From here on out it is only touched by me!!   Chuck

----- Original Message ----- [b]From:[/b] thesquasher@...  Same thing on my engine (A15). I think it was over filled . After runnig it for a week ther was no more to splash out of the tank.   Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:29:52 -0500 From: "Nancy  Davis" Subject: New A-15 Check recovery tank Hello to all. I took a 340 mile round trip ride to my BMW club meeting on my three week old A-15. On the way I looked down and saw a lot of white stuff on the right side of the engine. Thought it splashed up off the road some how. After lunch and the meeting, giving it a closer lookit was coolent.

[Seiler, Kevin]

I'll betcha I know what it is!!! Check out the bracket that is directly under the instruments, the one that the instrument and control harnesses plug into the main harness. You will find that lord Kawasaki, in his infinite wisdom, made a sharp edge on the rearward facing part of said bracket. This tends to abrade through the crappy electrical tape of the harness and shorts out the wiring. I took my bracket off and filed the edge down smooth. I then glued on a smidge of grommet strip and riveted then ends down for extra measure. Voila! Oh, and you gotta re-do the wiring that got chafed. Not to mention replace that crappy tape with some REAL heavy duty shrink wrap. Then zip tie the harness to act as a strain relief. Kev --------------------------- Message: 2 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 07:00:25 -0400 From: "Peter Dahlheimer, MD" Subject: problems turning bars these posts bring to mind an old problem with my klr which continues. when i turn my bars to one side or the other, i lose all the electric to the "dash". the neutral light goes out (if it was on), the gauge lights go out and the tach goes out or malfunctions (like the power to it is sputtering). i tried playing with the connections under the fairing a bit but all seemed ok. any similar experiences? _pete