snake and weights - as good as it gets?

[bill e goat]

Anyone else having difficulty accessing the archives? All I can get from either computer is a "page can not be displayed" message once I hit the search button.

[frjsmithjr@webtv.net]

I can't get anything either. All I get is "an error in syntax". Jim Smith COG# 4469 Y2K Connie Y2K KTM Adventure R (for sale)

[John Buffett]

Me Too: What gives? John Buffett Northern Ontario, Canada ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- If life's a journey, what do you pack? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------

----- Original Message ----- From: Bill E Goat To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: October 23, 2000 4:38 PM Subject: [DSN_klr650] List Archives....No Access? > Anyone else having difficulty accessing the archives? All I can get > from either computer is a "page can not be displayed" message once I > hit the search button. > > > > > > > > > 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 > >

[bill e goat]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, epmkessler@c... wrote:

> Has anyone been able to use the search feature for the archives? I > haven't been able to get it to work for weeks now.

neither have I. Fortunately I haven't needed it, cuz it sure is handy when you need it for some weird little problem....most likely someone else has already experienced it and written about it. Where is the guy that runs it? I tried e-mailing the list administrator but that didn't seem to work.

[Mark Wilson]

> > Has anyone been able to use the search feature for the archives? I > > haven't been able to get it to work for weeks now. > > neither have I. Fortunately I haven't needed it, cuz it sure is > handy when you need it for some weird little problem....most likely > someone else has already experienced it and written about it. > > Where is the guy that runs it? I tried e-mailing the list > administrator but that didn't seem to work. >

If you are already logged into egroups, you can search the new archives here- http://www.egroups.com/messages/DSN_klr650 Make sure the first box says "This Archive" and then type whatever your searching for in the second box. It looks like we have lost the old archives.... We'll just have to make more. MotorMark

[Mark Wilson]

> > If you are already logged into egroups, you can search the new archives > here- > http://www.egroups.com/messages/DSN_klr650 > Make sure the first box says "This Archive" and then type whatever your > searching for in the second box. > It looks like we have lost the old archives.... We'll just have to make > more. >

I just noticed if you go there, and click on "Expand", it will show the messages like the digest format. You can also view by thread. MotorMark http://www.geocities.com/motormark64/ http://www.angelfire.com/mo/motormark/ KLR-650 A-13 "warthogg" XR250R "superfly" Stone Mountain, Ga ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[Vernon Cooke]

Another method to add mass to the bar ends is provided by Suzuki. Their weighted bar-ends, as used on their current dual sport 650 (DLR650 ??), clamp nicely into the ends of the bar with an expanding rubber plug. I have used these for years. The results at freeway speeds is amazing. Vernon -----Original Message----- From: ron@... [mailto:ron@...] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 8:32 AM To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Snake and Weights - As good as it gets? For a big bore single, I am surprised at the relative low vibration level of the KLR. The frame seemes to damp most of the vibrations, but still, many of them seem to be echoed up through the steering stem and bars. I am sensitive to vibration in my extremities (too many years of District 38 desert racing?). Seems like my circulation loses the battle with the vibration and gives up. The view in the mirrors (or lack thereof) for me is a secondary matter. I installed the bar snake and noticed some improvement. BTW, I couldn't bring myself to rub grease all over the thing like the instructions suggested. Instead, I have a squirt bottle of "pulling fluid" that I used. The pulling fluid is used by electricians to lube wires before pulliing them through conduit. You can buy it at the electrical department of your local home inprovement center. In addition to the bar snake, I installed weights to the end of the bars. I found some oval lead sinkers at a fishing store. They were about 1 1/4" long and about 1" in diameter. I have a 7/8" hole saw that I used to "machine" the weight down to the right diameter. I took the pilot drill out of the hole saw. The inside diameter of the hole saw was just right for the outside diameter of the finished weight. I pulled the bar snake out of the bars a bit and cut off about 3/4" from each end. I then pounded the weights in each end of the bars. I think that now the vibration is as good as it is going to get. Hand comfort is much improved. I find I can hang onto the bars for much longer periods of time before having to "rest". I can actually see things in the mirrors now. At 65mph (16 tooth CSS), I can see individual cars. I can tell what color they are and what lane they are in. There is some mirror vibration from about 3500 to 3700 rpm, but nothing like it was prior to the snake and weights. It doesn't bother me much because I don't seem to spend much time in that particular rpm range. Speaking of hand comfort, I am always been annoyed by practice of the manufacturers to incorporate excessive throttle return spring pressure in their designs. One of the modifications I always do to my bikes is to reduce the return spring tension. For me, that greatly increases hand comfort and throttle control. If anyone is interested in a "how-to", let me know. Ron 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