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[Charles.Earl@ti.com]

Dana, I don't live-up North, but I believe there are a sort of "electric blanket" avail. for auto engine block heating in extreme cold (maybe local auto parts store or J.C. Whitney catalogue?). Maybe there are small ones that would work for your bike. I remember this, and it makes me reminice, that as a child I lived in Edmonton, Alberta and remember parking meters having coin-op plug-ins avail. for this purpose. One February, around '68, it stayed minus 30 F or colder for the entire month, the city gave the families a certificate (I survived sort of thing) I also remember my Dad using straight ether and a syringe and injecting it through the air filter into the carb for extra cold starts (I wouldn't necessarily recommend this!) I'd be careful (firewise) with the electric heater under the cover. Good luck. Charles Earl (who is not freezing anymore, and in fact, wore shorts and went surfing today) Santa Cruz, CA Dana Hager on 12/05/2000 08:10:10 AM Please respond to DSN_klr650@egroups.com To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com cc: Subject: [DSN_klr650] preheating for cold temperatures For those of you riders up North who park their KLR's outside in the cold, do you preheat your bikes at all? I will be storing my bike outside this year in a Cycle Shell Enclosure, www.cycleshell.com , and was wondering what most people do in this situation. Any snowmobile accessories on the market? I was thinking of putting a small electric heater in the cover and have it blow on the crankcase for an hour in the mornings. Any info would be appreciated.

[Roy Bertalotto]

I went on an experimental hunting trip three years ago in Newfoundland Canada during the month of February. For three days the temperature never got above 40 below zero. On one of the days it went down to 55 below. The wind blew at a constant +15 mph. We had a Dodge van and a Ford pick-up that towed trailers full of snowmobiles. Every night the guides would drain all the oil from the vehicles and take the sparkplugs and batteries out. These were brought into the heated camp with us. (I use the term Heated" loosely) In the morning the oil was put on the stove and heated and the sparkplugs were put in the oven and baked. Before the plugs were installed a shot of starting fluid was shot into each cylinder and the air intake. Everything was buttoned up and away we went. The snowmobiles didn't fare so well. Gas begins to gel at about 50 below and we just couldn't keep them running. At one point it got dangerous where we where 25-30 miles in the woods away from the trucks (which were left running all day by the way) and half of the sleds gave up the ghost. We ran them back on a mixture of starting fluid and gasoline. Once we got back to camp the guides decided it just wasn't possible to hunt in these conditions and the hunt was cancelled. So much for winter hunting on mechanized vehicles in February in Newfoundland. Roy Bertalotto North Dartmouth, Mass http://www.rvbmotorcycles.com http://www.rvbprecision.com 2001 MuZ Baghira Black Panther 2000 BMW R1100RS 2000 Buell M2 Cyclone 1998 Honda VFR 800Fi

----- Original Message ----- From: To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2000 5:03 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR preheating for cold temperatures > > > Dana, I don't live-up North, but I believe there are a sort of "electric > blanket" avail. for auto engine block heating in extreme cold (maybe > local auto parts store or J.C. Whitney catalogue?). Maybe there are > small ones that would work for your bike. I remember this, and it makes > me reminice, that as a child I lived in Edmonton, Alberta and remember > parking meters having coin-op plug-ins avail. for this purpose. One > February, around '68, it stayed minus 30 F or colder for the entire > month, the city gave the families a certificate (I survived sort of > thing) > I also remember my Dad using straight ether and a syringe and injecting > it through the air filter into the carb for extra cold starts (I > wouldn't necessarily recommend this!) I'd be careful (firewise) with the > electric heater under the cover. Good luck. > > Charles Earl (who is not freezing anymore, and in fact, wore shorts and > went surfing today) > Santa Cruz, CA > > > > > Dana Hager on 12/05/2000 08:10:10 AM > > Please respond to DSN_klr650@egroups.com > > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > cc: > Subject: [DSN_klr650] preheating for cold temperatures > > > > > For those of you riders up North who park their KLR's outside in the > cold, > do you preheat your bikes at all? I will be storing my bike outside this > year in a Cycle Shell Enclosure, www.cycleshell.com , and was wondering > what > most people do in this situation. Any snowmobile accessories on the > market? > I was thinking of putting a small electric heater in the cover and have > it > blow on the crankcase for an hour in the mornings. Any info would be > appreciated. > > > > > 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 > >

[punkynsquirt@cs.com]

Hi Charles: Your being from Edmonton might explain it, but you must be one tough dude surfing in shorts in December. The surf temp in Santa Cruz, I'm guessing, is 58 degrees or less and air temp maybe 60 this time of year. Here in south Florida surf is more like 72 and air temp about 77. Does the surf in Santa Cruz, even in summer, ever get to 72? On the other hand, we seldom have any real surf. Do you fit the board on the KLR when going to the beach? Surf and ride on dude. Feliz Navidad, Punky & Lew Waterman Punky & Lew's Americas Motopaseo Greenacres, Florida

[spye@hvgb.net]

-----Original Message----- From: Roy Bertalotto Date: Sunday, December 10, 2000 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: NKLR preheating for cold temperatures

>I went on an experimental hunting trip three years ago in Newfoundland >Canada during the month of February. For three days the temperature never >got above 40 below zero.

Roy, Sounds like my neck of the woods. Where in Newfoundland where you? Steve Pye Goose Bay, Labrador

[Roy Bertalotto]

Roy,

> Sounds like my neck of the woods. Where in Newfoundland where you? > Steve Pye > Goose Bay, Labrador >

About 100 miles north of Labrador City. Roy Bertalotto North Dartmouth, Mass http://www.rvbmotorcycles.com http://www.rvbprecision.com 2001 MuZ Baghira Black Panther 2000 BMW R1100RS 2000 Buell M2 Cyclone 1998 Honda VFR 800Fi

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[s davenport]

Aloha: Due to the recent sale of my KLR650 I have several items that I need to get rid of. The most valuable of these would be the dealer shelf condition base and supplement maintenance manuals. The supplement is the latest one that covers up to the Y2K model 650. Best reasonable offer will take these jewels. If you are interested just send me an e-mail off list: scot_davenport@... Happy riding. Scot