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[legion]

hello all... New KLR rider here (2000 Klr bone stock). I have been rideing it for 3 weeks and have a few questions for those in the know. 1. oil.(yes i have noticed that oil is a intresting subject) I am looking at doing oil change (the klr has 5800 km on it) and I am thinking going to Mobil 1 15w50 heavy duty Synthetic Oil (I have read posts saying Mobil 1 is a good oil but not what weight) any good words or bad words for this oil? All other mobil 1 oils here are the Tri Synthetic type and I have heard bad things about them. 2. Bike drop. as a full sized guy 6 foot 3 240 lbs my klr drops quite a bit when I get on. is this normal? other than spending large cash to buy a new rear spring and shock is there a way to fix or improve this? 3. Bike Fairing. My front fairing and side panels appear to be discoloring in a few spots, I have been told this is normal and is caused by stress on the plastic. is there anything I can do to reduce this? 4. Off Road. How bad a road is too bad a road/trail? I am new to bikeing offroad, my only bike experiance is 2 years with a 83 interceptor, 1 year with a 84 sabre and 6 months on a hardtail hardly (honda motor build on a hardtail frame). anyway at what point is it time to turn back? is road rock about 8 inches to 1 1/4 foot (like a stream bed) too much for the bike? 5. what should I put on the bike for an emergency? I have the stock tools and will be buying spare tubes and a tube repair kit. what else should be brought along for solo trail trips? 6. fuel mileage. how far can i expect to go on bush roads on a full tank? I live 10 mins away from a logging road the goes 40 or 50 miles north or me and has an untold number or side roads that go 20 or 30 miles before branching orr again to even more roads. most are old closed roads that are not in use and have degraded to almost unuseable tracks. I have a urge go just a little farther up this or that trail just to see where it goes and am worried I will end up pushing my bike back home one day. 7. GPS. on my last trip I spent four hours following one trail to the next just looking around, stoping everynow and then to check things out when I finally found the end the track there was a great view, I looked abound a bit and enjoyed the fruits or D-P bikes hoped on my bike a started back. at the fourth turn I could not remember which of three trails got me to where I was. thanks to a recent rain and no other traffic I was able to pick my way back if the last week had not been a little wet i might still be up there. any good GPS suggetions? I would like to copy my trails to my computer so i can one day map the whole area for trails and view pionts. 8. for those in canada, what are the ways to legaly transport rifles on a bike? after meeting a few bears in the bush and just not thinking a bear scare is not loud enough I have always packed a 12G pump in my truck. when going into the bush on a bike i am just not sure how to pack it to the bush with out the police harassing me or around the bush so it is usefull. Thanks for any advice you can give. sorry for all the questions but I have been saving them up. and the archives dont seem to be working for me right now... Legion. 2000 Klr 650

[jayed36@yahoo.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., legion wrote:

> hello all... > New KLR rider here (2000 Klr bone stock). I have been rideing > it for 3 weeks and have a few questions for those in the know. > > 1. oil.(yes i have noticed that oil is a intresting subject) I am

I think a fair amount of us here use the 15W50 Mobil1 Synthetic.

> 2. Bike drop. as a full sized guy 6 foot 3 240 lbs my klr drops

You can adjust the rear shock preload and damping. If it is set as it was stock, it's set very soft.

> 3. Bike Fairing. My front fairing and side panels appear to be

No clue other than to buy new plastic.

> 4. Off Road. How bad a road is too bad a road/trail? I am new to

Suspension and riding ability will dictate this. If you're not comfortable on a particular trail... don't ride it. You can beef up the front suspension with progressive springs and a heavier weight fork oil.

> 5. what should I put on the bike for an emergency? I have the

Besides the patch kit, I carry tire irons, C02 inflator, spare shifter and clutch lever, zip ties, just ordered a "quick jack" to get either wheel off the ground, tool supplement, and a phat doobie.

> 6. fuel mileage. how far can i expect to go on bush roads on a

All stock... you probably get about 40mpg

> 7. GPS. on my last trip I spent four hours following one trail to

This is where the phat doobie comes in.

> 8. after meeting a few bears in the bush and just not

Make that TWO phat doobies Jeff A15

[Rob Fowler]

What the hell is a phat doobie?? From: jayed36@... To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: newbie klr rider Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 07:36:23 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Originating-IP: 65.12.15.218 Received: from [216.115.96.84] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id MHotMailBD7EC4A4009A400438A3D8736054706084; Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:37:27 -0700 Received: from [10.1.1.223] by mk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 29 Sep 2001 07:36:50 -0000 Received: (EGP: mail-7_4_1); 29 Sep 2001 07:35:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 4160 invoked from network); 29 Sep 2001 07:35:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.223 with QMQP; 29 Sep 2001 07:35:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO n1.groups.yahoo.com) (10.1.10.40) by mta1 with SMTP; 29 Sep 2001 07:36:49 -0000 Received: from [10.1.2.55] by hh.egroups.com with NNFMP; 29 Sep 2001 07:36:26 -0000 From sentto-488385-29458-1001748945-fowlerrob Sat, 29 Sep 2001 00:39:02 -0700 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-488385-29458-1001748945-fowlerrob=hotmail.com@... X-Sender: jayed36@... X-Apparently-To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Return: jayed36@... Message-ID: In-Reply-To: User-Agent: eGroups-EW/0.82 X-Mailer: eGroups Message Poster Mailing-List: list DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com; contact DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com>

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., legion wrote: > hello all... > New KLR rider here (2000 Klr bone stock). I have been rideing > it for 3 weeks and have a few questions for those in the know. > > 1. oil.(yes i have noticed that oil is a intresting subject) I am I think a fair amount of us here use the 15W50 Mobil1 Synthetic. > 2. Bike drop. as a full sized guy 6 foot 3 240 lbs my klr drops You can adjust the rear shock preload and damping. If it is set as it was stock, it's set very soft. > 3. Bike Fairing. My front fairing and side panels appear to be No clue other than to buy new plastic. > 4. Off Road. How bad a road is too bad a road/trail? I am new to Suspension and riding ability will dictate this. If you're not comfortable on a particular trail... don't ride it. You can beef up the front suspension with progressive springs and a heavier weight fork oil. > 5. what should I put on the bike for an emergency? I have the Besides the patch kit, I carry tire irons, C02 inflator, spare shifter and clutch lever, zip ties, just ordered a "quick jack" to get either wheel off the ground, tool supplement, and a phat doobie. > 6. fuel mileage. how far can i expect to go on bush roads on a All stock... you probably get about 40mpg > 7. GPS. on my last trip I spent four hours following one trail to This is where the phat doobie comes in. > 8. after meeting a few bears in the bush and just not Make that TWO phat doobies Jeff A15 Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com Be part of the Adventure! Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

[Alan L Henderson]

At 01:06 PM 9/29/2001, you wrote:

> >What the hell is a phat doobie?? > >>From: jayed36@...

I believe that Phat Doobie was the Doobie Brother that stood on the left when they performed. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa Ya Mon

[Mark Cheramy]

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