--- Douglas Dick wrote:
> Hello
>
> Has anyone ever taken their bike to the top of Pikes
> Peak, Colorado. I
> currently live at 800' sea level in Manitoba, and am
> wondering if the KLR
> would be able to handle to thin air at 14000 ft?
>
>
>
> Douglas Dick
> ddick2@...
> I've been there a couple times, i had no problems.
just watch yhe people in front of you, and the ones
coming down B
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> There are 15 messages in this issue.
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> Topics in this digest:
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> 1. Re: Coolant Leak
> From: "bmrbill"
> 2. Re: It Got Me!
> From: "West Hovland"
> 3. Against the Dirt - Part 2 of 2
> From: Ira Agins
> 4. Re: Installing Front Brake Line
> From: John Lyon
> 5. Re: Installing Front Brake Line
> From: Kurt Simpson
> 6. Re: NKLR Lost web page
> From: "Walter Lesnowich"
>
> 7. Re: NKLR Lost web page
> From: TM1669@...
> 8. Re: Balancer Chain Adjustment
> From: John Lyon
> 9. Re: Anyone know if Jake Jakeman is there?
> From: George Basinet
> 10. RE: Anyone know if Jake Jakeman is there?
> From: Bogdan Swider
>
> 11. Storage & Concealment
> From: "jmt_usa"
> 12. Re: Against the Dirt - Part 1 of 2 NKLR
> From: "s2mumford"
> 13. RE: Re: High & Low Beam Together
> From: "Lujo Bauer"
>
> 14. Re: Coolant Leak
> From: "mnron2002"
> 15. Re: Re: Valve shims
> From: PhantomRider3@...
>
>
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:47:37 -0000
> From: "bmrbill"
> Subject: Re: Coolant Leak
>
> Hi Barnaby,
>
> It was as simple as "re-screwing" the cap.
> Bill A15
> --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Barnaby Robson"
> wrote:
> > Hi Bill,
> >
> > So .. it was a simple case
> > of re-screwing, or did you
> > need a new cap ?
> >
> > Barnaby.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Coolant Leak
> >
> > My bike also had a coolant leak. I checked the
> hoses, etc. What I
> > finally found was that whoever assembled the bike
> cross threaded
> the
> > cap on the coolant resevoir.
> > Bill A15
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 11:19:02 -0700
> From: "West Hovland"
> Subject: Re: It Got Me!
>
> LOL!! I'm glad to see others out there with a warped
> sense of humor like
> mine!
>
> West
> Eugene, OR
> A15 "Grasshopper"
>
> Snip...
> >and "WHOOSH" the light came on! Actually it wasn't
> > really that loud. Anyway, I remember another on
> the list saying they
> > replaced the 10 amp fuse with a 15 amp. If I do
> this will I burst
> > into flames riding down the freeway should it
> short out? Will it
> > destroy anything other than me?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for any info.
> >
> > Greg in Dallas
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 10:38:47 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Ira Agins
> Subject: Against the Dirt - Part 2 of 2
>
> Tomorrow comes, and after breakfast we go out to
> Jimmy's rig. He tells us to gas up for about a
> hundred-mile ride, so off to the gas station for
> some
> $2.00+/gal. gas. We then cross the lake bed where
> yesterday's drills took place, go under the
> Interstate, and head to the northwest.
>
> For the rest of the day, we take a variety of
> "roads."
> I put quotes around the word because they can only
> be
> called roads in the loosest sense - they're for the
> most part unimproved jeep trails, double-track but
> in
> pretty poor condition. Certainly worse than any I
> would deliberately choose for adventure touring.
>
> But this is a Good Thing[tm]. For the class, I want
> to be riding in conditions more difficult than I
> would
> normally encounter. And the ride presents many
> challenges. Sand, silt, small gravel, large gravel,
> and whatever you call rocks too big to be classified
> as gravel but smaller than boulders.
>
> Jimmy also has some specific places for more
> practice.
> One is what appears to be a dry holding pond, about
> 30 feet deep, flat on the bottom, and with a nice
> slope to it. Here, the class can try their hand at
> ascending and descending hills.
>
> Another place he takes us to is a fifty-foot sand
> dune. He demonstrates climbing it on the Adventure
> and makes it look easy. Most of the class takes a
> crack at it, successfully for the most part.
>
> We encounter a parasailer who had just come from the
> top of a mountain where some antennas are located.
> Jimmy thinks it's a good idea to take the road up
> there, so we head on out. The road is in pretty
> good
> shape, but fairly steep and with a lot of hairpin
> turns. I cut one corner too close and dump the bike
> again. No damage to me or the KLR, and I top out
> without further incident.
>
> We stop for lunch in the small town of Sandy Valley.
> After pizza and a lot of liquid, we again head out.
> We continue the loop we were on, skillfully managing
>
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