$1.55 carb syncing tool

[tedfshred]

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> Anyway, the thing I've noticed with the Z Two is that it has really > quieted the wind noise. I had read a Motorcycle Consumer News helmet > comparision where the Z Two was the second quietest model they > > Pat > G'ville, NV

Hey Pat thanks for the heads up, I'm sure a large part of my hearing loss stems from wind noise and I'm always on the lookout for a nice quiet helmet. Have you done any riding in the eastern part of Nevada? I'm trying to put together an interesting route from Portland to southern Utah, so far Charleston to Deeth, Ruby Valley, Mt. Wilson scenic byway look tempting. Anywhere you would highly recommend? I enjoy solo travelling but the scale of the wide open spaces in Nevada chills my shit a little, but I guess that's the thrill of adventure. Anyway, I'd appreciate any route suggestions. Tom A15

[Allan Patton]

----- Original Message ----- From: "tedfshred" > > Have you done any riding in the eastern part of Nevada? Great Basin National Park is not what the name implies. Beautiful ride up the mountain, and a great view of The Basin once you get up on the mountain. Nice campground up there too. Not very much tourist traffic for a national park. Allan A14

[monahanwb]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "tedfshred" wrote:

> > Have you done any riding in the eastern part of Nevada? I'm trying > to put together an interesting route from Portland to southern

Utah,

> so far Charleston to Deeth, Ruby Valley, Mt. Wilson scenic byway

look

> tempting. Anywhere you would highly recommend? I enjoy solo > travelling but the scale of the wide open spaces in Nevada chills

my

> shit a little, but I guess that's the thrill of adventure. Anyway, > I'd appreciate any route suggestions. > > Tom > A15

Tom, I have to recommend that you cut across the Snake River Plain, you can hit the dirt at ID 51 at Bruneau, then cross the plain on an easy dirt/gravel road (Three Creeks Crossing) dropping down into Jarbidge. In Jarbidge you'll find food and a friendly cafe/bar, in a tiny little town with no pavement. It is located in a quite spectacluar little canyon down below the plain. Then it's up over two passes about 8500 ft, a spectacular ride whereupon you'll pick up the Deeth-Charleston Road about 45 miles south of Jarbidge. The Deeth-Charleston road is also a nice dirt ride, but less spectacular. It will be much more interesting than coming into NV on 225 or 95 or 140. I did this ride last summer on a GS and really loved it.

[Graeme Harris]

Tom, I would suggest from Ely to Baker then onto just north of Garrison this is all paved road but then you pick up a dirt road that with a few turns and 80 miles later will bring you out in Milford Utah. We did this stretch on a Saturday morning and only saw one pickup truck between Garrison and Milford. From Milford follow paved road to Minerville then state route 21 onto Beaver. From Beaver take state route 153 to Junction this is paved with lots of twisty's on the climb up to 10,000 feet then it is a good gravel road to Junction. Check to see if this pass is open at the time you are travelling. From Junction make your way around to Boulder and pick up the Burr Trail which will bring you out at Bullfrog, take the ferry to Halls Crossing and from there make your way up to Moad. I did this ride late last September and thoroughly enjoyed it caught a lot of the fall colors at the higher elevations. This was also my first ride or tour of any distance and definatly not my last. Graeme A16 South Lake Tahoe, CA

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

Tom, If you plan to drop in Charleston from the north that sounds as like a good way to go east before dropping south. Most definitely plan to spend time enjoying the Ruby Mountains, they are most wondrous. While in the area check out the local brew, Ruby Mountain Ale. I would recommend dropping south to Pioche before heading into Utah. This is a one of our scenic road ways. From Pioche its easy to cross into Utah and pick up Zion, the Kodachrome Basin and Bryce Canyons and if you can pull it, riding through Zion from west to east at first light is a something worth doing. Overnight in Boulder, Utah. In the morning head out the Burr Ridge Trail. It starts out paved and turns to dirt where you can drop down to Bull Frog or circle up to Hanksville from where you can ride up into the Robbers Roost area (Dirt Devil down to the Colorado and up to the Green and the up the Green River to the San Rafel and up the San Rafel to the San Rafel Swell and follow its eastern edge back to Hanksville. From Hanksville you can pick up the dirt roads back to Circleville. From Zion into Robbers Roost and back to Circleville I've run through the area where Butch Cassidy learned to rustle stock before heading up to Brown's Hole and fame as the leader of the Wild Bunch. After the Telluride Payroll job Butch escaped back out through Robbers Roost - it was on the rustler's trail from Utah to the mining camps of Colorado. Up at the Roost Ranch there is supposed to be an old set of water troughs and up the draw is an old cabin Butch is reputed to have slept in on several occasions. Circleville is where Butch grew up, the son of Jack Mormans. Now I'm into that old west stuff so if I was to head that way I think that's what I would want to take in for a ride. I've read numerous books about Mike Cassidy who rustled Morman stock, hiding them in the breaks north of Zion. When he had enough head he would run them towards Hanksville where he crossed the Dirty Devil and went up the Angel Trail - at the top is a place named Dead Man's Hill where a lad running with Mike died after a shootout with a posse while they were heading up the Angel Trail - and on into the Roost, crossing the Green River just below its confluence with the San Rafel and then on over the mountains and into Telluride. A young Mormon kid called Butch Parker started running with Mike. Next thing we know a Butch Cassidy is thrown into jail as part of the Johnson County Range War. Shortly after getting out of the pen Butch robbed the mine payroll in Telluride. He had three relays of horses staked out over the first 200 miles and was hiding out in the Roost the next day. He spent the winter in the Roost working as a cowboy by day and spending his ill gotten gains by night in the bars and bordellos. Despite the film, that was the trade mark operation of the Wild Bunch. They were a group of 20-30 cowboys that pulled off three five big jobs during the summer and fall and then drifting away to remote corners to spend the winter as a working cowboy. They were welcomed by the ranchers who figured they got the best of the deal cause the outlaw did an honest days work and the rancher never again had problems with rustled stock. The outlaws would drink, gamble and whore they way through their summer earnings, knowing a ranch in the winter could get by without them for a few days now and then. In reading those books another thing came out. Almost to a man, the Wild Bunch enjoyed the solitude of life out in the wilds. They had all drifted into a life of buckaroo'ing on these out of the way ranches before they ot together and figured how to leverage it into a life of gentleman outlaw. I would find it interesting to spend a few days day dreaming that I am standing in their actual footsteps. Pat G'ville In a message dated 2003-03-12 8:59:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, monahanwb@... writes:

> --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "tedfshred" wrote: > > > >Have you done any riding in the eastern part of Nevada? I'm trying > >to put together an interesting route from Portland to southern > Utah, > >so far Charleston to Deeth, Ruby Valley, Mt. Wilson scenic byway > look > >tempting. Anywhere you would highly recommend? I enjoy solo > >travelling but the scale of the wide open spaces in Nevada chills > my > >shit a little, but I guess that's the thrill of adventure. Anyway, > >I'd appreciate any route suggestions. > > > >Tom > >A15 > > Tom, I have to recommend that you cut across the Snake River Plain, > you can hit the dirt at ID 51 at Bruneau, then cross the plain on an > easy dirt/gravel road (Three Creeks Crossing) dropping down into > Jarbidge. In Jarbidge you'll find food and a friendly cafe/bar, in a > tiny little town with no pavement. It is located in a quite > spectacluar little canyon down below the plain. Then it's up over > two passes about 8500 ft, a spectacular ride whereupon you'll pick up > the Deeth-Charleston Road about 45 miles south of Jarbidge. The > Deeth-Charleston road is also a nice dirt ride, but less > spectacular. It will be much more interesting than coming into NV on > 225 or 95 or 140. > > I did this ride last summer on a GS and really loved it. > >

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[Thomas J Komjathy]

Piece of cake. Have another KLR owner park his/her bike next to yours, hook up the equipment and matchem up. Now you new guys pay close attention here. TK

----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell D. Stephan" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 10:44 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] $1.55 carb syncing tool > Was doing a little work on the KLR last night. And I thought syncing the > carbs on my ST was difficult. On the KLR it's damned near impossible! > > Those of you with multiple mounts might want to check out the below. > Definitely priced for the value sensitive consumer. > > http://www.powerchutes.com/manometer.asp > > Of course, with this system you have to play your carbs off each other, > cross-syncing them. > > Also, I don't know why you couldn't use an old EGR valve or some other > such diaphragm spring device to offer consistent resistance on the other > side, measuring the carb vacuum separately. Hell, a condom (or toy > balloon) placed over a section of PVC pipe should work too. Just use the > non lubricated type so drying out doesn't change the flex of the latex during > your measurement session. > > > > > > Russell D. Stephan > Technology Management Consulting, Inc. > 6479 Reflections Drive, Suite 150. > Dublin, Ohio 43017 > > Voice: (614) 760-3065 > Fax: (614) 760-3360 > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >