motorcycle shipping

[Bob Collett]

Just bought a '96 KLX650R. Love it so far. Have a few questions. The radiators look like they need to be protected: who makes guards for this area? Anyone got pix they can email showing this installation. Aluminum handle bar protectors, who makes a set that fits good and will protect the expensive looking brake reservoir unit? Any other protective items I should look at buying, front disk protector, chain guard, etc.? Previous owner said that bike was cold natured. He would pull out choke and kick it 3-4 times and it would fire up, did not twist throttle while starting. When it is hot it also takes several kicks, 4 or more to get it running. Is this normal? The bike was ridden very little during the past year, 1-5 hours my estimate, and I have not emptied out the tank yet and refilled with fresh gas. I plan to put in some high octane and Sea Foam and try to clean out the carb the easy way. Any comments or suggestions. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I may try to get it street legal sometime in the future. Any problems doing this? Thanks Bob Winston-Salem, NC USA

[Bob Collett]

Just bought a '96 KLX650R. Love it so far. Have a few questions. The radiators look like they need to be protected: who makes guards for this area? Anyone got pix they can email showing this installation. Aluminum handle bar protectors, who makes a set that fits good and will protect the expensive looking brake reservoir unit? Any other protective items I should look at buying, front disk protector, chain guard, etc.? Previous owner said that bike was cold natured. He would pull out choke and kick it 3-4 times and it would fire up, did not twist throttle while starting. When it is hot it also takes several kicks, 4 or more to get it running. Is this normal? The bike was ridden very little during the past year, 1-5 hours my estimate, and I have not emptied out the tank yet and refilled with fresh gas. I plan to put in some high octane and Sea Foam and try to clean out the carb the easy way. Any comments or suggestions. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I may try to get it street legal sometime in the future. Any problems doing this? Thanks Bob Winston-Salem, NC USA

[Zachariah Mully]

On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 16:29, Bob Collett wrote:

> Just bought a '96 KLX650R. Love it so far. Have a few questions. The > Thanks > Bob > Winston-Salem, NC USA

You'd be best off to speak with the boys over on the KLX650 list, they know all the schznit about the bike and are a good group: http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/KLX650/ Z DC A5X A12X

[Chris]

They supplying and crating it for you? For just pickup/ship that sounds high to me. If you peruse the ebay listings, many dealers have $150-$250 for lower 48 shipping. Another tip, for shipping bulk items, if you do the pickup/dropoff at a freight depot as opposed to residential, you can save a few hundred at times.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:44:31PM -0000, wanderrider wrote: > Hello all. I am planning to ship my bike uncrated from Birmingham, > Alabama to Long Island, NY. Never shipped anything before in my life. > Any suggestions? I got a quote from a Berklay Shipping for $650? Is > that okay?. thanks in advance. > -- __ ___ __ / //_(_)__ _http://www.kingsqueak.org _/ /__ / ,< / / _ \/ _ `(_-