speed of klr 650

[donnymac1272003]

My new 2003 KLR's sub frame has bent/twisted I have been riding on the street mostly and 200 miles on fsr's. For a total of 1000 miles. Now I have not let the dealer do the 800 mile first service because the manual only stated that they should do spoke tension and steering head adjustments. All other procedures can be done by the consumer. Which is me. The dealer is trying to tell me that because they didn't do the initial break-in service that the warranty is not valid. I say the sub frame was crooked from day one or was inherently weak from the start. I would not have noticed it except for the fact that I did a few miles on the road with a buddy and he said the my rear fender wasn't lined up with my rear tire. At first I thought he was off his rocker but when I got home and put the bike on axle stands, stood at the back and whoa it was true the back fender was crooked by about a half inch. Any words of wisdom?

[Devon Jarvis]

donnymac1272003 wrote:

> > My new 2003 KLR's sub frame has bent/twisted I have been riding on > the street mostly and 200 miles on fsr's. For a total of 1000 miles. > Now I have not let the dealer do the 800 mile first service because > the manual only stated that they should do spoke tension and steering > head adjustments. All other procedures can be done by the consumer. > Which is me. The dealer is trying to tell me that because they didn't > do the initial break-in service that the warranty is not valid. I say > the sub frame was crooked from day one or was inherently weak from > the start. I would not have noticed it except for the fact that I did > a few miles on the road with a buddy and he said the my rear fender > wasn't lined up with my rear tire. At first I thought he was off his > rocker but when I got home and put the bike on axle stands, stood at > the back and whoa it was true the back fender was crooked by about a > half inch. Any words of wisdom? >

Yes, say you did the 800mi service. They can't prove otherwise. And anyway the subframe issue is entirely separate. Take off the side socers and seat and see if the top bolts are broken or missing. I bent my subframe, but by massively bottoming when I was already missing a subframe bolt. 20,000mi later the bend is still irrelevant. Devon A15-Z -- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss

[Zachariah Mully]

On Tue, 2003-07-15 at 12:22, donnymac1272003 wrote:

> My new 2003 KLR's sub frame has bent/twisted I have been riding on > the street mostly and 200 miles on fsr's. For a total of 1000 miles. > Now I have not let the dealer do the 800 mile first service because > the manual only stated that they should do spoke tension and steering > head adjustments. All other procedures can be done by the consumer. > Which is me. The dealer is trying to tell me that because they didn't > do the initial break-in service that the warranty is not valid. I say > the sub frame was crooked from day one or was inherently weak from > the start. I would not have noticed it except for the fact that I did > a few miles on the road with a buddy and he said the my rear fender > wasn't lined up with my rear tire. At first I thought he was off his > rocker but when I got home and put the bike on axle stands, stood at > the back and whoa it was true the back fender was crooked by about a > half inch. Any words of wisdom?

The dealer is total fool. Is there is another one in the area that you can take it to? They can't void your warranty for not having gone to them for the service, your warranty is protected from this idiocy by the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act of 1975. I can't find a copy of it on the FTC website, but perhaps your local Better Business Bureau can help you out. Regardless you should file a complaint with the BBB and with BigK as well. Z DC A5X A12X

[Don Mac]

Thanks very much for the support. I spoke with the service manager today and he did quite alot of back peddling. I did how ever allow them to schedule an appointment for steering head adjustment and spokes. He also said that the bent sub-frame would be covered as there is no damage anywhere else on the bike. Thanks again for the answers and support. D.MacDonald _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

[Stuart Mumford]

African or European KLR?

> -----Original Message----- > Message: 23 > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 00:10:19 -0000 > From: "Glen" > Subject: Speed of KLR 650 > > What is the maximum top speed of a 2000 KLR 650??? I recently > purchased a 2000 model but he had already put a sprocket with one > extra tooth on the front instead of the stock one but he gave me the > one that comes stock, he felt that this was the only way to go > because he did mostly highway driving and it brought the revs down. > It runs about 4500 RPM at 70 MPH on the highway with the current > larger sprocket. I am wondering if this modification is a good one > or not?? Will this give it more top end or will the bike just bog > down because it is not made for the bigger sprocket?? He gave me the > original and I want to know if I should maybe get it put back on?? > > Thanks

Yo Glen! If you're going to ride back and forth across Kansas and want to milk all the miles out of your KLR possible, go 16 tooth, but I reckon stock gearing is best all around. The KLR isn't exactly King of the Salt Flats, ya know. Thanks CA Stu A13