turning around

[j. Brown]

In the midst of all this debate on a doohickey recall and failure rate, I wondered if anyone had any idea on the carb diaphram failure rate? My '97 went out in August. Can I expect the same life from the new one, or is there something I can do to prevent it? -j.

[Allan Patton]

The carb diaphragm failure rate is low. Seem to fail with age or high mileage. My A14 had 70,000 miles when it failed in July this year. How many miles on yours when it failed? The BMW 650 diaphragms go bad more often than the KLRs. I've talked to several BMW riders who had them go bad at 30 to 35,000. Don't remember the models, but they had two carbs on the 650 singles. Allan

----- Original Message ----- From: "J. Brown" To: "orc37" ; "Tengai Mark Van Horn" Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 1:24 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Diaphrams and such > In the midst of all this debate on a doohickey recall and failure rate, I wondered if anyone had any idea on the carb diaphram failure rate? > My '97 went out in August. Can I expect the same life from the new one, or is there something I can do to prevent it? > -j. > > > 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/ > >

[Doug E]

> Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 03:37:48 -0000 > From: "Jim" > Subject: Turning around. > > Knowing when to turn around is important when riding > alone and is a skill best practiced.

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> I > shuddered at the thought of meeting them head on one > of those steep > rocky sections.

Sounds like you had a nice ride, Jim! And yeah, the 4wheelers don t always like coming across us bikes on the trail. I once started down a narrow, steep rocky section, before I heard the 4wheeler coming up around the corner. He was very annoyed when he saw me and had to stop. He said he d just wait until I moved. It didn t take him too long to figure out there was no way I was going to push a KLR650 backwards even a foot (It s difficult enough on a smooth, slight incline of a driveway!). He started it back up and backed down the hill, glaring at me as I went by (at least he didn't try to run me over!). (Just for the record I ve also run across plenty of very nice 4wheelers, too) I also had trouble turning around on some narrow singletrack up near the top of Ellis peak (Tahoe area), after I realized it was too risky to try getting over this nasty rocky outcropping by myself. Fortunately, the very nice trail maintenance guy (who I passed 10 minutes earlier) was kind enough to help me. I was sure glad I had slowed and waved when I had originally gone past him on my nice quiet bike! Doug E. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com