other than the doohickey on a 94'

[trailbuster30]

Hi guys, I'm sure there are alot of you here that remember this great series, I happened across a site that has alot of info and items from the show. That all seeing eye decal would sure look good on my KLR. I think this show is still aired on Turner South at various times. Maybe someone on the list can confirm this. www.thencamebronson.tv Dan

[klr_a4]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "trailbuster30" wrote:

> Hi guys, I'm sure there are alot of you here that remember this

great series, I happened across a site that has alot of info and items from the show. That all seeing eye decal would sure look good on my KLR. I think this show is still aired on Turner South at various times. Maybe someone on the list can confirm this. www.thencamebronson.tv Dan The All-Seeing Illuminati Eye could easily offset any effect of any "cop-bait" magnets on motorcycles, IMO. Conall-May Day is my favorite holiday.

[thad_carey]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "trailbuster30" wrote:

> Hi guys, I'm sure there are alot of you here that remember this

great series, I happened across a site that has alot of info and items from the show. That all seeing eye decal would sure look good on my KLR. I think this show is still aired on Turner South at various times. Maybe someone on the list can confirm this. www.thencamebronson.tv Dan Sorry, not aware of any program locations. For its time, that was a pretty cool show, albeit full of hokey Hollywood settings for a motorcycle. Remember some of the off road scenes with that Harley? The concept and the image, however, was fairly cutting edge for the day. Heck, as an impressionable young man in high school, it inspired me to get a motorcycle. That "hitting the highway" mentality is still with me. Thad Carey A15 (GI Joe meets Barbie)

[Mike T]

Funny - Then Came Bronson - In 1976, I lived it - but I needed to earn money so I traveled slower - My bike was a 1958 pre-unit Triumph 650 chopper - Lovely electronics~ 0 joke 0 Man, before Joe Rocket etal, Trash bag ponchos and paint-tarp wraps for sure! 17-years old and living a dream w/o cash - Geez - what was I thinking/// Hey, I left one week after high school graduation and I would not change it - a great summer doing Bronson - even though I blew all my money on that bike, in spite of the Lucas 'knight of darkness', always best when wet ;-( I should not have sold it in Portland, OR - I just needed bucks. And I couldn't pay for yet another "Lucas" issue. Oh, to have had bucks back then. I figured out late that riding a 1958 Lucas electronics bike in non-dry Portland, was not good for my wallet. Hell, the Local Triumph, BSA and Norton guys were greasing and taping - I was to learn later that Lucas could work. But never on the my zero budget (at the time). Thanks for the memories. Almost 30 years ago - I am not getting older, I am just losing my youth;-\ Mike T A16 Las Vegas -----Original Message----- From: thad_carey [mailto:ttcarey1@...] Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 6:30 PM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: (NKLR) Then Came Bronson --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "trailbuster30" wrote:

> Hi guys, I'm sure there are alot of you here that remember this

great series, I happened across a site that has alot of info and items from the show. That all seeing eye decal would sure look good on my KLR. I think this show is still aired on Turner South at various times. Maybe someone on the list can confirm this. www.thencamebronson.tv Dan Sorry, not aware of any program locations. For its time, that was a pretty cool show, albeit full of hokey Hollywood settings for a motorcycle. Remember some of the off road scenes with that Harley? The concept and the image, however, was fairly cutting edge for the day. Heck, as an impressionable young man in high school, it inspired me to get a motorcycle. That "hitting the highway" mentality is still with me. Thad Carey A15 (GI Joe meets Barbie)

[cosmoboj]

Yeah, I loved that show. I can remember being inspired to take a solo long weekend camping trip to the B.C. Interior as a 16 year old in September of 69. Thought I looked very "Bronsonlike" with my sleeping bag rolled up and belted to the handlebars of my 250 BSA Starfire.(ok the bag was yellow with a bit of a floral pattern but it was all I had).Started off ok but rained non-stop Sunday and Monday, apparently Bronson didn't need raingear. I can smile now thinking about it.Would love to see that series come out on DVD ....cosmo --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "trailbuster30" wrote:

> Hi guys, I'm sure there are alot of you here that remember this

great series, I happened across a site that has alot of info and items from the show. That all seeing eye decal would sure look good on my KLR. I think this show is still aired on Turner South at various times. Maybe someone on the list can confirm this. www.thencamebronson.tv Dan

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

MY version, c. 1968, on a trip through Canada on my trusty CL77 305 Scrambler. http://www.mindspring.com/~gbyoung2/bio/gbyIIc.jpg Guy At 05:00 AM 1/2/04 -0000, cosmoboj wrote:

>Yeah, I loved that show. I can remember being inspired to take a >solo long weekend camping trip to the B.C. Interior as a 16 year old >in September of 69. Thought I looked very "Bronsonlike" with my >sleeping bag rolled up and belted to the handlebars of my 250 BSA >Starfire.(ok the bag was yellow with a bit of a floral pattern but >it was all I had).Started off ok but rained non-stop Sunday and >Monday, apparently Bronson didn't need raingear. I can smile now >thinking about it.Would love to see that series come out on >DVD ....cosmo

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

Same mode of transport, just a LOT more ugly: http://www.mindspring.com/%7egbyoung2/bio/mybikeandi03.jpg )) Guy At 05:00 AM 1/2/04 -0000, cosmoboj wrote:

>Yeah, I loved that show. I can remember being inspired to take a >solo long weekend camping trip to the B.C. Interior as a 16 year old >in September of 69. Thought I looked very "Bronsonlike" with my >sleeping bag rolled up and belted to the handlebars of my 250 BSA >Starfire.(ok the bag was yellow with a bit of a floral pattern but >it was all I had).Started off ok but rained non-stop Sunday and >Monday, apparently Bronson didn't need raingear. I can smile now >thinking about it.Would love to see that series come out on >DVD ....cosmo

[Mark J. St.Hilaire, Sr]

> Same mode of transport, just a LOT more ugly: > > http://www.mindspring.com/%7egbyoung2/bio/mybikeandi03.jpg

You picked the right color! (Red) We really need another bike for two-up riding, and I've been thinking about a Concours. Do you have any thoughts on that, and on the bike in general, that you'd be willing to share? Mark My KLR650 Motorcycle Website: http://klr6500.tripod.com/ Our HomePage: http://home.adelphia.net/~msaint/index.html Check out Geocaching: http://www.geocaching.com

[Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed.]

Hmmmm? Where to begin? Well, let me begin by saying it is an 'old' bike - in design (first came out in '86) - and many editors like to say it's, "Long in the Tooth." Personally, I like to think the bike has aged gracefully and, IMHO, still looks nice. Being carburetted, it's also a bike YOU can work on. No sophisticated, high $$ diagnostic/tune-up equipment is needed to keep it running at peak performance. The (16) valves use screw/locknut type of adjusters, so there's no shims to worry about. While Kaw says the valve adjustment interval is every 6000 miles, I have eventually been able to go 26K before I needed to tweak a valve. Actually two, and these were well within factory spec., but out of mine. They changed about .001" in 26K. My next check will be at 100K. It is a heavy bike (600 lbs+ wet), so it isn't a sportbike, however, the bike can surprise you on how well it handles. I have seen this bike put many modern sportsbikes and their riders to shame in the hands of a capable rider. Quite frankly, I no longer have the 'nads for all that it is capable of. It is also an able tourer, either solo or two-up. There are many who carry their SO's all over the country to rallies and the like - some of them pulling trailers to boot. No, it doesn't have the creature-comforts of a 'Wing, but I have also never really heard any of the pillions complain too loudly about how uncomfortable they were. My longest personal trip was approx. 1800 miles in http://www.mindspring.com/~gbyoung2/misc/pond/over_the_pond.pdf and, if you haven't fallen asleep yet: http://www.concours.org/eu/photos/denmark2002/hansreport_denmark_2002.html I routinely make 600-800 mile trips in a single sitting going back and forth to COG (Concours Owners Group) Rallies a couple of times each year. The bike is also an excellent commuter, which now shares that duty with the KLR. As the Technical Editor for COG (an excellent support Group, BTW), I dish out (high) mileage stickers to owners whose bikes have achieved 50K, 100K, 150K, and 200K. I will be presenting one to a friend of mine up in Hanover, PA later this month. His '95 (same year as mine) has racked up 150K. His bike has been all over the country carrying his wife, and more frequently than not, towing a trailer. There is also one fella in Alaska whose bike is approaching 300K. I'll need to design a special sticker for that one. Having said all of the above, the absolute best thing about the bike is its price. If you're a capable negotiator, you can get one out the door for less than $9000. IMHO - They're the best bang today for the buck for this type of bike. Quite simply, the bike does everything well for the $$ spent. You asked. Guy At 05:38 AM 1/2/04 -0500, Mark J. St.Hilaire, Sr wrote:

>> Same mode of transport, just a LOT more ugly: >> >> http://www.mindspring.com/~gbyoung2/bio/mybikeandi03.jpg > >You picked the right color! (Red) > >We really need another bike for two-up riding, and I've been thinking about >a Concours. Do you have any thoughts on that, and on the bike in general, >that you'd be willing to share? > >Mark

[thad_carey]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Guy B. Young II - COG Tech. Ed." wrote:

> MY version, c. 1968, on a trip through Canada on my trusty CL77 305

Scrambler.

> > http://www.mindspring.com/~gbyoung2/bio/gbyIIc.jpg > > > > Guy > > > At 05:00 AM 1/2/04 -0000, cosmoboj wrote: > > >Yeah, I loved that show. I can remember being inspired to take a > >solo long weekend camping trip to the B.C. Interior as a 16 year

old

> >in September of 69. Thought I looked very "Bronsonlike" with my > >sleeping bag rolled up and belted to the handlebars of my 250 BSA > >Starfire.(ok the bag was yellow with a bit of a floral pattern but > >it was all I had).Started off ok but rained non-stop Sunday and > >Monday, apparently Bronson didn't need raingear. I can smile now > >thinking about it.Would love to see that series come out on > >DVD ....cosmo

Geez, Guy, how geeky does that pic of you and the 305 look by today's standards?....Hmmmm...well, better than I looked back then. My Suzuki 350 Rebel twin was my Bronsonmobile--couldn't hardly even read the instruments at times with crap strapped all over the bike. Too cheap to buy the Suzuki luggage rack, I cobbed together some hideous contraption scrounged from behind a motorcycle shop and "attached" it to the bike. In retrospect, its a wonder stuff didn't fall off the bike and insert itself into crital parts of the drivetrain or wheels. Guy, at least when you took off from that stoplight (after the schmuck in the station wagon says he wishes he was doing what you were doing), your bike at least had a little of that 4-stroke Harleyesque throaty sound. My ring-a-ding-ding didn't quite instill that element of the image I was desperately trying to emulate back then. I did have the leather jacket, however, LOL! Good memories. Thad Carey A15 (GI Joe meets Barbie)