help, please - do i need a klr or should i get dr?

[alvahgarrett]

I just bought a 2004 KLR650, and I am getting a rubbing sound, like either a tire or the chain is rubbing against something. I am a big guy, weigh 250, I have set the shock on a stiffer setting, checked everything I can see. It is not connected to braking, or stopping, or acceleration. I can't hear it except at low speed, probably since the engine sound goes up and covers it up. I don't feel anything weird thru the handlebars, I don't think I am bottoming out the shock. I am wondering if it is the little plastic plate that is close to the tire and the chain. Anyone with an idea. The bike has about 65 miles on it as of today. Runs great, I love it, but the stupid rubbing (like something plastic rubbing against something else) is driving me nuts. Al G.

[Mark Lewis]

It's under warranty..... --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "alvahgarrett" wrote:

> I just bought a 2004 KLR650, and I am getting a rubbing sound, like > either a tire or the chain is rubbing against something. I am a

big

> guy, weigh 250, I have set the shock on a stiffer setting, checked > everything I can see. It is not connected to braking, or stopping, > or acceleration. I can't hear it except at low speed, probably

since

> the engine sound goes up and covers it up. I don't feel anything > weird thru the handlebars, I don't think I am bottoming out the > shock. I am wondering if it is the little plastic plate that is > close to the tire and the chain. Anyone with an idea. The bike

has

> about 65 miles on it as of today. Runs great, I love it, but the > stupid rubbing (like something plastic rubbing against something > else) is driving me nuts. > > Al G.

[Zachariah Mully]

On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 13:40, alvahgarrett wrote:

> . The bike has > about 65 miles on it as of today. Runs great, I love it, but the > stupid rubbing (like something plastic rubbing against something > else) is driving me nuts. >

The black chain guard is probably rubbing the tire or the chain. Bend it back. Z DC A5X A12X

[Judson D. Jones]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "kknorpp001" wrote:

> Here's my current situation. I don't have time to go on 1000 mile > tours and like riding off-road. So should I get a DR650 instead of > the KLR? I don't see my self riding more than 50-100 miles ever to > get to a trial (maybe after the kid's grow up), so I see most of my > riding days being a 30-60 mile trip to the trails, a couple of hours > on the trials and then the 30-60 mile trip home. So, should I get > the DR650 instead since I would be wasting the KLR's ability to tour > and not benefitting from the off-road abilities of the DR?

Can't fault your reasoning. There is a lot of overlap in function between the two.