wp suspension

[john muldowney]

This is not a KLR question BUT someone has offered me a "free" motorcycle and I think the piston(s) are seized...I was considering picking it up just so I could have a project bike to work on and enjoy getting back up and running BUT (again) is this a "don't bother" situation? It is I think an late 70 early 80's Yamaha 650 special with 11,000 miles on it. It overall is not in poor condition everything seems to be orginal on it... thanks, John

[john muldowney]

Oh ya the motor is "seized" in the sense that is has been sitting around for years and I was not able to get the motor to move with the kickstart, maybe with a battery the starter may crank it over, but I haven't gone there yet

[nakedwaterskier]

First find out what exactly it is. Then figure out if it is worth a f0ck. jeffrey

[Joseph Jones]

Hey if it is FREE what do you have to lose????????????????????? Do you want to play with it??????????????????????????????????? If not get it and give it to someone that will play with it, or someone that wants to learn something about M/C's. And if it is near Ky get it and give it to me, I'll play with it. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "john muldowney" wrote:

> Oh ya the motor is "seized" in the sense that is has been sitting

around for

> years and I was not able to get the motor to move with the

kickstart, maybe

> with a battery the starter may crank it over, but I haven't gone

there yet

[mrodub]

...or if it's near NY, give it to me! Anything is worth taking for free. You could always part it out on ebay. Mike --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Joseph Jones" wrote:

> > > Hey if it is FREE what do you have to lose????????????????????? > Do you want to play with it??????????????????????????????????? > If not get it and give it to someone that will play with it, or > someone that wants to learn something about M/C's. > And if it is near Ky get it and give it to me, I'll play with it. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "john muldowney" > wrote: > > Oh ya the motor is "seized" in the sense that is has been sitting > around for > > years and I was not able to get the motor to move with the > kickstart, maybe > > with a battery the starter may crank it over, but I haven't gone > there yet

[Glen]

food for thought: an xs 650 has been turned into an enduro more than once. my friend has an xs and they are very easy to work on. a great way to learn motorcycle basics. grab that one up. put some oil in the spark plug holes let it sit over nite and see if it turns over for ya in the mornin. glenski - might be able to help with xs basics if ya need it a14 --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "john muldowney" wrote:

> This is not a KLR question BUT someone has offered me a "free"

motorcycle

> and I think the piston(s) are seized...I was considering picking

it up just

> so I could have a project bike to work on and enjoy getting back

up and

> running BUT (again) is this a "don't bother" situation? > > It is I think an late 70 early 80's Yamaha 650 special with 11,000

miles on

> it. It overall is not in poor condition everything seems to be

orginal on

> it... > > thanks, John

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/3/2005 5:50:14 AM Pacific Standard Time, jck22903@... writes: My confusion Pat, I thought that you already had a WP shock on your KLR and were looking to replace it with a new one. Thanks for the info. Nope, got mine and I'm happy with it. This was a case of where I was helping Matt track down someplace where we could get a price quote and happened to stumble onto a what could be a nice deal - Jim's trying to ramp up his new business and is offering incentives to get people in the front door - and so I passed the information on to the group. All I know about LE is that from time to time you'll see the name in dirt bike and sports bike magazine articles. I got a couple of stickers from him back at the '97 Hangtown National and his business is in Campbell, CA - maybe we have a lister in the San Jose area that could check him out and report back? Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]