great klr write-up on motorcycle.com

[Marc Illsley Clarke]

Upping the pressure in the rear tire to 32psi or above seemed to be far more critical for getting rid of my open-air high-speed wobble on my KLR650. Upping the pressure in the front tire seemed to have the biggest influence on damping out the wobbles caused by wind blast from passing trucks. -- Marc, KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado USA -----Original Message----- From: coolmaduro [mailto:coolmaduro@...] Sent: Friday, May 07, 2004 12:49 To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Steering Stabilizer It's funny you mentioned this. I actually found this out myself but, it unfortunately didn't compeletly solve the problem. I forgot to add pressure to the tires after riding offroad so I had about 18 front and 22 rear. Riding on the highway above 75 was downright scary. Then I added air bringing the front up to 26 and the back to 28. This solved about 70 percent of the wobble problem. Maybe I just need to up the pressure a little bit more??

[Devon]

coolmaduro@... wrote:

> >Then again, maybe you're right and it's the wheel bearings. I'm just >learning to live with it. > >

Don't. It's 2004, a motorcycle that doesn't wobble around isn't too much to ask. KLR's are cheap enough to have some leftover cash to sort out the little shortcomings. Did you mention you had a fork brace? When I had the stock front end the K-9 brace (happy-trail.com) was a great brace, especially if you blueprinted the crossbar spacers so the crossbar lays on the slider clamps perfectly level, before tightening the bolts. Also, check your subframe bolts, top and bottom. When they get loose the rear end sways enough to make the bike wiggle. Devon

[coolmaduro]

Duh! I didn't even think of the subframe bolts! I haven't checked those yet. I don't have a fork brace yet so that is something I will get soon. I was looking at the K-9, the one sold on isallgood.com, and the Kytech. I'm a little cheap but still want a good product. You're right though about not living with it. I was just frustrated. I will get this licked one way or another. Thanks for you help.

> >Then again, maybe you're right and it's the wheel bearings. I'm

just

> >learning to live with it. > > > > > Don't. It's 2004, a motorcycle that doesn't wobble around isn't too

much

> to ask. KLR's are cheap enough to have some leftover cash to sort

out

> the little shortcomings. > > Did you mention you had a fork brace? When I had the stock front

end the

> K-9 brace (happy-trail.com) was a great brace, especially if you > blueprinted the crossbar spacers so the crossbar lays on the slider > clamps perfectly level, before tightening the bolts. > > Also, check your subframe bolts, top and bottom. When they get

loose the

> rear end sways enough to make the bike wiggle. > > Devon

[Devon]

coolmaduro@... wrote:

>Duh! I didn't even think of the subframe bolts! I haven't checked >those yet. > >I don't have a fork brace yet so that is something I will get soon. >I was looking at the K-9, the one sold on isallgood.com, and the >Kytech. I'm a little cheap but still want a good product. >

The important thing is to get one that is adjustable, and to "blueprint" it. Meaning you fit the slider clamps, then lay the crosspiece on top of the spacers and see if it rocks at all (meaning the slider clamps aren't perfectly parallel). Then, you check with feeler gauges how much is wobbles. Put a piece of sandpaper on a hard flat surface, and grind the appropriate spacer on it (being very careful to keep it flat). Check the clearance again, sand again etc. You want the crosspiece to sit perfectly flat without wobbling at all. Then you bolt it up. The happy-trail.com brace was the most suited to custom fitment like this. I won't buy the knockoff for personal reasons. This will ensure you don't make the forks sticky by bending them when you clamp down an ill-fitting brace. My A15 desperately needed a fork brace, not all do. Devon

[Jud Jones]

Responding without trimming is sometimes the moral equivalent of quoting an entire digest,

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Kip C. Anderson" wrote: > Interesting write-up. I like the last part about insurance rates. > > After buying my well used KLR last year and notifying my agent, for some > time afterward, I kept receiving refund checks of my premium. I admit it. > Sometimes I'm slow, but I kept authorizing the same $47/mo through automatic > bill payments having been used to the $65/mo I paid for my VFR that I had > sold. Then it dawned on me, that $47 was for the entire year! Headslapper > time. > > I'm going to have to consider carefully any future bike purchases knowing > that. > > - > Kip > Flat black A8 > Eugene, OR > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "pzzldpnthr" > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 4:41 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Great KLR write-up on Motorcycle.com > > > It Ain't The Tool: The Canyon Carving Shootout > > By Gabe Ets-Hokin, Feature Editor, June 2005 > > Has this happened to you? I know it's happened to me. [SNIP!]