klrs are taking over; seen so many lately.

[Guest]

Hi all, Today the KLR died. Here's the story: Rode to work in drizzle. During work, it was foggy with a little drizzle now and then. No real rain. Temps in the upper 40s (F). When I tried to start 'er, she did what she's done twice before. Turn turn turn turn turn... POP! The pop is accompanied by an 8-inch flame shooting out of the muffler. The bike has a new coil, plug and plug wire. I drained the bowl. Problem persists. Took the connections off the coil and shot 'em with WD-40. Problem persists. I know that the first thing folks are going to say is, "T-mod!" But, I've ridden in POURING rain lately and not had this problem. Today I rode to work in drizzle, and it sat in not much more than fog all day. So, what should I try? I know that once it dries out, she'll start again. What should I lube up to protect from this moisture. Or, is this really a t-mod issue? Signed, Bummed in Michigan (Trevor) http://www.staplesworks.com/klr

[Rodney Copeland]

Hey Trevor, Just a thought, but I've had mud dobbers plug the hole that allows the spark plug area to drain. I've also had them try to block some of my tubes. They like to stash small spiders in small holes with thier larvae. And Yes, you need the Y Mod to eliminate that possibility! Rod

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Nunya" wrote: > > Hi all, > > Today the KLR died. Here's the story: > > Rode to work in drizzle. During work, it was foggy with a little > drizzle now and then. No real rain. Temps in the upper 40s (F). > > When I tried to start 'er, she did what she's done twice before. Turn > turn turn turn turn... POP! The pop is accompanied by an 8-inch flame > shooting out of the muffler. > > The bike has a new coil, plug and plug wire. > > I drained the bowl. Problem persists. Took the connections off the > coil and shot 'em with WD-40. Problem persists. > > I know that the first thing folks are going to say is, "T-mod!" But, > I've ridden in POURING rain lately and not had this problem. Today I > rode to work in drizzle, and it sat in not much more than fog all day. > > So, what should I try? I know that once it dries out, she'll start > again. What should I lube up to protect from this moisture. Or, is > this really a t-mod issue? > > Signed, > Bummed in Michigan (Trevor) > > > > http://www.staplesworks.com/klr >

[nakedwaterskier]

I think people are buying em for commuting in LA.CA traffic. I have never seen so many in so brief a time period except at ESR or Julian tech days! Jeffrey

[johnny.meehan]

I've never had this problem with the klr specifically, but I can tell you about a similar problem I had years ago with another bike. It was an (83?) Yamaha Virago 500 (they only made 'em for a year or so) and it would do much the same kind of thing you are describing. The virago was a twin, not a single, and usually you could get one cylinder to run, while the other one refused to fire, except for occasionally letting out loud BANG and shooting flame out the tailpipe. We tried everything. Ignition seemed fine, plenty of hot blue spark, cleaned the carbs, checked everything we could think to check, no dice. When I pulled the plug to check for spark, I noticed that it seemed to be soaked in fuel. however, drying out or replacing the plug had no effect. Then one day we changed the oil (don't remember why) and lo and behold it was full of gasoline...hmmm. To make a long story short, the vaccuum-actuated fuel valve was stuck wide open, allowing the cylinder and crankcase to fill with gas. Once we drained the oil, turned off the gas, took out the plugs and let the whole thing sit in the sun for a day to dry out, both cylinders fired right up. From then on, we were able to just manually turn off the fuel valve every time we shut down the bike and had no problems. I don't know if the klr is capable of having the same problem, but you never know...has anyone on this list had this happen? Just an idea, I'm not a mechanic and I don't play one on tv...just trying to help. Good luck! let us know what it turns out to be.