san jose's hottest tech day ever!

[Michael White]

_____ I have been unable to locate neither in the Kawasaki KLR parts fiche what the screw is attached to on the Black plastic cover to the left of the shock in the picture, could anyone lend the information. There is an attached mounting bracket on the frame but it dose not align up with the plastic cover I ordered to replace the missing one on the A12 I purchased. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Doug Herr]

On Sat, 22 Jul 2006, Michael White wrote:

> I have been unable to locate neither in the Kawasaki KLR parts fiche what > the screw is attached to on the Black plastic cover to the left of the shock > in the picture, could anyone lend the information. There is an attached > mounting bracket on the frame but it dose not align up with the plastic > cover I ordered to replace the missing one on the A12 I purchased.

No attachments allowed, so we could not see that picture. -- Doug Herr doug@...

[Blake Sobiloff]

Hi all! We had a great turnout and a great time at today's tech day. We only did one doohickey and one valve adjustment, but a lot of bench racing (and ogling of others' farkle) was enjoyed by all. We had enough water/lemonade/Gatorade to keep us productive until about 2 PM, at which point the work was done and the 104 degree temps ended the bench races. Bill Benda is the proud new owner of a newly installed doohickey from Eagle Mike. His old one, with less than 5,000 miles on it, was in OK shape--although the doohickey did have a bit of a dimple on it from the factory's original tightening. His spring was in one piece as well, but after starting the bike up he noted that the motor was much quieter than before. Keith Wahl did his first valve job on his new-to-him A12; with 38,000 miles, Keith's bike has had a few valve jobs done to it before. But, one exhaust was at the bottom limit, and the rest were in the middle, so we bumped them up to the max and figure that he'll have to change engines before he needs to change shims again. Oh, and Adam Harrold earned the nickname "Encyclopedia Brown" for his uncanny knowledge of all the proper torque values for almost every fastener we touched! What a great workshop companion--and a nice guy to let me rib him in public. As with all good parties, some folks had too much fun and forgot some things when they left. I have a set of headphones, a headlamp, and a bungie cord that are new to me. Send me a detailed description of the item to claim it. Thanks again to everyone who attended! -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/blakeblog/> http://sobiloff.typepad.com/klr_adventure/> San Jose, CA (USA)