proud owner of a a -13

[Michael Hightower]

Thanks everyone for your great help and tips and schtuff. I've ordered up some new toys and geegaws for the bike. Based on the reviews of tires I went with the Dunlop 606s, and they seem like they might be one of the best all-around tires. So what I've learned so far is this: - KLRs are not battery friendly - It's going to take me a long time to digest everything online - Getting that stupid plug out of the carb air mix is a serious pain - I'm going to be crushed by this thing when I tilt the bike over to spray the chain - After having an off, stay conscious long enough to ask the medics to not hurt my nice jacket. Awesome! I did manage to adjust the air mix a little bit, and it's popping less on the overrun. I might check the anti-backfire valve (I think that's it) when I pull the tank to adjust the valves. Thanks everyone, and look forward to participating more here, Mike Hightower

[Mike Peplinski]

Agreed Rev, "been there done that" "got the T-shirt". Here's how you find out just how heavy the KLR is-try this in your back yard. Water down a grassy slope, preferably til the ground is soft. Make sure you have a non-knobbie on the rear. My personal favorite is the Avon "Slipster"(Gripster for you newbies). Traverse said hill on a diagonal, uphill on the left. Brake with the rear only. The rear end should come around quicker than, well quick, and you should be laying under a running KLR, pinned but not injured. Don't let anyone see you or you will get help, which is not the point of this lesson, and you will get laughed at, which may actually be a good lesson. Go ahead try it. It works for me every time.

>From: "revmaaatin" >To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: New member - Howdy! >Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:24:44 -0000 > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Schulte" >wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > > > Welcome aboard! You have come to the right spot but I don't think >anyone > > has the hours it would take to walk you through all of what you are >asking. > > Go to the website and search through the database for answers. >Another > > excellent site is www.klr650.marknet.us/. There is a sidebar on the >left > > that lists most of the projects you need help on and offers very >good > > advice. > > > > Once you get all of the general information you can find, and if >you need > > specific questions answered, bring those requests back here for >expert and > > verbose discussion ad nausea. > > > > You did good Mike by buying the KLR. In 90 days, after digesting >all of the > > free info already published, you will be posting informative >replies to > > questions just like yours. > > > > Capt. Bob in CT. > > > >HI Mike, >This is the answers to the questions you did not ask: > >If you have not enrolled in a MSF (motorcycle safety foundation) >course, find one, and take the class. Soemthing to learn, no matter >how long you have been riding. New to M/C's? Even more to learn. > >You are 'invisible', but not invinceable. Folks in a cage are not >watching for a green KLR, or Red for that matter. > >And wear ATGATT, All the gear, all the time. The EMT folks love >expensive riding gear! You should hear them squeel with glee--NO, >ITS MY TURN to CUT OFF the JACKET! Yes, Virgina, they like cutting >off your pants also. > >Change the gas often. and the oil. and lube the chain. lube is cheap. > >The first 1000 miles /3 months are the most dangerous. > >Never argue with a prairie rut, at least while on your KLR. You get >dirty and the rut likes it. and when, Passing through 89-degrees of >AOB (angle of bank, 0-degrees is vertical) you will have just enough >time to think, "This is not working out well." If you want to argue >with prairie ruts while riding a KLR, take someone along that is >younger than you that can pick up your bike. Ask me how I know.... > >revmaaatin. look ma, no drugs! >very soon, back to Careflight 911, Aberdeen, SD > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: >http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

[Mike Frey]

My back yard drops about 50 feet in elevation in 200 linear feet with a a stream / swamp at the bottom. I haven't yet dared go down there on the KLR; probably never will - took the 250 Super Sherpa down and got stuck (but didn't fall!). It was hard enough to get back up the hill on the Sherpa! I was pushing it as much as I rode it up. My KDX-200 and Montesa Cota 348 have no problem, but the KLR - ........ nooooooooooooo. Mike Peplinski wrote:

> Agreed Rev, "been there done that" "got the T-shirt". Here's how you find > out just how heavy the KLR is-try this in your back yard. Water down a > grassy slope, preferably til the ground is soft. Make sure you have a > non-knobbie on the rear. My personal favorite is the Avon > "Slipster"(Gripster for you newbies). Traverse said hill on a diagonal, > uphill on the left. Brake with the rear only. The rear end should come > around quicker than, well quick, and you should be laying under a running > KLR, pinned but not injured. Don't let anyone see you or you will get > help, > which is not the point of this lesson, and you will get laughed at, which > may actually be a good lesson. Go ahead try it. It works for me every > time. > >

[Michael Hightower]

Oh man, I can't WAIT to burn my legs on this thing! Here in Chicago there are a ton of riders--pretty much a huge shock coming from Northern Virginia (right outside of DC). What blows me away is that I'm the only dude I've seen so far who always wears their gear. It's habits instilled in me from bike friends back home. But there are dudes who are driving totally gonzo on city streets wearing clothes that are a bit too revealing for the beach. I might not have the prettiest face, but I wanna keep it. - Mike -----Original Message----- From: Mike Peplinski [mailto:motormind72@...] Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:17 PM To: mjearl@...; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Re: New member - Howdy! Agreed Rev, "been there done that" "got the T-shirt". Here's how you find out just how heavy the KLR is-try this in your back yard. Water down a grassy slope, preferably til the ground is soft. Make sure you have a non-knobbie on the rear. My personal favorite is the Avon "Slipster"(Gripster for you newbies). Traverse said hill on a diagonal, uphill on the left. Brake with the rear only. The rear end should come around quicker than, well quick, and you should be laying under a running KLR, pinned but not injured. Don't let anyone see you or you will get help, which is not the point of this lesson, and you will get laughed at, which may actually be a good lesson. Go ahead try it. It works for me every time.

>From: "revmaaatin" >To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: New member - Howdy! >Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:24:44 -0000 > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Schulte" >wrote: > > > > Mike, > > > > > > Welcome aboard! You have come to the right spot but I don't think >anyone > > has the hours it would take to walk you through all of what you are >asking. > > Go to the website and search through the database for answers. >Another > > excellent site is www.klr650.marknet.us/. There is a sidebar on the >left > > that lists most of the projects you need help on and offers very >good > > advice. > > > > Once you get all of the general information you can find, and if >you need > > specific questions answered, bring those requests back here for >expert and > > verbose discussion ad nausea. > > > > You did good Mike by buying the KLR. In 90 days, after digesting >all of the > > free info already published, you will be posting informative >replies to > > questions just like yours. > > > > Capt. Bob in CT. > > > >HI Mike, >This is the answers to the questions you did not ask: > >If you have not enrolled in a MSF (motorcycle safety foundation) >course, find one, and take the class. Soemthing to learn, no matter >how long you have been riding. New to M/C's? Even more to learn. > >You are 'invisible', but not invinceable. Folks in a cage are not >watching for a green KLR, or Red for that matter. > >And wear ATGATT, All the gear, all the time. The EMT folks love >expensive riding gear! You should hear them squeel with glee--NO, ITS >MY TURN to CUT OFF the JACKET! Yes, Virgina, they like cutting off >your pants also. > >Change the gas often. and the oil. and lube the chain. lube is cheap. > >The first 1000 miles /3 months are the most dangerous. > >Never argue with a prairie rut, at least while on your KLR. You get >dirty and the rut likes it. and when, Passing through 89-degrees of >AOB (angle of bank, 0-degrees is vertical) you will have just enough >time to think, "This is not working out well." If you want to argue >with prairie ruts while riding a KLR, take someone along that is >younger than you that can pick up your bike. Ask me how I know.... > >revmaaatin. look ma, no drugs! >very soon, back to Careflight 911, Aberdeen, SD > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: >http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ >courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: >http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

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[Douglas Bouley]

Hah! I had a California Highway Patrol officer as a trauma patient "back in the day". Just try cutting off the (expensive) uniform pants from one o' them! Either wait till they pass out, or at least be sure the senior officer on the scene has already collected the side arm! -doug Matt Knowles wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2006, at 11:24 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > >> The EMT folks love >> expensive riding gear! You should hear them squeel with glee--NO, >> ITS MY TURN to CUT OFF the JACKET! Yes, Virgina, they like cutting >> off your pants also. >> >> > > We also use that as a patient indicator. If the patient doesn't > complain when his expensive gear is being cut to shreds, it's probably > time to get the chopper in the air. > > http://www.ferndalefire.org/gallery-2006-06-24.html > > Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - > http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles > '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA) > '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads > '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt > '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >

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[Mike Frey]

I'm dumb enough to have tried it if I hadn't already struggled with the Sherpa. The hill calls to me, but I have Caller ID and don't answer. Ronald Criswell wrote:

> You are a smart man not to take the KLR on that ride Mike. You are > like me and don't enjoy picking the beast up. > > Criswell > On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Mike Frey wrote: > >> My back yard drops about 50 feet in elevation in 200 linear feet with a a >> stream / swamp at the bottom. I haven't yet dared go down there on >> the KLR; >> probably never will - took the 250 Super Sherpa down and got stuck >> (but didn't fall!). >> >> It was hard enough to get back up the hill on the Sherpa! I was >> pushing it >> as much as I rode it up. >> >> My KDX-200 and Montesa Cota 348 have no problem, but the KLR - >> ........ nooooooooooooo. >> >> Mike Peplinski wrote: >> >>> Agreed Rev, "been there done that" "got the T-shirt". Here's how you >> find >>> out just how heavy the KLR is-try this in your back yard. Water down a >>> grassy slope, preferably til the ground is soft. Make sure you have a >>> non-knobbie on the rear. My personal favorite is the Avon >>> "Slipster"(Gripster for you newbies). Traverse said hill on a diagonal, >>> uphill on the left. Brake with the rear only. The rear end should come >>> around quicker than, well quick, and you should be laying under a >> running >>> KLR, pinned but not injured. Don't let anyone see you or you will get >>> help, >>> which is not the point of this lesson, and you will get laughed at, >> which >>> may actually be a good lesson. Go ahead try it. It works for me every >>> time. >>> >>> >> >> > >

[usa1911a1]

Mike, Somehow you missed the postings on the fork mounted 50 caliber machine gun. KLR folks don't take kindly to folks in cages intruding into our lanes. Bob in CT. LOL& RFC

----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Hightower" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:25 PM Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Re: New member - Howdy! > > Thanks everyone for your great help and tips and schtuff. I've ordered up > some new toys and geegaws for the bike. Based on the reviews of tires I > went with the Dunlop 606s, and they seem like they might be one of the best > all-around tires. > > So what I've learned so far is this: > > - KLRs are not battery friendly > - It's going to take me a long time to digest everything online > - Getting that stupid plug out of the carb air mix is a serious pain > - I'm going to be crushed by this thing when I tilt the bike over to spray > the chain > - After having an off, stay conscious long enough to ask the medics to not > hurt my nice jacket. > > Awesome! > > I did manage to adjust the air mix a little bit, and it's popping less on > the overrun. I might check the anti-backfire valve (I think that's it) when > I pull the tank to adjust the valves. > > Thanks everyone, and look forward to participating more here, > Mike Hightower > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

[Michael Hightower]

>>Somehow you missed the postings on the fork mounted 50 caliber machine

gun. KLR folks don't take kindly to folks in cages intruding into our lanes. >>Bob in CT. LOL& RFC

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Matt Knowles wrote:

> > > On Aug 3, 2006, at 11:24 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > > The EMT folks love > > expensive riding gear! You should hear them squeel with glee--NO, > > ITS MY TURN to CUT OFF the JACKET! Yes, Virgina, they like

cutting

> > off your pants also. > > > > We also use that as a patient indicator. If the patient doesn't > complain when his expensive gear is being cut to shreds, it's

probably

> time to get the chopper in the air. > > http://www.ferndalefire.org/gallery-2006-06-24.html > > Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - >

Hi Matt, I see in your link, it appears the med-helo is a single-engine, two- blade Bell-212 (UH-1), and I was wondering if they landed on the road or did they land in the field immediately underneath the helo? Is this the med helo, and is it rigged to carry two victims at a time? I was surprised that the CA FD was using a B-212 vs. a BEll-412, four- blade twin-engine helo. Both are a great helo, but most departments using Hueys are flying the B-412 now. revmaaatin. my other KLR is a B-407

[revmaaatin]

From this med-pilots journal: A year ago I mentioned the Harley guy I picked up in Millbank, SD. I usually don't mind being woken up, drug out of bed in the middle of the night, the guy rides a MC. and he had the misfortune of hitting a cow, and, believe it or not Mr. Ripley, he killed it. Don't mind being woken up unless it is for something really stupid. Notice this post continues, yes, Virginia, it was for something stupid. Fast forward to the ER, 0130. Picture this: screams, cursing, obnoxious biker dude. And he smells like...alcohol, duh. and, he his positive for barbiturates and Meth. All framed in a very nice leather jacket, but his belly is tender, becoming firm and distended, and the situation is going from serious to worse. Out come the shears, up goes the biker dude's voice. "I PAID $400 for that jacket" and that is when the helo med crew starts to say, "You want to do the intubation, or do you want to cut off the coat." I'm in the background, (pilots don't have to stand within projectile vomiting range) and I suggest, "hit him with the Norcoron (sp?) (a paralyzing drug that will only allow you to move your eyes, and the medic must do the breathing for you with the Ambu bag) because he ain't riding anywhere near me unless he is a chemically induced vegetable." (yes Virginia, I get a vote on that one.) Thrashing, drugged bikers make horrible helo companions. Both Nurse/medics are bikers, and we all got our wish. It really was a very nice jacket. No matter, he was not going to need it for a very, very, long time. if, ever. Did I mention, I hate being woke up for something stupid? This incident is near the top of the helo-rescue, stupid food chain. revmaaatin. and they teased me later, "If he doesn't make it, you can do last rites." Thank goodness for small favors. Is this the worst? No, Virginia, Not the worst. The worst was 'Bubba' near London,KY who drowned himself while cat-fishing, but I will tell that later. Did you guess: It also involved alcohol. Darwin would have been proud.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Mike Frey wrote: > > The year was 1977, I had just crashed my 400 KTM. > > Once in the hospital, the ER docs were discussing cutting off > my riding gear. I asked them to just TAKE it off, please don't > cut it off. They complied. I lost consciousness soon after. > > Good thing I was awake for that part! > > As a side note, even though today's gear is better, the only > external injury I had was a hole in my forearm where a jacket > snap punched through. Several internal organs did not fare as > well, though. > > Matt Knowles wrote: > > > > > On Aug 3, 2006, at 11:24 AM, revmaaatin wrote: > > > > > The EMT folks love > > > expensive riding gear! You should hear them squeel with glee-- NO, > > > ITS MY TURN to CUT OFF the JACKET! Yes, Virgina, they like cutting > > > off your pants also. > > > > > > > We also use that as a patient indicator. If the patient doesn't > > complain when his expensive gear is being cut to shreds, it's probably > > time to get the chopper in the air. > > > > http://www.ferndalefire.org/gallery-2006-06-24.html > > http://www.ferndalefire.org/gallery-2006-06-24.html> > > > > Matt Knowles - Ferndale, CA - > > http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles > > http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/motorcycles> > > '99 Sprint ST - for going fast and far (2CZUSA) > > '01 KLR650 (A15) - for exploring the North Coast backroads > > '97 KLX300 & '01 Lakota - for playing in the dirt > > '79 KZ400 - just because it was the first vehicle I ever owned > > > > >