any good tips on improving brake feel?

[keithrstone]

'00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. I need to slow it down. What do you all run? Keith

[Jeff Saline]

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:09:56 -0000 "keithrstone" writes:

> '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith

<><><><><> <><><><><><> Keith, I run a 46 tooth rear with a 16 tooth front for pavement and a 14 tooth front for the dirt. If I'm not on a trip I'll often just leave the 14 tooth front on for the Beautiful Black Hills. Check the messages from the 5th as there was quite a bit of talk about sprockets then. Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[cactus_reese]

Hi Keith, Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph (75-70). -Bryan --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" wrote:

> > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith >

[tlwalker1962]

A 14/43 and you can go 70-75mph? My 2006 has the standard 15/43 and screems at 4,000 rpm at only 60mph! I am switching to a 15/35 for 75mph @ 4,000rpm. Did Kawasaki use differing gear trans gear ratios in the past? I ride mainly long distances on the street and needed to tone the rpm at highway speeds to squelch some of the bar vibes and increase engine life. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "cactus_reese" wrote:

> > Hi Keith, > Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on > the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road > and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph > (75-70). > -Bryan >

[Spike55]

Jeff: Would a 15T/45T setup require the stock chain to be lengthened? It sounds like you been down "all of these roads" before. Don R100, A6F

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:09:56 -0000 "keithrstone" > writes: > > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > > > I need to slow it down. > > > > What do you all run? > > > > Keith > <><><><><> > <><><><><><> > > Keith, > > I run a 46 tooth rear with a 16 tooth front for pavement and a 14 tooth > front for the dirt. If I'm not on a trip I'll often just leave the 14 > tooth front on for the Beautiful Black Hills. > > Check the messages from the 5th as there was quite a bit of talk about > sprockets then. > > Best, > > Jeff Saline > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT >

[Jeff Saline]

On Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:19:15 -0000 "Spike55" writes:

> Jeff: > > Would a 15T/45T setup require the stock chain to be lengthened? It > > sounds like you been down "all of these roads" before. > > Don R100, A6F

<><><><><><> <><><><><><> Don, I "think" you could get by with the stock chain but haven't tried it. But I have no idea if a stock chain would work if you wanted to move to a 16/45 as I "think" you'd run out of adjustment room. Maybe the same with the 14/45 but I don't know. I use a 108 link chain with my 14 or 16/46 combo. The guys I know with a 45 tooth rear also use a 108 link chain. Maybe someone running the 45 tooth can speak to the adjustment issues. Any takers? Best, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[GMac999]

Keith, I do mainly off road riding so I geared down accordingly. I run a 14/47 combo from JTSprockets for daily and off road riding. When I need to make runs on the interstate, I change the front sprocket to a 16. I did have to get a longer chain, 110 links. GregM --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" wrote:

> > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43,

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> my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > I need to slow it down. > > What do you all run? > > Keith >

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[Don Bittle]

Same here. For everyday stuff, the 14t is fun but I keep a 16 for prolonged interstate travel. I also bought a 13 tooth from Fred for the dirty stuff but I've not used it yet. As a point of safety, it seems to me that the 14 tooth has caused fewer parking lot, 1 mph, u turn stalls which can dump you in front of all your bubba and bubbett friends. It's easy to do on a big thumper. don a17 voyager

On Aug 8, 2006, at 1:54 AM, cactus_reese wrote: > Hi Keith, > Good to hear from you again. I run a 14 front with the stock 43 on > the rear. I use that setup for everything. It really helps off-road > and took my top comfortable highway cruising speed down about 5 mph > (75-70). > -Bryan > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "keithrstone" > wrote: > > > > '00 KLR650, what sprocket sizes do you run. I have stock 15/43, and > > my trail crawling is WAAAAAYYYYYY too fast. > > > > I need to slow it down. > > > > What do you all run? > > > > Keith > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bill Watson]

I'm one of the few members who likes taller-than-standard gearing on the KLR, and run 16/43 daily and find it very pleasant. Being one who has a lot of experience with tall gearing on a number of vehicles, I would opine that 15/35 is just toooooo tall for the KLR. My 16/43 is the same as having 15 front, 40.3 in the rear if you will. I find I don't even use 5th gear in some town situations, (ie below 40 mph on totally flat ground, or for any moderate acceleration below 50) - remember this is a single where 75% of the time it's decelerating, then BOOM, 25% accelerating (ie, 4-stroke cycle). You'll get into chain snatch issues. You have to be wise about when, and when not to use top gear. That said, I would agree that you could cut that rear 43 down to a 40 or 39 on the street comfortably, but 35? Off -the-charts too far IMO. Bill Watson Phoenix --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2 /min or less. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[fasteddiecopeman]

James, On your rear brake lever: add a piece ON TOP of the tip. I use a piece of ski-pole while a buddy used wood, around 5/8". Mine's attached with a zip-tie thru lateral holes thru the middle of the side and down around the tip. Ed