what trail-side repairs/failures

[Donald Dickerson]

Have to admit, it would likely be fun to ride... Kinda like a Boss Hoss with a blown hemi... --- stevedyer wrote:

> Don, > > I didn't say it was easy. Had to put stiffer fork springs up front > and go > to a heavier fork oil. Did get to toss the radiator, though. > > Yeah, just joking. ) > > Steve > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donald Dickerson" > To: "stevedyer" ; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:31 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] KLR with a DR 650 engine? > > > > You put a WHAT into a KLR!? A CBX!? As in the 6 cylinder monster? > The > > RE-5 I can see, but that huge inline six? Yer joking, right? > > > > Don Dickerson > > > > --- stevedyer wrote: > > > >

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[Douglas Bouley]

No problem: Got me an air hammer from Harbor Freight for the frame and lots of JB Weld to build up the swing arm. Since I can now contemplate giving up the bacon chain oiler, I will just go to fully articulated chicken legs (maybe turkey drumsticks) to prop up the suspension. It'll be great. Re the wheelies: Norm solemnly assured me that shafties can't wheelie. I therefore assumed that my particular Sabres and Secas must have had the rare Chen Sing flubber (CSF) front tires to cause that occasional elevation. Norm wouldn't lie. He even promised the check will be here any day now... ;-^ Doug jonathan thirlby wrote:

> Having shaft drive DOESNT mean not being able to pull wheelies!just > loo at those bmw gs series bikes,and i have been known to wheelie a > goldwing in the past too. > However putting a shaft drive engine in a klr is a huge undertaking > and would recquire considerable re working of the frame-it isnt > designed to cope with the twisting forces that is inherant with a > shaft drive system,plus the frame around the swinging arm area is much > too spindly to cope with it > oh,and a different shock absorber will be needed too to allow for > shaft reation etc > Jon > > */Douglas Bouley /* wrote: > > They were joking, but I'm quite serious about swapping out my final > drive for a shaft. It's OK that I won't be able to wheelie, as I'm > too > big for the poor li'l KLR anyway. > > doug > > > http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail/uk/taglines/default/messenger/*http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com%20>

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[Darren Clark]

Guy's, Anything can be done. In my poor high school days I had nothing but a bunch of broken bikes. Fortunately they all had something different wrong with them. So, what did I end up with? 1976 Honda 125 Elsenore frame, forks, swing arm. 1978 Suzuki PE250 motor and modified exhaust. 198? Yamaha YZ80 monoshock grafted to the rear swing arm and frame of the Honda. 197? Suzuki RE-5 Kick start, and cables on the PE-250 motor. 197? Harley Davidson 2 cycle dirt bike gas tank and handle bars. 197? Kawasaki 350 (3 cylinder 2 cycle) street bike front wheel and brakes. The seat... put a big pad of foam over the old seat pan and cut the leg off of a pair of my dads jeans and pulled it over the the seat, pair of hose clamps and presto new seat! Lots of welding and fabrication. What I ended up with was a Yama-hon-zuki-skai-davidson. Like any beater it was the most fun I ever had on 2 wheels. Everybody called it the death-bike, but it was mecanically sound, and as safe as a beater dirt bike could be. Darren Clark 2004 KLR-650 A-18 (All Kawasaki)

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/14/2006 2:52:26 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, biggranger@... writes: Guy's, Anything can be done. <><><><><><><><><><><> How true, a little skill with a torch and great things can happen. A good example was a buddy who owns a salvage yard and had a bunch of old xl250 Hondas with bad motors. His son-in-law who is a very good fabricator took a Suzuki GN400 single cylinder street motor and grafted it into an xl250 frame. No lights, no battery, no electrics at all so very light weight and that motor was very torquey. It was just the finest little trail bike and I begged him to build another for me but other projects got in the way. Kurt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Don S]

I had a mouse nest in my atv exhaust and reported it to this group about a month ago. You're right about fine packing material other than it lasts only as long as the machine is not started. When you do start the machine, the packing material and material packers will all be immediately puked out. Don Kimosabe wrote: From a previous post I've read here, I got the impression that field mice and nesting material make superb packing material for mufflers. You go from tweety to squeeky with a bit of a backfire. Nice touch of class. Steve in Niceville

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Don S wrote: > > As previously mentioned, I'm abandoning bamboo as exhaust material in favour of zucchini. A big plus for the zucchini tail pipe is that at the end of a day of riding, dinner will be ready. Baked zucchini and friction fried bacon. Bon appetite! > > Bogdan Swider wrote: > > On 9/13/06 2:57 PM, "stevedyer" wrote: > > > > > I feel your pain. Had a similar situation a couple years ago with two worn > > out KLRs. The first was brought back to life with a '79 CBX engine, the > > second with a '75 Suzuki RE-5 engine. > > CBX / RE-5 transplants and bamboo exhausts. At first I thought you guys were > serious - just two more list eccentrics. What a day. > > Bogdan > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > --------------------------------- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Silverstein" wrote:

> > Great thread! After reading a few descriptions I realize McGuyver

has

> nothing on the people on this list. > > Here's my trailside repair experience, totally self-inflicted: > > My son and I were seeing how deep a puddle we could ride through

on some

> NC trails and eventually > drowned the engine, sucking water into the airbox and exhaust

pipe. In

> order to get home we had to: > > 1) Drain the water out of the air box and squeeze out the filter > 2) Drain the water out of the exhaust system by removing > the muffler plug screw. If you don't do this there may be too

much

> back pressure to start. > 3) Drain the carburetor float bowl by removing the drain plug screw > 4) Remove the spark plug and crank the starter until water stops > shooting out. Note: Do not stare into > the spark plug hole when cranking, unless you want to soak your > retina in muddy water. >

Hi Mike, Going to your link, you mention that you had to change the oil more than once...how far did you ride the bike on the contaminated oil, and how milky-coloured was it when you changed it? Others have written that they did a 'field' oil change (I am not saying I endorse dumping 2.5 liters of oil, just reporting what was said) before they ever started the engine again. Any lister: Comments? Did you actually find any water in the bowl? Sucked in by the vent? revmaaatin.