california vacation: 2008 klr spotting

[dooden]

Must be my double barrel crack pipe... At least I said check the manual then too, so must be some good crack hey... Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "kestrelfal" wrote: > > gess ya wuz smokn xmas crak > da lazt tym 12-21-06 sile boy > > http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/DSN_KLR650/message/166653 > > Fr Ed > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Dooden" wrote: > > > > Whoopsie... speaking of DOH moments... > > > > ya like I said check the manual... 70 ft lbs... I must have been > > smoking crack or something this morning... > > > > Thanks for the correction. > > > > Dooden (hiding in shame) > > A15 Green Ape > > > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Saline wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:32:07 -0000 "Dooden" writes: > > > > Field fix would be go back to the tele pole and bang the wheel the > > > > opposite direction to straighten it out, no doubt just twisted the > > > > upper forks in the triple clamps. > > > > > > > > OR at home put the bike on a lift, loosen all 8 triple pinch bolts > > > > just enough so the forks do not slide down, spin the wheel (forward > > > > rotations) as fast as you can and grab a whole handful of front > > > > brake, > > > > the sudden stop should make everything straight, then re-torque the > > > > pinch bolts. Consult manual (I think 70 ft lbs). (Might also need > > > > to > > > > loosen the brace) > > > > > > > > > > SNIP > > > > > > > Dooden > > > > A15 Green Ape > > > <><><><><><><><><> > > > <><><><><><><><><> > > > > > > Dooden, > > > > > > I seem to recall the torque for the fork tube pinch bolts is 18 foot > > > pounds. I'm pretty sure 70 foot pounds would snap them. : ) > > > > > > 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 > > > > > >

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "horkdoom" wrote:

> > Yes I know crashes are not a laughing matter, however in this case, > no harm no foul and I can personally look back on it and laugh at

the

> stupid thing that caused it and look at my healing scrapes for a > reminder of that. Also I rode back to my parking spot like a pro,

so

> parking lots aren't my problem (heck the speed bumps are even fun). > > I've taken an MSF course, and if I had the money I'd take it again > for the good practice. > > This post was posted in the spirit of look at the stupid thing I

did

> and don't repeat, because I know not everyone on this forum is a > "veteran" like you. > > Also I'd like to thank everyone else for the suggestions on fixing > the alignment/triple clamp issue, I won't be able to get to that > today because work just called me in but tomorrow is another day. >

Hork, You have reminded us that time proven MSF adage, "Look where you want to go! Do not look at what you want to miss." I first learned this from lister Jeff Saline when I described my Christmas-2003 'death' on my new to me KLR 650. I left a widow, and two kids, aged 7 and 4. I had never been told, "look where you want to go." Thank God the girl driving the cage was paying more attention than I was on that KY back-road from Wilmore to Versailles, cause after crossing the center line--I had full-blown target fixation--her bumper and windshield--and I was DEAD for sure! She braked hard after seeing that I had crossed the stripe into her lane while rounding the reverse camber turn bordered with vertical ditches flanked by limestone walls) Her braking gave me pause to push harder into the turn and miss her front end by inches; and of course, someone was going to fast to stay in my lane. So simple, a caveman could have done it, if he had been going the posted speed limit. It was a much more, subdued ride for the next 40 miles. revmaaatin. who is one less, white-metal-cross on the side of the road in central KY

[Mike Frey]

Today: Los Gatos - Coalinga road, north of Coalinga I was sitting at a picnic table taking a break. My KLR was sitting in the shade of a tree, and I heard the sounds of several bikes coming down the road. At least 10 bikes came cruising past, all of them 2008s. All three colors, too - red, blue, and green (that color was the giveaway). Unless California released them to dealers already, I assume they were test riders. In any case, they picked a good day and a good road! Too bad I didn't catch them at a stop; I would have been all over them with questions. (hasn't the dealer introduction been put off till later this year?) I completed my loop by riding up to Pinnacles National Monument, then back down on Route 25 - a great road for any bike. Finally, Route198 back "home" to Lemoore.