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Jim Priest · Post by **Jim Priest** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:45 pm

On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte wrote:

> P.S. Water is softer

Depends on your speed

-- Jim Priest - central NC - 04 KLR650 'Gonzo' Checkout the KLR Resource List and Master Tool List http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/KLR650_resources http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/Master_tool_list

Bob Schulte · Post by **Bob Schulte** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:12 pm

With both diesels at 1800 RPM (Detroit 671's) M/V Becky Thatcher at 65 tons displacement makes a scorching 7.5 knots unaided by current. That is my reference point. Having said that, given the choice of asphalt or water at terminal velocity, I will still pick the water every time. The result may be the same, but I will "feel" that I made the right choice right up to the splat. And how we "feel" about things is so important now-a-days. Captain Bob www.essexsteamtrain.com

----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Priest To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte wrote: > P.S. Water is softer Depends on your speed -- Jim Priest - central NC - 04 KLR650 'Gonzo' Checkout the KLR Resource List and Master Tool List http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/KLR650_resources http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/Master_tool_list [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Terry Hamrick · Post by **Terry Hamrick** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:36 pm

only if you use a sea anchor for brakes albatross only wind power and wings on water

On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte wrote: > > With both diesels at 1800 RPM (Detroit 671's) M/V Becky Thatcher at 65 > tons displacement makes a scorching 7.5 knots unaided by current. That is > my reference point. Having said that, given the choice of asphalt or water > at terminal velocity, I will still pick the water every time. The result may > be the same, but I will "feel" that I made the right choice right up to the > splat. And how we "feel" about things is so important now-a-days. > > Captain Bob > www.essexsteamtrain.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Priest > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues > > On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte > > wrote: > > P.S. Water is softer > > Depends on your speed > > -- > Jim Priest - central NC - 04 KLR650 'Gonzo' > Checkout the KLR Resource List and Master Tool List > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/KLR650_resources > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/Master_tool_list > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

John thomas · Post by **John thomas** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:39 pm

That should read 6v71 and are they turbocharged? I know the come standerd with a blower but you can add a turbo! or eved twin turbos. I emagin with twin turbos you could hit 8 nots or better. Terry Hamrick wrote: only if you use a sea anchor for brakes albatross only wind power and wings on water

On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte wrote: > > With both diesels at 1800 RPM (Detroit 671's) M/V Becky Thatcher at 65 > tons displacement makes a scorching 7.5 knots unaided by current. That is > my reference point. Having said that, given the choice of asphalt or water > at terminal velocity, I will still pick the water every time. The result may > be the same, but I will "feel" that I made the right choice right up to the > splat. And how we "feel" about things is so important now-a-days. > > Captain Bob > www.essexsteamtrain.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jim Priest > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:45 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues > > On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte > > wrote: > > P.S. Water is softer > > Depends on your speed > > -- > Jim Priest - central NC - 04 KLR650 'Gonzo' > Checkout the KLR Resource List and Master Tool List > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/KLR650_resources > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/Master_tool_list > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thomas Forest Park Ga. "Old Geezer club member 39" 90 Tengai 18,920 miles --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

John thomas · Post by **John thomas** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:42 pm

At speed watter can be just as hard as watter. Eh um to many beers I mean ground. Bob Schulte wrote: On my recent trip to Niagara Falls I dropped the bike at about 10 miles per hour when I angled off the road to check my map and I hit deep sand and a gully. I fell with enough force to break the watchband on my wrist, bend the handle bars and dashboard forward to the point where I broke the screw holding the front of the fairing on under the headlight, broke my left mirror and validated the value of the nerf bars and metal mermite panniers (Thank you God!). At ten miles per hour I pitched over the front end and flipped onto the edge of the roadway bouncing my head off the pavement. My only injury was a scratch where the band of the watch bit my wrist. In the process my fellow riders were stunned that I did not have a head injury. That was 10 miles per hour...now think about 50. Capt. Bob. P.S. Water is softer

----- Original Message ----- From: Jacobus De Bruyn To: bseifert71@... ; dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:42 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues Now I hate regulations and Govment interference in my life, but a helmet is the way to go, cause I have cracked one already, but I didn t crack my head. It only may seem so. Ocasionally, on a dirt road without traffick, I may take a leasurely drive without the helmet, to enjoy the scenery and the breeze, but i still like my knee protectors and gloves, cause a small slip at slow speed will cause damage to these parts. Even if minor it still is painful. I break the rules only when I think it is the interest of my safety. Safety first, I must have read somewhere. So use common sense, which is most uncommon. Enjoy without fear, Jake. __________________________________________________________ Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user panel and lay it on us. http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Thomas Forest Park Ga. "Old Geezer club member 39" 90 Tengai 18,920 miles --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

Harry Seifert · Post by **Harry Seifert** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:07 pm

8V92's (two stroke diesel) are the way to go................900+ft/lbs torque, 400 - 475 HP single turbo, twin turbos are only on some of the insertion craft used by the SEALS or the sections of the brown water Navy. Too bad I get seasick!

> [Original Message] > From: John thomas > To: dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 7/23/2007 2:39:13 PM > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues > > That should read 6v71 and are they turbocharged? > I know the come standerd with a blower but you can add a turbo! or eved

twin turbos. I emagin with twin turbos you could hit 8 nots or better.

> > Terry Hamrick wrote: > only if you use a sea anchor for brakes > > albatross > only wind power and wings on water > > On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte wrote: > > > > With both diesels at 1800 RPM (Detroit 671's) M/V Becky Thatcher at 65 > > tons displacement makes a scorching 7.5 knots unaided by current. That

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> > my reference point. Having said that, given the choice of asphalt or

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> > at terminal velocity, I will still pick the water every time. The

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> > be the same, but I will "feel" that I made the right choice right up to

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> > splat. And how we "feel" about things is so important now-a-days. > > > > Captain Bob > > www.essexsteamtrain.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jim Priest > > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:45 PM > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues > > > > On 7/23/07, Bob Schulte

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> > wrote: > > > P.S. Water is softer > > > > Depends on your speed > > > > -- > > Jim Priest - central NC - 04 KLR650 'Gonzo' > > Checkout the KLR Resource List and Master Tool List > > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/KLR650_resources > > http://www.thecrumb.com/wiki/Master_tool_list > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > Thomas Forest Park Ga. > "Old Geezer club member 39" > 90 Tengai 18,920 miles > > --------------------------------- > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > 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 > > >

Norm Keller · Post by **Norm Keller** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:15 pm

Unsure what you mean Capt Bob. Did they think you might have a head injury resulting from the 10 mph crash or a previous head injury which caused you to fail to appreciate the consequences of driving off the road. (LOL) Running for cover, Norm

>In the process my fellow riders were stunned >that I did not have a head injury. >That was 10 miles per hour...now think about >50. >Capt. Bob

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Jacobus De Bruyn · Post by **Jacobus De Bruyn** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:04 pm

Yes, but I can smell the other half all the way over here in Kanukistan, where corruption is the only way the brain will work. Many captains on this group, I used to sail around the world on freighters with only my skill with the sextant and the stars and the sun, and the time signals from Boulder, Co., and the American tables like Selected Stars. The European way still was with long logarithmic tables, and then came the calculators and later the Sat. Nav. and now the taxi drivers take you from the airport on a gps machine, because they have no clue. A sea-anchor is something Captain Joshua Slocum may have used on his single handed voyage around the globe. It is to keep your bow into the waves, to avoid broadsiding. I have used something like it during an open boat trip, when I had to flee the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, back in 81. When my KLR650 starts to cost me serious money, I will get rid of it, and get another bike. In the end I have found it cheaper, once you start buying parts, it just goes on and on. Unless you enjoy fiddling with it in your garage, by all means knock yrslf out. Do whatever makes you happy and gives you peace. Going against Truth will not. Captain Jake. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/

Mike Peplinski · Post by **Mike Peplinski** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:45 am

I have to show this to a young friend of mine who rides a HOnda F1, or R1 or something with a 1 in it. He doesn't do wheelies, you can fall over and get hurt. But he wants to crack 190 MPH. If you crash all you have to do is "roll off the speed til you stop"(his words). Ah youthfull foolishness. I"m leaving time available for his hospital visits.

>From: "Bob Schulte" >To: >,,dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com> >Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues >Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:37:54 -0400 > >On my recent trip to Niagara Falls I dropped the bike at about 10 miles per >hour when I angled off the road to check my map and I hit deep sand and a >gully. I fell with enough force to break the watchband on my wrist, bend >the handle bars and dashboard forward to the point where I broke the screw >holding the front of the fairing on under the headlight, broke my left >mirror and validated the value of the nerf bars and metal mermite panniers >(Thank you God!). > >At ten miles per hour I pitched over the front end and flipped onto the >edge of the roadway bouncing my head off the pavement. > >My only injury was a scratch where the band of the watch bit my wrist. > >In the process my fellow riders were stunned that I did not have a head >injury. > >That was 10 miles per hour...now think about 50. > >Capt. Bob. > > >P.S. Water is softer > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jacobus De Bruyn > To: bseifert71@... ; dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 7:42 AM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: issues > > > Now I hate regulations and Govment interference in my > life, but a helmet is the way to go, cause I have > cracked one already, but I didn t crack my head. It > only may seem so. Ocasionally, on a dirt road without > traffick, I may take a leasurely drive without the > helmet, to enjoy the scenery and the breeze, but i > still like my knee protectors and gloves, cause a > small slip at slow speed will cause damage to these > parts. Even if minor it still is painful. I break > the rules only when I think it is the interest of my > safety. Safety first, I must have read somewhere. So > use common sense, which is most uncommon. Enjoy > without fear, Jake. > > __________________________________________________________ > Fussy? Opinionated? Impossible to please? Perfect. Join Yahoo!'s user >panel and lay it on us. >http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >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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