tool tube on '08

[Harry Seifert]

First question: Yup! I removed them from my '99 and it sure seemed to help with the "sail" effect in stiff crosswinds. Second question: Nope. Not sure if the axle diameter is the same as the KLR. If so, and the overall width of the hub is the same, you should be able to make it work. There are several gentlemen (?) on the list that have grafted a KLX front end to their KLR, so maybe they will chime in with a more definitive answer. Ride safe Buddy bseifert71@...

> [Original Message] > From: Greg Roeder > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 6/5/2008 4:25:08 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Handguards > > Anybody out there running without any handguards? I'm wanting to take > mine off and haven't decided if I'm going to put anything else on. > This is mainly because I've got Manic Salamander bar end weights and > all the aftermarket guards I've seen require attachment to the > handlebar ends. > Second (dumb) question: Are the hubs on a KLR 650 the same as on a KLX > 450 or KX 450 F? > > > ------------------------------------ > > 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/dsnklr650Yahoo! Groups Links > > >

[LD]

At 47 y.o., I've never owned a bike with handguards. On my KLR, The PO removed them before I bought it. Never felt the need to add them except when it's below 40 degrees. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Rick]

At 57, I have the hand guards but not to protect the hands but to protect the brake & clutch levers and other miscellaneous parts in the vicinity. And from the scratches & dents on them, the hand guards have paid for themselves many times over.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, LD wrote: > > At 47 y.o., I've never owned a bike with handguards. On my KLR, The PO removed them before I bought it. Never felt the need to add them except when it's below 40 degrees. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[oldrider25]

No problem here, either: http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=346420 John

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Terry Taylor wrote: > > I carry a 15" long, 2" tube on the front of my bike mounted to highway bars.I have yet to have any conflict with the front tire.Inside I have 2 full size tire irons, a prop stand & a collapsible fishing pole.The reel is kept in a seperate small bag at a different location on the bike. The bike is an '03. > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[Jacobus De Bruyn]

Handguards? The stock handguards are trash and up to now I see no need for them. Perhaps driving in the woods, or in very cold weather? I removed the windshield too, wind is good in the tropics. Boy, it s hot and stuffy. I pumped up my rear tire to a 30+, hard to see on the little mountainbike handpump, and I found that, yes, handling in the dirt is worse, skittish. But then in a 25 minutes ride, I go from dirt to pavement. They should be better at a 25 psi I guess, for both types of surface. HD tubes, kicking the tires gives you no clue, they feel ouch hard all the time. No earplugs, nor buttplugs. Jacostarica.