what's a good bike for my son?

[Don Hall]

No emissions equitment. It is boiling  even whwn the cap is open.The heat guage says normal. Out side air temp was in the 90s that day. I don't know if it's dual or single vent. It's stock 88 klr.The hissing starts as soon as the cap is replaced.I blew out the tank vent line seems o k. Do you think that dam ethanol gas has any thing to do with this? Thanks, Don hall,  Chloe, WV

[skypilot110]

Good call. There was a 1000 V-Strom that made us earn our keep for most of the 09 Pinebarrens300, until a crash caused his bike not to start again. he even kept up with us in the looptidoos which was freaky for the KLRs, never mind a Vstrom1000 He had done the springs in it and put on some more off road handlebars. We were calling it the sand missle because everytime we, a bunch of KLR riders, got in a more open space he went past us like a missle. The V has a great support group and there are loads of them out there so the price and parts availability should be solid. If the big V is tall enough for your son then that would be a good option. He gets to do some of the dirt roads with you and can do his highway rides all day long!

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "transalp 1" wrote: > > > I had a DL1000 from 2002 to 2008. It was a tall beastie with more than > enough power to haul your son around. > I belonged to that Yahoo! list and accidentally hosted the 1st V-Strom > rally in N. Ga. (Invited list members to a Transalp rally. 7 confirmed on > Wednesday. But, by Saturday, we had 21 show up - more than the Transalps!.) > Anyhow, there was a list member quickly headed to 100,000 miles on his DL > with most of those miles two-up with his wife. IIRC, he replaced the clutch > and maybe a water pump. That was it. > > A few months ago, I saw a barely used DL1K for sale at a Honda/Suzuki > dealership in Opelika, AL. The bike had That was a heck of a deal for a clean bike. I'm sure there are others like > it. > > eddie >

[Michael Martin]

You may still be getting "winter blend" gasoline in your area. Mike Martin, Louisville, KY [b]From:[/b] Don Hall [b]To:[/b] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [b]Sent:[/b] Sat, April 10, 2010 9:48:31 AM [b]Subject:[/b] [DSN_KLR650] boiling+gas+tank   No emissions equitment. It is boiling  even whwn the cap is open.The heat guage says normal. Out side air temp was in the 90s that day. I don't know if it's dual or single vent. It's stock 88 klr.The hissing starts as soon as the cap is replaced.I blew out the tank vent line seems o k. Do you think that dam ethanol gas has any thing to do with this? Thanks, Don hall,  Chloe, WV