slow speedo

[kmoinak]

In my drive back and forth to work every day I drive over a flood plane on a bridge, so you will be about 30 feet over the base of dry land and no trees anywhere to block the wind. I have been over this bridge many times with wind but last night it was around say 30 MPH cross wind. I would have thought it would have blown the top of the bike over but it was out of my right side and it blew the tires over to the left lane and I was leaning to the right and the bike felt light on the road. It was more like the bottom of the bike moving and not me and the mass on top. I must be missing something or do most KLR 650's act the same way? Bigger bikes you feel it just the opposite to this. Kent in Fairbanks, AK.

[guymanbro]

That's been my experience as well. Once you know what to expect, you just lean into the wind and ride straight and true. da Vermonster

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "kmoinak" wrote: > > In my drive back and forth to work every day I drive over a flood plane on a bridge, so you will be about 30 feet over the base of dry land and no trees anywhere to block the wind. I have been over this bridge many times with wind but last night it was around say 30 MPH cross wind. I would have thought it would have blown the top of the bike over but it was out of my right side and it blew the tires over to the left lane and I was leaning to the right and the bike felt light on the road. It was more like the bottom of the bike moving and not me and the mass on top. I must be missing something or do most KLR 650's act the same way? Bigger bikes you feel it just the opposite to this. > Kent in Fairbanks, AK. >

[RobertWichert]

Yes, that's how mine feels too.  It feels like the wind is moving the bottom of the tire, not the top of the bike.  I don't understand it at all, but it's like that for sure.  Even light winds do it.  I have no idea why.  Other bikes are the same way, for me, but I don't ride Harley's much. Robert P. Wichert P.Eng +1 916 966 9060 FAX +1 916 966 9068 ========================================================

On 5/19/2010 1:48 PM, kmoinak wrote:   In my drive back and forth to work every day I drive over a flood plane on a bridge, so you will be about 30 feet over the base of dry land and no trees anywhere to block the wind. I have been over this bridge many times with wind but last night it was around say 30 MPH cross wind. I would have thought it would have blown the top of the bike over but it was out of my right side and it blew the tires over to the left lane and I was leaning to the right and the bike felt light on the road. It was more like the bottom of the bike moving and not me and the mass on top. I must be missing something or do most KLR 650's act the same way? Bigger bikes you feel it just the opposite to this. Kent in Fairbanks, AK.

[Jeff Saline]

kolbike, If it was my 2003 KLR650 with this issue I'd remove the speedo from the instrument cluster which takes about 10-15 minutes. Don't forget the little screw holding the tripmeter reset knob. Then I'd remove the needle and face so it didn't get damaged. To remove the needle I'd gently lift the needle over the zero post and let it come to rest and note the position. Then I'd use two screw drivers over the heads of the face screws to gently pop the needle off the pivot pin. I'd be really careful to not mar the face, bend the pivot or break the needle. It takes a bit of pressure to pop the needle off. I'd use electrical contact cleaner in a spray can to clean the hub and other associated parts. Then I'd use either 3 in 1 oil or sewing machine oil to lube the pivot pin contact areas. For the plastic gears I'd use a bit of white lithium grease. Reassembly would be about the reverse of taking it apart. I'd take my time putting the needle back on to make sure it was aligned properly. If the speedo was off at say 50 or 60 mph I'd adjust the needle that much on installation so I'd have a correctly reading speedo at my chosen speed. Once I was sure it was correctly positioned I'd put it on all the way and then gently put it back over the zero post. Oh, I'd also install the face before I'd install the needle. : ) I'd also put an old speedo cable in my mill and connect it to the speedo for a test before reinstalling the instrument cluster. Hope this helps. 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 On Thu, 20 May 2010 03:06:35 -0000 "dirtbiker" writes:

> When it is 50* or lower my speedometer will not function. The > Odometer always works right. Here's what I think happened. I put to > much grease in the hub, grease worked its way up the cable into the > speedometer. Does anybody have ideas of how/what to do to break down > the grease without hurting the speedo? Thank You

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[Eric J Foster]

Any bike I have ever ridden does that. Mostly due to rider input and probably due to the rake and trail. Last year at this time on my Ninja while coming home from work on the interstate, I had winds while doing 70 that made it darn near impossible to stay in my own lane. Wouldn't say scary, but was hair raising, considering I had a big scary truck about to pass.