suspension lube.

[luvmitoyz]

What should the drive chain tension be? any info would be great thanks. Zak

[James Walsh]

I know this must have been discussed before but am danged if I can find it with searches. I have a 2003 KLR650. I want lower gearing for cow-trailing and jeep roads. It's OK if my highway top-end suffers a bit. Front sprocket change seems the right answer - one tooth down? What do I need to purchase, how many teeth, any other parts necessary, and is there a web-based (mailorder) source? Will I need to remove a link or will the adjusters take out the slack? Many thanks for any help. -Jim walsh

[Judson D. Jones]

Sprocket Specialists, Fred Hink, and maybe even your local kawasaki dealer can sell you a 14t sprocket to replace your stock 15t. The stock 106 link chain will work fine, as it will with a 16t. It's a worthwhile mod unless you spend a lot of time on the slab. Quick sprocket changes in the field are possible with a prevailing torque nut from sagebrushmachine.com --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "James Walsh" wrote:

> I know this must have been discussed before but am danged if

I can

> find it with searches. > > I have a 2003 KLR650. I want lower gearing for cow-trailing

and jeep

> roads. It's OK if my highway top-end suffers a bit. > > Front sprocket change seems the right answer - one tooth

down?

> > What do I need to purchase, how many teeth, any other parts > necessary, and is there a web-based (mailorder) source? > > Will I need to remove a link or will the adjusters take out the

slack?

> > Many thanks for any help. > -Jim walsh

[Harry Seifert]

On Elden's advice, i went to a 44 tooth rear sprocket. No muss, no fuss. Lowered my overall gearing from the 2.86666 stock to a stump pulling 2.93333. Acceleration is just a bit crisper and no noticable effect on the already ferocious top end. 1st gear is more managable on the dirt, gravel and grass that I have to ride at work. just a thought. Buddy

> [Original Message] > From: James Walsh > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 9/10/03 1:32:50 PM > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Sprocket > > I know this must have been discussed before but am danged if I can > find it with searches. > > I have a 2003 KLR650. I want lower gearing for cow-trailing and jeep > roads. It's OK if my highway top-end suffers a bit. > > Front sprocket change seems the right answer - one tooth down? > > What do I need to purchase, how many teeth, any other parts > necessary, and is there a web-based (mailorder) source? > > Will I need to remove a link or will the adjusters take out the slack? > > Many thanks for any help. > -Jim walsh > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ

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[dooden]

I went to a 45 tooth rear and left the front at 15, helped alot offroad, as for top end... speedo gets to just under 100 Mph indicated on long stretches, but again it gets up there quicker too. I used the old story Jakes has about gearing and tooth numbers to make the call, something about knowing even numbered gears/sprockets wear funny compaired to odd toothed ones. Makes sense in a roundabout way. Dooden A15 Green Ape --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Harry Seifert" wrote:

> On Elden's advice, i went to a 44 tooth rear sprocket. No muss, no

fuss.

> Lowered my overall gearing from the 2.86666 stock to a stump pulling > 2.93333. Acceleration is just a bit crisper and no noticable effect

on the

> already ferocious top end. 1st gear is more managable on the dirt,

gravel

> and grass that I have to ride at work. just a thought. > > Buddy > > > > [Original Message] > > From: James Walsh > > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: 9/10/03 1:32:50 PM > > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Sprocket > > > > I know this must have been discussed before but am danged if I can > > find it with searches. > > > > I have a 2003 KLR650. I want lower gearing for cow-trailing and jeep > > roads. It's OK if my highway top-end suffers a bit. > > > > Front sprocket change seems the right answer - one tooth down? > > > > What do I need to purchase, how many teeth, any other parts > > necessary, and is there a web-based (mailorder) source? > > > > Will I need to remove a link or will the adjusters take out the slack? > > > > Many thanks for any help. > > -Jim walsh > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to

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> >

[Jim The Canoeist]

Sounds like a 2 1/3% change in gearing. I'm going to get a more pronounced change going from a 15 tooth front to a 14 (6 2/3%). I expect to be able to trickle along better in bottom gear but will suffer having to pull accordingly more rev's at road speeds. I'll just slow down in preference to the jeep trail capability. Be careful out there everybody. I took the bike down a familiar dirt path nearby here and someone had tried to keep vehicles out (no signs) by putting a steel cable encased in clear plastic across between two posts, maybe three feet off the ground.. It was nearly invisible and thank God I was going very slow as I ran up to it. I got on the brakes and got the bike sideways but had to lay it way over to the left as the tires went a foot or so under the cable. The left handlebar end, hand shield, and tip of the front fender got scratched and I learned I can muscle the big beast back up off its side. -Jim Walsh

----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Seifert" To: "James Walsh" ; DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:44 PM Subject: RE: [DSN_klr650] Sprocket > On Elden's advice, i went to a 44 tooth rear sprocket. No muss, no fuss. > Lowered my overall gearing from the 2.86666 stock to a stump pulling > 2.93333. Acceleration is just a bit crisper and no noticable effect on the > already ferocious top end. 1st gear is more managable on the dirt, gravel > and grass that I have to ride at work. just a thought. > > Buddy > > > > [Original Message] > > From: James Walsh > > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: 9/10/03 1:32:50 PM > > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Sprocket > > > > I know this must have been discussed before but am danged if I can > > find it with searches. > > > > I have a 2003 KLR650. I want lower gearing for cow-trailing and jeep > > roads. It's OK if my highway top-end suffers a bit. > > > > Front sprocket change seems the right answer - one tooth down? > > > > What do I need to purchase, how many teeth, any other parts > > necessary, and is there a web-based (mailorder) source? > > > > Will I need to remove a link or will the adjusters take out the slack? > > > > Many thanks for any help. > > -Jim walsh > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ > courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >

[ART]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim The Canoeist" wrote:

> Be careful out there everybody. I took the bike down a familiar

dirt path nearby here and someone had tried to keep vehicles out (no signs) by putting a steel cable encased in clear plastic across between two posts, maybe three feet off the ground.. It was nearly invisible and thank God I was going very slow as I ran up to it. I got on the brakes and got the bike sideways but had to lay it way over to the left as the tires went a foot or so under the cable. >

> -Jim Walsh

Similar thing happened to me last year -- went around a familiar tight blind turn, and found that someone had cut down an 18-inch tree trunk and layed it completely across the path! I've learned to go way slow around blind turns, now, because you also don't know when you'll meet an ATV barreling full-tilt from the other direction! Those things sometimes take up the WHOLE trail, too, levaing no escape except to plunge into the bushes or trees on the side to save your life. Some of those things seem as big as a small car! Jeez.

[sh8knj8kster]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "goluxgo" wrote: Moly60 for spherical upper and lower shock bearings. > LB. > ~~~Ther honda helix I rode for a while said to use Moly 60 for the bushings you mentioned. the parts I used it on religiously were final drive bevel gears?...on the ST 1100 I rode i rode Moto Guzzis for a while (4)...I don't recall the guzzi factory specifying moly lube on drive splines, but I do recall using some sort of 90 weight drive fluid and adding moly to it (10%?) Jake Reddick Fla. Do not mess with the forces of Nature, for thou art small and biodegradable!" http://www.shakinjake.blogspot.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/26137108@N04 > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "cycletip" wrote: > > > > Jake - there appears to be lots of moly grease with 5 - 7 % moly which probably works just fine. > > Sounds right. The Honda Common manual recommends above 3% moly for linkages and swingarm bearings. Moly60 for spherical upper and lower shock bearings. > LB. >