valve cover bolt question

[Norm Keller]

>400 pounds gassed up

Gosh, makes me think of my ex-wife...... Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Don S]

Without a doubt, that's got to be the best line of the year! Bravo!! Norm Keller wrote:

>400 pounds gassed up

Gosh, makes me think of my ex-wife...... Norm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Greg Wallace]

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[ron criswell]

Sent from my iPad Anybody try any Shinko 705 tires or the Avon Distancia's? I am going to need tires on my Versys soon and was thinking of getting something better for dirt, gravel and wet roads. Criswell

[Jeff Khoury]

I have run 705s on the KLR and the DL1000. They're very good tires. They are the best "high-speed handlers" of any tire I've had on the KLR and they're fairly good on fire roads, etc. You can literally drag pegs on the slab without any compunction at all. They last pretty well but not as well as the K761. Here's a pic of their dry handling. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2860408705624&l=c887ddef6d I've never run the Distanzias. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Criswell" Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 3:47:00 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Tires? Sent from my iPad Anybody try any Shinko 705 tires or the Avon Distancia's? I am going to need tires on my Versys soon and was thinking of getting something better for dirt, gravel and wet roads. Criswell

[John Weisgerber]

I've got Shinko 705s on my '08 KLR, front and rear. I think they're great. Shinko USA calls them an 80/20 tire, and I'd say that's about right. Excellent on the road and pretty good for simple off road. Definitely not good in slushy snowmelt and mud, as I have found, but no surprise there. John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Kevin Bennett]

I switched to Shinko 705's from knobbies after I realized my riding was roughly 50% pavement, 25% dirt/gravel roads, and only 25% trail. I've been very pleased. They feel very solid on wet and dry pavement, dirt and gravel roads. I've been particularly pleased with the the way they corner on pavement. I never got comfortable feeling the knobbies flex in hard cornering. As Jeff said, the Shinkos hold up very well in cornering. Also, they are WAY quieter than the knobbies. The only time I miss the knobbies is going through the occasional mudhole, or crossing a stream with a steep, damp incline on the other side. At these times, the Shinkos slip a little; they definitely don't grip in the mud. I've never gotten stuck with them, but I make sure I have plenty of momentum and a fairly straight path if I'm heading into something slippery. Kevin

[JAMES HUDDLESTON]

I have a 2009 KLR650...its NEVER been in any kind of dirt, and will not. I made up my mind when I purchased it new, I would be riding on either black or white surfaces. Why you ask, well first of all, I'm too old to try and horse this heavy of a bike in the dirt Etc. So when it was time to replace the tires, I purchased Metzeler Laser's in the appropriate sizes. What a difference in handling...more quite and better traction on street and in the twisties. Merely a different perspective... Happy motoring friends, Jim H. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Jeff Khoury]

I use my finely calibrated German torque wrench on all my KLR's bolts. I tighten them Gudentight. -Jeff Khoury

----- Original Message ----- From: "SM" To: "DSN KLR650" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:06:48 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: valve cover bolt question --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com , "Jud" wrote: > > No torque wrench necessary. Just tighten until they start to strip, then back off an eighth turn. > This is bad advice! I tighten mine to 12 kiloton-parsecs. Wait, that is not true. I tighten mine sequentially, usually run them all to "snug" with just a ratchet and finish them off to factory spec. with my inch pound torque wrench. The guys that strip them usually did so because they misread "inch pounds" as "foot pounds". Big difference. Thanks CA Stu