nklr: why can't i search the enitre list??

[Alan L Henderson]

JRC wrote:

> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCauley wrote: > >>FYI. I sent Fred an e-mail with the idea of putting spacers in the > > forks. He advised against it. He was sure the stock springs aren't > progressive, and causing them to bottom with a longer spacer could > damage the springs / forks. Thought you should know > > I haven't done anything to my forks, but I wonder if Fred's comments > are applicable to KLRs used on and off road, as opposed to mostly on > paved road. >

You don't want your springs to coil bind either on road or off. You can still hit a big bump on the road, junk from trucks, tree branchs,pot holes, dogs, deer, etc. The only way you know for sure is to measure the length in between the top and bottom mating surfaces where the springs sit with the fork leg all the way compressed. Then compress the spring till lightly coil bound by what ever method you want and measure the length off the compressed spring. Subtract the coil bound length of the spring from the length of the compressed fork where the spring is to go and the difference is the length of spacer you can use allowing for a safety factor. Just think about it for a minute. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa no I haven't measured

[Eric L. Green]

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Rick McCauley wrote:

> FYI. I sent Fred an e-mail with the idea of putting spacers in the > forks. He advised against it. He was sure the stock springs aren't > progressive, and causing them to bottom with a longer spacer could > damage the springs / forks. Thought you should know

The springs will not be damaged by bottoming out, and it is less likely that a fork can be damaged by bottoming out the spring than that a fork can be damaged by bottoming out because of mushy springs. He is correct, however, that the "right" solution is a stiffer spring. If you intend to do anything serious off-road with your KLR, I'd suggest doing so. My spacers are there primarily until I save up money for better springs. -E

> "Eric L. Green" wrote: > On Tue, 3 May 2005, Dooden wrote: >> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Eric L. Green" >> wrote: >>> On Mon, 2 May 2005, Adult Entertainer wrote: >>>> sure made the brake dive disappear >>> >>> Could make your fork seals disappear too. >> >> 5 psi is nothing, dealers mech added 10 psi to each on my bike and >> told me about it, said it would ride better. It did btw, also believe >> on the backside of the fork is sayz something like not to exceed "?" psi. >> >> Might not be best way to stiffen the forks but dont cost anything to try. > > It costed me $1.25 to stiffen the forks in my KLR with longer spacers. > That was for the PVC pipe purchased at Home Depot . > > The backside of my fork says nothing about PSI. My owner's manual says > don't put air in the forks. For normal street use 5PSI probably isn't > going to cause fork seal failure, but bottoming out the front suspension > offroad may send the fork seals to that great fork-seal heaven in the sky. > KLR fork seals are not exactly the most robust things in this world, > though if not stressed they're good enough (sorta like much of the rest of > the bike, sigh). > > _E > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >

[Rick McCauley]

Not sure, but as soft as the stock springs are, a 2 up load or a big rider (like myself) could bottom the forks in a good pot hole. Not worth the risk to me. If you are under 200 lbs maybe you wouldn't have to worry. Rick A17 JRC wrote:

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCauley wrote: > FYI. I sent Fred an e-mail with the idea of putting spacers in the forks. He advised against it. He was sure the stock springs aren't progressive, and causing them to bottom with a longer spacer could damage the springs / forks. Thought you should know I haven't done anything to my forks, but I wonder if Fred's comments are applicable to KLRs used on and off road, as opposed to mostly on paved road. Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Doug Herr]

On Tue, 3 May 2005, Gabe wrote:

> Am I missing something here? when I do a search for something in the > list of messages, it only returns results from a few messages at a > time, and I am forced to tediously hit "next" over and over. Tell me > there's a way to saerch the whole list!

You could try: Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html Which will then also point you to: http://dsnklr650.gavinmac.com/ -- Doug Herr doug@...