is the klr dead?

[closeke@kearney.net]

I got my '01 Klr 650 about a month ago and have been trying to get broken in before winter hits. Being rather new to motorcyle riding I haven't been trying much offroad stuff yet. Today was my day off and I went exploring the backroads of the Platte river bottom. I found out that the stock tires don't like sand too well. I was doing about 10-15 mph and hit a long patch of soft sand in the road and I fought to keep it upright but no luck. I put the bike down in a big sand rut on the left handle bar and radiator. Looks like I tore off the left plastic handguard and plastic piece on the radiator. The radiator looks alittle bent and the fan no longer is working. The most ironic thing about this is that I ordered a set of radiator guards and a brush guard from Happy Trails last week which I have not gotten yet. Live and learn I guess. Craig A15

[Weaver, Mark]

haha, similar to what happened to me last weekend. in my case here's what i did: 1. fan housing was bent until fan blades touched. i removed the fan (take off sidepanels, seat and gas tank to get to it), and manually straightened out the housing enough to clear. 2. radiator was bent on its mounts. i just straightened it by hand. 3. mount for fan and mount for radiator shroud were bent in opposite directions, so fan stuck out past radiator, and shroud stuck close to fan. i pretty much straightened them with pliers so the fan no longer stuck out past the radiator, and the shroud now clips back into its little plughole thingy. presto, bike as good as new. the klr is pretty heavy for sand. use low tire pressure, keep your weight back, and give it some gas. mw

> -----Original Message----- > From: closeke@... [mailto:closeke@...] > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 2:48 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] broken in > > > I got my '01 Klr 650 about a month ago and have been trying to get > broken in before winter hits. Being rather new to motorcyle > riding I haven't been trying much offroad stuff yet. Today was my > day > off and I went exploring the backroads of the Platte river bottom. I > found out that the stock tires don't like sand too well. I was doing > about 10-15 mph and hit a long patch of soft sand in the road and I > fought to keep it upright but no luck. I put the bike down in a big > sand rut on the left handle bar and radiator. Looks like I tore > off the left plastic handguard and plastic piece on the radiator. > The > radiator looks alittle bent and the fan no longer is working. The > most > ironic thing about this is that I ordered a set of radiator guards > and > a brush guard from Happy Trails last week which I have not gotten yet. > Live and learn I guess. > > Craig > A15 > > > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

[Russell Scott]

No, and O.J. that troublemaker "Won Ton Knobbie" starts the rumor every year. And every year somebody takes the bait. I guess its your year. Russel'r DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Is the KLR DEAD? You All this SUCKS......... all I asked was whether or not the KLR will be dead NEXT year and... shamefully... all these RESPONSES came up...... LOOK.... LISTEN.... THE QUESTION IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\\ .... is the KLR gonna die this year or what?????? peace oj

>From: "Steve Swedhin" >To: "Joe Smith" >CC: "DSN_KLR650" DSN_klr650@egroups.com> >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Is the KLR DEAD? >Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 07:46:01 -0600 > >I'm sorry if I came across wrong, I should have also stated that law >enforcement must carry in the commencement of their duties. There are law >enforcement officials that patrol trails. However, for recreational use, I >don't >carry and do not necessarily condone anyone carrying while trail riding. >There >are just too many thing that can go wrong. Thanks for the email. > >"Swede" >Swedhin. > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Joe Smith >To: Steve Swedhin >Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2000 1:34 AM >Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: Is the KLR DEAD? > > > > > > > > > There really isn't any reason to carry unless you are law enforcement > > > (except maybe Arkansas-RE:Deliverance statement) such as I... "Swede" > > Swedhin > > > > > > I don't see any reason that law enforcement has any

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> > right to be able to defend themselves than the general > > populace. I suppose its possible you might >see > > a crime in progress out on the trails and feel >obliged > > to act but my view is that if people feel more > > comfortable being armed and they act responsibly >then > > that should be their concern. > > Joe S > > 96 KLR 650 > > > > > > >Visit the KLR650 archives at >http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 >Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... >Let's keep this list SPAM free! > >Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

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