klr 650 life expectancy

[PRBKLR@cs.com]

Pardon me for a moment while I try to decide how I should feel about a situation... It's Sunday afternoon, football is on, what else should I do...GO FOR A RIDE! Good idea! Off I go to a small offroad area near my house to play around a little and kick up some dust. I ride through the tight rocky ditch area that gets me onto the road to salvation (the hills and trails). Finally, on the dirt maintenance road, lots of dips and small hills, just enough to get air born several times. Alright, I am at the trails! Hey!! There's some guys on dirt bikes, cool!! Uh oh, one of them is not looking so well, looks like he crashed pretty hard. Is he all right? Do I ride on? No No! If that were me, I would appreciate some help, I think. So I stop and shut off my bike and go over to the guy, who is not breathing very well, and has spit up some blood. I suggest an ambulance, but he says no at first, then I insist. Okay, okay... I tell them I will go get someone out there ASAP, there's a fire station within a mile or so... Back on the bike, zip back down the maintenance road, onto the streets, to the fire station. I get the paramedics, fire engine and ambulance, and police cars... good grief!! following me!! Damn, the ambulance won't be able to make it through the tight rocky ditch that leads to the road, there's another entrance but it is a long way away to get there. I offer to take at least one of the paramedics on the back of my bike to get to the guy. They decide to walk... and I went back to where the guy was, DAMN! They moved him, they are all gone!!! I see one of the guys in the distance, I ask where they went... down to the other end to a parking lot.. DAMN! I hurry back to the paramedics who are walking and carrying their equipment, to tell them that they moved the guy. One of the paramedics gets on the back of my KLR and I take him to where they moved the injured guy. I ride back and finally someone got an emergency type SUV on the maintenance road and has picked up the rest of the crew. GOOD! I lead them to where they took the injured guy. He's looking worse than he did when I first saw him. They put him on the board, start taking vitals, checking him over... His "buddies" are over putting their bikes away, chatting, etc... The paramedics realize they are in another city and out of their jurisdiction! Damn! They have to call that city to come pick the guy up, because these yahoos moved him! So I stay and make sure I am not needed for anything, confirmed it with the police and paramedics, and then headed out. Not one word from any of his "buddies", not even the slightest hint of gratitude for what I did. I know, I know, that is selfish, I should see it as being "selfless" and helping my fellow rider. But I know I would have at least thanked who helped me for the effort or something, wouldn't you? It's not a big thing, I'm glad I could help, but these guys hardly seemed concerned for this guy... I don't know, it was weird, very unusual to me... Anyway, I was not in the mood to ride at that point so I headed home, somewhat perplexed with the situation, but glad to know I did the right thing. I'll stop rambling now... Paul A13

[Mark]

At 4:54 PM -0400 10/15/00, PRBKLR@... wrote:

> I'm glad I could help, but these guys hardly seemed >concerned for this guy... I don't know, it was weird, very unusual to me...

Maybe you put the breaks on their conspiracy to do away with him. Mark B2 A2

[PRBKLR@cs.com]

Good theory! You never know... Glad I didn't give my name to anyone!

[zootpatutie]

Go Figure

> Pardon me for a moment while I try to decide how I should feel about a > situation... >

Feel thankful you were sent to be there to help. Without you, the denial of his friends could have been life threatening. Who knows where actions today will lead in the future. Todd A9

[Mark Weaver]

hey paul, if you ever do that for me, i'll thank you alot and buy you lotsa beer (once i'm well enough to enjoy it with you). that's a weird sounding situation. maybe they didn't know each other that well or something. maybe they were bummed that their buddy crashed and ruined their ride. mw

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[PRBKLR@cs.com]

Funny you put it that way... I hadn't really intended to go for a ride that day, and even after I got on the bike, I was somewhat undecided where I wanted to go. The thought did cross my mind that something drew me out there. There were plenty of other ways to go, trails to go down, paths to follow and for whatever reason I went where I went... Divine intervention, who knows... maybe someday I'll find out... I like to think things happen for a reason. Paul "zootpatutie" wrote:

> Feel thankful you were sent to be there to help. Without you, the denial of > his friends could have been life threatening. Who knows where actions today > will lead in the future. > Todd > A9 > > 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 > > >

[Rev.Chuck]

>Pardon me for a moment while I try to decide how I should feel about a >situation... >Anyway, I was not in the mood to ride at that point so I headed home, >somewhat perplexed with the situation, but glad to know I did the right >thing.

Paul - I think you did the right thing, I would want you to the same for me. As far as the other guys, I think they are just mental... == Rev. Chuck :^)>+ A13 http://klr650.50megs.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _____________________________________________________________ Email Powered by Everyone.net

[Ed Boyd]

Hey Paul, I just read your account. You did the right thing. Whoever he was riding with are idiots. I'd hope that someone with some good sense would come to my aid if I was ever hurting out on the trail. "Hmm, its only blood he's spitting up, couldn't be real serious...nah" Sorry to hear it was kind of a bummer. I recently stopped on the side of the highway to see if a biker was ok. His bike was parked on the shoulder, he was walking along side of the highway, looked like he broke down. I was able pull right up next to him in my car to ask if he needed help. He muttered that he was looking for his side cover that had blown off. Barely aknowledged my presence. No thanks for stopping, no smile, no nothing. I just said, well, if everything is ok, fine and drove off shaking my head. Oh well, I did the right thing and he was a jerk. We can't let the jerks stop us from offering help when its needed, whether its a biker, a cager, or whoever. Thanks for doing the right thing. Ed Duvall, Wa

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, PRBKLR@c... wrote: > Pardon me for a moment while I try to decide how I should feel about a > situation... > > It's Sunday afternoon, football is on, what else should I do...GO FOR A RIDE! > Good idea! Off I go to a small offroad area near my house to play around a > little and kick up some dust. I ride through the tight rocky ditch area that > gets me onto the road to salvation (the hills and trails). Finally, on the > dirt maintenance road, lots of dips and small hills, just enough to get air > born several times. Alright, I am at the trails! Hey!! There's some guys on > dirt bikes, cool!! Uh oh, one of them is not looking so well, looks like he > crashed pretty hard. Is he all right? Do I ride on? No No! If that were > me, I would appreciate some help, I think. So I stop and shut off my bike > and go over to the guy, who is not breathing very well, and has spit up some > blood. I suggest an ambulance, but he says no at first, then I insist. > Okay, okay... I tell them I will go get someone out there ASAP, there's a > fire station within a mile or so... Back on the bike, zip back down the > maintenance road, onto the streets, to the fire station. I get the > paramedics, fire engine and ambulance, and police cars... good grief!! > following me!! Damn, the ambulance won't be able to make it through the > tight rocky ditch that leads to the road, there's another entrance but it is > a long way away to get there. I offer to take at least one of the paramedics > on the back of my bike to get to the guy. They decide to walk... and I went > back to where the guy was, DAMN! They moved him, they are all gone!!! I see > one of the guys in the distance, I ask where they went... down to the other > end to a parking lot.. DAMN! I hurry back to the paramedics who are walking > and carrying their equipment, to tell them that they moved the guy. One of > the paramedics gets on the back of my KLR and I take him to where they moved > the injured guy. I ride back and finally someone got an emergency type SUV > on the maintenance road and has picked up the rest of the crew. GOOD! I > lead them to where they took the injured guy. He's looking worse than he did > when I first saw him. They put him on the board, start taking vitals, > checking him over... His "buddies" are over putting their bikes away, > chatting, etc... The paramedics realize they are in another city and out of > their jurisdiction! Damn! They have to call that city to come pick the guy > up, because these yahoos moved him! So I stay and make sure I am not needed > for anything, confirmed it with the police and paramedics, and then headed > out. Not one word from any of his "buddies", not even the slightest hint of > gratitude for what I did. I know, I know, that is selfish, I should see it > as being "selfless" and helping my fellow rider. But I know I would have at > least thanked who helped me for the effort or something, wouldn't you? It's > not a big thing, I'm glad I could help, but these guys hardly seemed > concerned for this guy... I don't know, it was weird, very unusual to me... > > Anyway, I was not in the mood to ride at that point so I headed home, > somewhat perplexed with the situation, but glad to know I did the right > thing. > > I'll stop rambling now... > > Paul > A13

[Eric and Rheva Lewis]

Way to go Paul! Probably a bunch of jerks anyway, don't know any better not to move someone who is injured that severely. You done good. Eric A8

[Ted Palmer]

Michael Kovaliv wrote: [...]

> I think your right > that it comes down to economics and most importantly to me, how > comfortable I feel with the safety and reliability of the bike.

I think you've hit the nail on the head. If you are cruising down the highway wondering about the oil consumption or the rate of leak from some seal, then you won't be getting max fun out of the journey.

> I > started to feel uncomfortable with my 1984 Honda Nighthawk S, little > things started to go wrong more often than I liked.

Ah well, if little things didn't play up on my CBX750FE (a very sporty stablemate of the Nighthulk) then there might not be much as much to put on a website I contribute to. Mister_T -- \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\ | RC17 KLR600 Roces BCN P430VAEM FreeBSD 2.2.5-R | | Team RC17 Australia http://replicant.apana.org.au/~viking/ | \|_________________________________________________________________|