motorcycle article in urban ecology (nklr)

[wvalerio@houston.rr.com]

I won't make excuses. I'm 300ish pounds. Any other full figured men out there who successfully modified their KLR 650 suspension? If so, please tell me about it....

[Greg Paul]

No excuses necessary! I'm not as heavy as you but I know there are several guys on here in the 250ish range and have talked about loading another 100lbs plus or so in gear onto the machine! LOTS OF 200 pounders riding 2up with a girlfriend would put them at, near or over that same amount! You would probably need/want the Progressive fork springs and shock. Just would make life a lot more comfortable for you! You'll probably get a bunch of responses/info when those "goof offs" get back from having fun in YewTah... --- In DSN_klr650@y..., wvalerio@h... wrote: > I won't make excuses. I'm 300ish pounds. Any other full figured men > out there who successfully modified their KLR 650 suspension? If > so, please tell me about it....

[Alan L Henderson]

From: wvalerio@h... Date: Sat Jun 2, 2001 6:51 pm Subject: Heavy Rider I won't make excuses. I'm 300ish pounds. Any other full figured men out there who successfully modified their KLR 650 suspension? If so, please tell me about it.... Dear Heavy I to am a full figured man at 350lbs in riding gear. Contact Fred at Arrowhead Motorsports "http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/" and order the progressive fork springs and progressive suspension shock spring. This makes the suspension fine for most people. When I ordered the rear shock spring the one being sold at the time was a single rate spring of 560lbs/in. Not to long after they came up with the 500/560 dual rate spring which they sell now. I am quite happy with the 560 single rate. Have ridden at Moab and two up around Iowa with no problems. Used to have bottoming problems, damn near ripped the license plate off before I re sprung. Hope this helps. Anyone else care to voice their opinion go ahead, this is only the second reply to this question. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa 350lbs 54years 1st of the 4th cav 67-68 gofer at tailor shop, hardware salesman, trained killer(see above), dialysis tech, stay at home dad and electric service worker

[Swede]

Here, here! To think, I was going to be a smart-ass and say that the term urban ecology was an oxymoron, but these guys have actually been doing some real research. "Swede" --- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Dreas Nielsen" wrote: > The Summer 2001 issue of Urban Ecology contains an article titled "The > Foremost Urban Vehicle" that makes the case that motorcycles are not only a > sensible but also an ecologically responsible means of transportation. It's > a decent article in a good place, in that it may open the eyes of a few > environmentalists who currently view motorcycles as evil instruments. > Here's a short quote from the article by John Anner: > > "As far as I've been able to discover, none of this country's leading > environmental organizations or magazines suggests that commuters buy > motorcycles as an alternative to cars. A search of the Environmental Defens, > National Resources Defense Council, and Sierra Club websites, for example, > reveals several documents critical of off-road motorcycles but none even > considering the advantages of on-road bikes. Why not? From an > environmental point of view, motorcycles can be a far preferable > alternative." > > None of this is news to anyone on the list, of course, but it's a good > message to have spread around a little more widely. > > Dreas Nielsen