license plate mod

[paladyn@ix.netcom.com]

Well I've adjusted well to backyard riding, many thanks for the "silly boy, stop lugging your engine" advice; I have now exorcized one demon from my low-range riding habits. But I have another question..... I adjusted my spring preload (the nut on top of the rear shock) for the first time today. It started out at 1. I torqued to the left...nothing. I torqued to the right...click (2). I torqued again (3). Again (4). Again (5). And again (SPROINGGGGG!)...(1). It would appear that I have reset the spring preload back to 1, albeit rather abruptly. ? Is this how the adjustment was designed? ? If not, what did I break and how do I fix it? My second issue is that I can't find where to adjust the rebound damping. I looked in the manual and I'm not seeing what it sees. The adjustment looks like it's supposed to be on the right side of the bike, on the bottom portion of the shock. I looked there and on the left side, and didn't see what I was looking for. My best guess is that the adjustment is on the front or rear of the shock, reflecting a design change sometime between the model year of the illustrated bike and the model year of my A15 (2001). Any info? Paladyn A15 P.S. Is there a good month to search in the archives for newbie questions? Like the first few months of this group's operation perhaps? I'd hate to bug you all with rehashed fundamentals.

[Peter Berghs]

Hi there, paladyn@... wrote:

> > I adjusted my spring preload (the nut on top of the rear shock) for > the first time today. It started out at 1. I torqued to the > left...nothing. I torqued to the right...click (2). I torqued again > (3). Again (4). Again (5). And again (SPROINGGGGG!)...(1). > > It would appear that I have reset the spring preload back to 1, > albeit > rather abruptly. > > ? Is this how the adjustment was designed? > ? If not, what did I break and how do I fix it?

Did the same thing to mine a couple of days ago, seems to still be working fine.

> My second issue is that I can't find where to adjust the rebound > damping. I looked in the manual and I'm not seeing what it sees. > The > adjustment looks like it's supposed to be on the right side of the > bike, on the bottom portion of the shock. I looked there and on the > left side, and didn't see what I was looking for. My best guess is > that the adjustment is on the front or rear of the shock, reflecting > a > design change sometime between the model year of the illustrated bike > and the model year of my A15 (2001). Any info?

The adjustment is behind a black plastic cover right at the bottom of the shock on the right side. Just pop the cover off with your fingers and turn the dial.

> Paladyn > A15 > > P.S. Is there a good month to search in the archives for newbie > questions? Like the first few months of this group's operation > perhaps? I'd hate to bug you all with rehashed fundamentals.

Your questions are fine...just don't bring up oil or sightglasses and we'll be fine. Peter B A15 Warthawg

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[RM]

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001 paladyn@... wrote:

>My second issue is that I can't find where to adjust the rebound >damping. I looked in the manual and I'm not seeing what it sees. The >adjustment looks like it's supposed to be on the right side of the bike, >on the bottom portion of the shock.

It's under a little plastic snap-on cover.

[Kirk, Joe]

that's what i did with my VA plate. -----Original Message----- From: Marc Illsley Clarke [mailto:marcclarke@...] Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:49 AM To: richardm@... Cc: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Re: License Plate Mod And on the current Colorado plates. -- Marc, KLR650 A12, Loveland, Colorado, USA RM wrote: __________

> >On Sun, 8 Jul 2001 IronJungle@... wrote: > >>No special mods are needed (for a Texas plate, anyway). > >>I just used the lower plate holes instead of the recommended upper plate >>holes. The effect is that the plate moves up a few inches. It took >>just a few minutes and I didn't have to drill, bend, or cut anything. > >This works on the current CA plate as well. >

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