nklr - the plight of the oppressed nklr (and chaparral sale)

[mitch allen]

ok guys whats the verdict on the oil level? just changed my oil, 2qts 10oz fills it up just a hair above the top of the sight glass. is this ok or is it too much? or do i need more? thanks __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. http://phone.yahoo.com

[FGJ]

> ok guys whats the verdict on the oil level? > just changed my oil, 2qts 10oz fills it up just a hair > above the top of the sight glass. is this ok or is it > too much? or do i need more? thanks

Mitch My KLR is a 600 which has a smaller capacity, but if you've used too much oil it will be instantly obvious as you'll see and smell the excess oil burning off. I've been reading this thread and it seems quite obvious that the proponents of the sight glass being in the wrong place collectively represent a great deal of practical KLR experience. Fred J

[k650dsn@aol.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., mitch allen wrote:

> ok guys whats the verdict on the oil level? > just changed my oil, 2qts 10oz fills it up just a hair > above the top of the sight glass. is this ok or is it > too much? or do i need more? thanks > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Listen to your Yahoo! Mail messages from any phone. > http://phone.yahoo.com

Mitch, Don't sweat it. That's fine. I've done that on my 95 for the past 30K miles with no ill effects. Gino

[Richard Drain]

OOOOOmmmmmmmmmppppphhhh (sound of half the list diving for cover!) Richard D ex'98KLR650 c3 $46k )ok guys whats the verdict on the oil level? )just changed my oil, 2qts 10oz fills it up just a hair )above the top of the sight glass. is this ok or is it )too much? or do i need more? thanks ********************************************************************* This e-mail and the information it contains may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for the intended addressee(s) only. The unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail or any information it contains is prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offence. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify postmaster@... immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Tokai Bank Europe plc. Tokai Bank Europe plc 1 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JL Switchboard: 020 7638 6030 This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Richard Drain]

OOOOOmmmmmmmmmppppphhhh (sound of half the list diving for cover!) Richard D ex'98KLR650 c3 $46k )ok guys whats the verdict on the oil level? )just changed my oil, 2qts 10oz fills it up just a hair )above the top of the sight glass. is this ok or is it )too much? or do i need more? thanks ********************************************************************* This e-mail and the information it contains may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for the intended addressee(s) only. The unauthorised use, disclosure or copying of this e-mail or any information it contains is prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offence. If you are not an intended recipient, please notify postmaster@... immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Tokai Bank Europe plc. Tokai Bank Europe plc 1 Exchange Square London EC2A 2JL Switchboard: 020 7638 6030 This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[sjbower1@earthlink.net]

I was actually starting to feel sorry for 'ol Richard's KLR.... A very entertaining read RM.. Thanks for the smile Scotto <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Original message: Message: 1 Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 23:43:56 -0000 From: "RichardM" Subject: The Plight of the Oppressed NKLR (and Chaparral Sale) Gentle Readers, Richard's Kawasaki KLR650 here... He went to get another beer and he left his terminal logged on. Sucks to be him right now! Richard is deluded into thinking that I am a real dual-sport motorcycle. He wants to go to this big Chaparral sale to (hopefully) find some discounted off-road tidbits that he can attach to me with duct-tape and bailing wire - You see, none of them actually fit since I'm not an off-road motorcycle. With the exception of a few things made by those IMS Products and Moose Off-Road FREAKS, but I'll deal with them later... Richard thinks that Alan Roach at Baja Designs insists that I am not a dual-sport only because Alan has a vested interest in selling more street kits for dirt bikes. If only Richard would have listened to him! Friday night, Richard had the audacity to lever some DOT knobbies onto my wheels, along with the MX tubes. A few days earlier, he strapped an aluminum skid-plate onto my belly. He spent the weekend trying to grind off all the knobbies on big rocks and bash the skid plate into a million pieces! Why does he buy these horrid accessories? Why does he treat me like that? Clearly, he is toying with the concept of "fashion emergency." If he tries to mount me wearing an MX helmet, I will throw him off, bleed the air from my tires, and derail my chain. Have I not been his faithful servant and protector by going slow when he wants to go fast (for his own good)? Can he not be content to bask in the glow of six-year-old boys that lean from minivan windows and point and shout "Cool Army bike?" And you should see how fast he blasts past those poor OHV trailer queens on I-15 with a smug and self-assured grin on his face. Up and down the freeway, they peer forlornly over the sides of truck and trailer beds while their Generation-Y owners bask in the cool air- conditioning breeze and be-bop to the latest R&B-influenced noise, oblivious to the suffering going on mere inches behind their vacuous craniums. Those poor and downtrodden bikes can't help that they'll be subjected to a life of noisy stinky MX tracks and abusive aerial acrobatics. Shouldn't objects that fly have wings? The truly fortunate ones ones have dedicated owners that rise to the task of ramrodding them through the green-weenie-induced quagmire of red-tape that surrounds street-legalization. The less fortunate will suffer the indignity of the wretched green or red OHV sticker. But they, at least, will be able to experience the sights and smells of the outside world, albeit in a very limited sense. This Richard jerk, on the other hand, is lazy and not good for much. He backs down from challenges like no one else on earth. Instead of buying a dirt bike and giving it the life for which it yearns, he bought me, a street-bike, and is hell-bent on getting himself, and me, as far away from pavement and civilization as is geographically possible. The indignity of never having been washed weighs heavily on my soul. The hum of my knobbies is akin to fingernails across a chalkboard. My dirt-filled crevices are unmentionable in polite company. I shall gladly shave my armpits with a cheese-grater whilst chewing on a large ball of tin-foil if doing so would save me from the torture of off-road motorcycling for just one weekend. Such is the plight of this abused motorcycle. Praying for Hope, RM's KLR PS. Please keep him away from Chaparral this weekend, sale or no sale. If for no other reason, I'm tired of hearing him bitch about his Amex bill. PPS. Please tell him that my shaft-driven brethren are just as capable of performing wheelies as any other motorcycle. Richard is simply jealous because he cannot make ANYTHING wheelie, including bicycles. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]