my first carb problem!

[John Huber]

Hey listers,

Has anyone ever taken their klr to the sand dunes?  How do they ride in the sand?  I'm thinking about taking mine to the little sahara sand dunes this weekend.  I have a kenda 270 on rear and front.  Just wondering if anyone has had experience in the sand.

John

A7

[Mike Awesome]

I would confer with Jim. Very heavy and squirrely in the deep sugar sand. Would probably be better in somewhat hardpacked sand. But if you don't mind a little sweat and muscle soreness go for it ! Ride my A1 in the Florida sugar sand from time to time and once you get use to the floating front tire not too bad, but it is definitely a total body workout.

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, Jim Cunningham wrote: > I would not want to take the KLR650 in any serious sand; its way too heavy > for that. I have a 32 inch inseam, so the 650 is very tall for me; I > suppose if you are very long legged you might do OK in sand. But sand is > where the 650s weight really becomes apparent. > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Huber [mailto:rabbitbird@h...] > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 13:14 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] sand riding > > > Hey listers, > Has anyone ever taken their klr to the sand dunes? How do they ride in the > sand? I'm thinking about taking mine to the little sahara sand dunes this > weekend. I have a kenda 270 on rear and front. Just wondering if anyone > has had experience in the sand. > John > A7 > _____ > > http://click.egroups.com/1/4324/6/_/911801/_/964724973/> > > http://adimg.egroups.com/img/4324/6/_/911801/_/96 4724973/pr_camera_468_12k. > gif> > > _____ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650> > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@s... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650> > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[John Huber]

Thanks ya'll for the comments.  My friends and I are going down there Saturday.  We are taking sand machines to play with.  I have a 32 inseam also and am not the strongest of all men, so I don't think I will be doing much riding of the KLR.  I may try some trails around the dunes, but nothing serious.  Again, thanks for all the comments.

John

A7

[Karl Raupp]

Never actually been on a sand dune, but I've been in deep powdery sand (I think that qualifies me). About the only things I can suggest is air down your tires (14 psi is a good start) and go down from there. And most importantly - stand on 'dem pegs and gun it! Good luck! Karl

> Hey listers, > Has anyone ever taken their klr to the sand dunes? How do they

ride in the sand? I'm thinking about taking mine to the little sahara sand dunes this weekend. I have a kenda 270 on rear and front. Just wondering if anyone has had experience in the sand.

> John > A7

[Arden Kysely]

Before I took the carb apart, I'd drain the float bowl and pour some STP gas treatment or other ethanol-based gas additive into the tank in case there's water in the gas. Arden Kysely A11 "Mr. K"

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., RM wrote: > > A14L, 19k miles, less than a year old and never stored. > > Bike runs perfectly up to 60% throttle at any RPM. Exceed that, count > "one-potato, two potato" and the engine sputters. Seems to be a lean > sputter since there's no visible smoke from the exhaust. > > I don't think it's a clogged filter or faulty petcock since it happens so > rapidly after whacking the throttle open (in my experience, the bowl > should have enough fuel to run the engine for 5-7 seconds at WOT). > Coasting for 10 seconds before going to WOT should allow the fuel bowl to > replenish and buy me some more WOT time if I had a slow fuel delivery > problem. It doesn't so I think I can rule out fuel delivery. > > If the slide were sticking or if I had an ignition problem, the bike would > sputter immediately, wouldn't it? > > While riding on the freeway, I closed the fuel petcock several times to > drain the bowl completely, thinking that this might "exercise" the > float/needle/seat and dislodge any trash sticking in there. Also, at a > fuel stop, I blew into the bowl vent tube. I also sucked on it (no jokes > please!) thinking that this might also help to dislodge any trash caught > in the seat. > > Between these two things, the problem is *almost* fixed. At wide- open > throttle it'll be fine for 10-15 seconds, sputter for 1/2 second, then be > fine again. Quickly close the throttle from 100% to about 70% and the > engine falls flat on its face for a split second. > > Is it time to overhaul this carb? > > RM