muffler under warrenty

[All fAir]

My back tires (installed two so far) seated at about 60 to 80 psi and I had my front over one hundred. I am willing to bet that any good new tire could take 120 but I would not go past without full riding gear, including ear plugs and helmet. How does everyone else balance the wheels if not on the bike? My rear wheel (chain and brake removed) will move with as little as 1/8 of an ounce placed on any of the spokes, but the front requires about 4 ounces. It can create quite a wobble in 70 mph+ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

[All fAir]

At around 6000 miles my muffler started squeaking, I complained about the noise. The service advisor told me it was coming from the engine, because I forgot to replace the matal tube. whoops! The next time I was told that it was the muffler and normal. The time after that I talked to the manager and told him I expected my muffler to outlast my tires. It took a month more of hounding him to call kawi and ask them, but at last, two weeks ago I was told they got around to calling and it would be covered. I expect within the next two weeks or months that it will be delievered and I will be able to have it changed. good luck with yours. AllfAir _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

[J. Gregory]

any time you use excessive pressure to seat a bead, you are betting. you are betting that it will not blow up in your face or you have not damaged a cord somewhere in the tire causing a weak spot that will cause failure at a later date. You should never have to use pressure that high to seat a bead . my local tire shop limits its employees to a twenty pounds over the maximum pressure listed on side of tire. owner of shop says if it won't seat then it needs more lube or something is wrong. Jim Arkansas

----- Original Message ----- From: "All fAir" To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 3:22 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] Seating the beads. up to ~110psi > My back tires (installed two so far) seated at about 60 to 80 psi and I had > my front over one hundred. I am willing to bet that any good new tire could > take 120 but I would not go past without full riding gear, including ear > plugs and helmet. How does everyone else balance the wheels if not on the > bike? My rear wheel (chain and brake removed) will move with as little as > 1/8 of an ounce placed on any of the spokes, but the front requires about 4 > ounces. It can create quite a wobble in 70 mph+ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

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--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "All fAir" wrote:

> My back tires (installed two so far) seated at about 60 to 80 psi

and I had

> my front over one hundred. How does everyone else balance the

wheels if not on the

> bike? My rear wheel (chain and brake removed) will move with as

little as

> 1/8 of an ounce placed on any of the spokes, but the front requires

about 4

> ounces

I've never had to put more than 50-60psi in a tire to seat it. Probably one reason is I try to time my tire changes for summer. I let the tire sit out in the hot sun for several hours for it to get warmed up and flexible. In some cases it's almost too hot to touch and I can almost mount a 21" tire with little use of levers. I use plenty of tire lube also. I also use a balancing stand from Telefix. It has it's own built in bearings, so it does not rely on the bearings in the wheel. Of course accurate balancing of a KLR tire and wheel with a set of Dunlop 606's is an exercise in futility. Gino