anything wrong with the klr650 2001?

[eschelzig]

The merits of water are often underrated. The coke segment, however, is a hoax. See http://www.snopes2.com/cokelore/acid.htm for details. Highlights are: "Anyone who conducts these experiments will find himself at the end of two days with a whole tooth, a whole nail, and one very soggy t-bone." and "The next time you're stopped by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever cleaned blood stains off a highway with Coca-Cola. If you're lucky, by the time he stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going to give you. " Bests, Erik A15 in Berlin

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Tom Rothoehler wrote: > > Thought this was kinda intersting, especially the Coke part. We can now > have a WD-40 vs. Coke debate... >

[hens_p]

I'm glad you pointed this out as a hoax. The nail and Coke thing was going around when I was in 3rd grade. I guess I had a good teacher because she called BS on the claim that Coke would dissolve a nail. After trying to reason with 3rd grade minds for a few minutes she gave up. Next day she brought a Coke and a nail to the classroom. She put the nail in a class and poured the Coke. Day by day we watched as nothing happened to the nail. Mold grew on the Coke and she turned the whole thing into a science project. Basically she taught us about mold and the all important, "don't believe everything you read/hear." Pat

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "eschelzig" wrote: > The merits of water are often underrated. The coke segment, however, > is a hoax. See http://www.snopes2.com/cokelore/acid.htm for > details. Highlights are: "Anyone who conducts these experiments > will find himself at the end of two days with a whole tooth, a whole > nail, and one very soggy t-bone." and "The next time you're stopped > by a highway patrolman, try asking him if he's ever cleaned blood > stains off a highway with Coca-Cola. If you're lucky, by the time he > stops laughing he'll have forgotten about the citation he was going > to give you. " > > Bests, > Erik > > A15 in Berlin > > > > --- In DSN_klr650@y..., Tom Rothoehler wrote: > > > > Thought this was kinda intersting, especially the Coke part. We > can now > > have a WD-40 vs. Coke debate... > >

[Jean-Philippe Valois]

Hi everyone, I've just subscribed to this group, I hope posting this kind of quesiton is "allowed". After a few years without a bike, I'm now in the process of buying a machine and the KLR650 has all my attention. I have (at least) two questions on my mind : 1) Is there anything wrong with the 2001 KLR650 sold in Canada? It seems to me I can get a pretty good deal on a new bike (5200 $CAN) and I'm wondering if it's because 2001 is a bad year or something. 2) In his Adventure Motorcycling Handbook, Chris Scott mentions "the current LKR/KLX650 models are snazzy street bikes: light, fast and small tanked, they're not suited for an overland biker's needs". Is the 2001 KLR650 of this breed? Good day and thanks for any help, Jean-Philippe Valois S.V.P. r pondez / please reply to : jpvalois@... --------------------------------- Obtenez votre adresse @... gratuite et en fran ais ! Yahoo! Courriel. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]