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[Jalal Haddad]

Hey there, I am now the proud owner of a 2002 KR650. I have been listening in on this maillist for a couple of months now, and I have learned so much. But, I do have one question about the fork position. The way mine is setup, there are about 2.5" between the top of the forks and the upper triple clamp. The most I have seen on other (non KLR) bikes is about half an inch, and most are flush. I asked the mechanic about it,and he said that it is setup the way kawi recommends it. The reason that I am curious is because I noticed that I am sliding forward on my seat a bit, and also, the kickstand seem to be too long, the bike will not fall off or anything, but other bikes that I have experience with are leaned over more when parked with the side stand. I will be mostly riding on the road, an my legs are long enough, so reach is a non issue for me. I am mostly interested in better high speed stability. Is my bike really setup the way kawi recommends ? If so, would it hurt if I drop the forks down an inch or two ? thanks

[Lujo Bauer]

The tops of the fork tubes should be flush with the top of the triple tree. The mechanic must be hallucinating. -Lujo [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[bradklr650]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "Jalal Haddad" wrote:

> Hey there, > > I am now the proud owner of a 2002 KR650. I have been listening in

on this

> maillist for a couple of months now, and I have learned so much.

But, I do

> have one question about the fork position. The way mine is setup,

there are

> about 2.5" between the top of the forks and the upper triple clamp.

The most

> I have seen on other (non KLR) bikes is about half an inch, and

most are

> flush. I asked the mechanic about it,and he said that it is setup

the way

> kawi recommends it. > > The reason that I am curious is because I noticed that I am sliding

forward

> on my seat a bit, and also, the kickstand seem to be too long, the

bike will

> not fall off or anything, but other bikes that I have experience

with are

> leaned over more when parked with the side stand. > > I will be mostly riding on the road, an my legs are long enough, so

reach is

> a non issue for me. I am mostly interested in better high speed

stability.

> Is my bike really setup the way kawi recommends ? If so, would it

hurt if I

> drop the forks down an inch or two ? > > thanks

Stuff them down the triple clamp, this is the way there shipped, and the clown that told you that should apologize to those guys that are Mechanic's. I have yet to meet a real one at bike dealership. They should almost flush with the clamps, not flush, possible then to distort the fork end threads. Measure to ensure they are even, and check everything else on the bike for tightness, especailly the chain. It's probably one of the few things that is too tight. Brad

[imperial-4776@webtv.net]

I have my front forks raised in the clamps by approx an inch, helps a little with my short legs. Also the steering is slightly better when making sharp turns. Dave Salem OR KLR650 Green SpitFire

[Robert Diaz]

I have a 2001 KLR, and my forks are flush, as they are on my Kawi GPZ also. Cheers! Rob D A15 '00 Indian Chief '93 Heritage Softail '83 GPZ --- Jalal Haddad wrote:

> Hey there, > > I am now the proud owner of a 2002 KR650. I have > been listening in on this > maillist for a couple of months now, and I have > learned so much. But, I do > have one question about the fork position. The way > mine is setup, there are > about 2.5" between the top of the forks and the > upper triple clamp. The most > I have seen on other (non KLR) bikes is about half > an inch, and most are > flush. I asked the mechanic about it,and he said > that it is setup the way > kawi recommends it.

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[alaska_rider]

"The way mine is setup, there are about 2.5" between the top of the forks and the upper triple clamp. The most I have seen on other (non KLR) bikes is about half an inch, and most are flush. I asked the mechanic about it,and he said that it is setup the way kawi recommends it." I saw this same thing at the dealer where I purchased mine. I thought it was strange. Makes sense about the dealer not changing the frok position from the shipping set up. I'll have to let them know I want that changed when I pick mine up next month. I know form dirt bikes it is pretty common to raise and lower the height of your froks for cornering or stability. But 2.5" is way too much. Endo city!

[texklr]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., "alaska_rider" wrote:

> "The way mine is setup, there are > about 2.5" between the top of the forks and the upper triple clamp. > flush. I asked the mechanic about it,and he said that it is setup

the

> way > kawi recommends it." > >

Mine was delivered to me with the fork about 2.5" above the clamp also. I took it to my friends at the Honda shop - his father-in-law is a Kawa dealer - he called his father-in-law and was told that it should be almost flush. Sounds like some dealers have one story and others have another. Ride safe Jim

[dooden]

[[snip]]

> Mine was delivered to me with the fork about 2.5" above the clamp > also. I took it to my friends at the Honda shop - his father-in-

law

> is a Kawa dealer - he called his father-in-law and was told that it > should be almost flush. Sounds like some dealers have one story

and

> others have another. > > Ride safe > > Jim

Or some dealers really rip past the check marks on the set-up worksheet. 2.5" above the clamps ? Seems like it would be touching the handlebars or really close, not to mention must look kinda dumb. Duden

[dmatking]

As Mark said, single track trails are not out of the question. I've been there and done that. You'll be slow but they are do-able. Double track fire road stuff is a no brainer. David

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Tengai650 wrote: > At 1:25 AM +0000 4/3/2002, ridecaptan wrote: > >...I know > >single track trails are out of the question > > Uh.... no they're not. > Mark > B2 > A2 > A3