klr lessons and ride report st. joes state park missouri

[ksveader]

I have come to realize just how much I iss my KLR. Oh sure the Gixer is nice, much nicer than the KLR actualy, but it just doesn't have the.....something. I crave DIrt and personallity, and the feeling that I can bungie-cord a wahing macine to the back if I wanted to. Another week or moer though! I can't even look for rides around here. Just wanted to share with you all how much I miss my ratty old KLR. Ken kveader@... Haverhill MA

[david gay]

Know what you mean Ken. Mines been down a couple of days, and I 'm going nuts. Should have it back and running tonight though. Dave ksveader wrote:I have come to realize just how much I iss my KLR. Oh sure the Gixer is nice, much nicer than the KLR actualy, but it just doesn't have the.....something. I crave DIrt and personallity, and the feeling that I can bungie-cord a wahing macine to the back if I wanted to. Another week or moer though! I can't even look for rides around here. Just wanted to share with you all how much I miss my ratty old KLR. Ken kveader@... Haverhill MA Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[dooden]

That reads he has OEM muffler on and even though he is riding, he just cant hear it. Bet he is making Square Pant Bob motorcycle noises as he rides to fill the sound gap. I have a sound file if anybody really needs to hear it. Dooden Dont feel bad, I had a 70+ mile trip to go on, up into the Mining area's yesterday, and the wife did'nt want to ride the bike. Excuse was something about bring two bicycles and some of that plastic yard kid stuff up to nephews house, I am pretty sure I could have got most of it on the back with ratchet straps.

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., david gay wrote: > > Know what you mean Ken. Mines been down a couple of days, and I 'm going nuts. Should have it back and running tonight though. Dave > > > > > ksveader wrote:I have come to realize just how much I iss my KLR. Oh sure the Gixer is nice, much nicer than > the KLR actualy, but it just doesn't have the.....something. I crave DIrt and personallity, and the > feeling that I can bungie-cord a wahing macine to the back if I wanted to. Another week or moer > though! I can't even look for rides around here. Just wanted to share with you all how much I miss > my ratty old KLR. > > Ken > kveader@e... > Haverhill MA

[Basil Expedition]

Location St. Joe State park in near ledington missouri 20 thousand acres of flat sand and "mountain" single track Two KLRs and Two XR 650 L Richard, and Bryce on the KLRs Doug and Greg on the XRs, My KLR 93 KLR, all safety switches bypassed (ESSENTIAL) Carb rejetted, airbox modified, laser pro exhaust, resettable fuses, fan switch, progressive suspension, stock gearing which I am happy with, heavy duty clutch, dual star gear shifter, kendas 270 (I liked Bryces new dunlop 606 really aggressive tread!) probably other stuff that I have forgotten about. We started off the morning gassing up at the shell thanks bryce for the gallon for the KLR, went to the park, started setting up and the park ranger comes over and tells us that there is warrants out for all four of our arrests turns out the credit card swipe on the gas pump was broken and proceeded to fill us anyway even though the card swipe did not work, so we were considered drive aways, LESSON # 1 MAKE SURE YOU GET A RECEIPT FOR GAS EVERY SINGLE TIME!!!!! The cop was pretty pissed at first then once he realized it was an honest error became pretty buddy buddy and even let us take our pic with him and then showed us pictures of his ride. Nice guy, We went back to the park. The single track was amazing, got into second gear quite a bit, lots of steep climbs, the KLR was as at home on this type of environment as the XRs. We spent close to three hours on the single track we were smiling ear to ear, I am glad though that I can turn my fan on with the switch that I made. The flats were really a blast the KLR can really open up and eat up the sand, stay on the trottle and the KLR can really tear it up. Handles fine, I wish I could have rode one of the XRL though to see how much different they are, they weigh in about the same if the KLR only has a couple gallons of gas in the tank. I got a chance to look at some of the dual star guards Bryce has on his machine, I will definately get the skid plate but I definately can duplicate the rad guard. Some lessons that I learned about the KLR while riding a few hours of low rpm single track, 1) The KLR uses a lot of juice for the battery and fan in long sessions of low rpm riding I found this out after I stalled the bike going through a three foot deep 60 foot long mud pit and the battery would not turn the enginge over. The battery is good and took a good charge once I got it going again. LESSON #2 PUT A SWITCH ON THE HEADLIGHT SO YOU CAN TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU DONT NEED IT AND SAVE THE BATTERY. 2) The battery access under the seat is a pain in the ass, the XR guys have much easier access LESSON #3 CARRY SMALL SET OF BOOSTER CABLES AND MAKE A BOOST AREA ON THE BIKE WITH ONE POST ON A SWITCH SO YOU DONT HAVE TO REMOVE THE SEAT TO GET AT THE BATTERY AND THE POSTS DONT GROUND OUT . 3) The clutch cable is really close to the exhaust on the engine and consequently mine melted and would not work. I had a spare at home but opted not to bring it as mine was brand new. I rode 85 miles home with no clutch, getting gears is easy at the right rpm but finding neutral was a tad difficult thanks Greg for following me home, LESSON #4 IF YOU STALL THE STARTER WILL ROLL THE BIKE AND START IT IN THIRD OR FOURTH ENABLING YOU TO GET IT HOME, I HAVE THE SAFE GUARDS BYPASSED AND THIS IS ESSENTIAL, ALSO CARRY ANY SPARES YOU THINK YOU WONT NEED SUCH AS SAID CLUTCH CABLE. Even though with the problems I encountered it is by far the best day of dual sport riding I have ever had, I am more than ecstatic with my KLR and can't wait to head out again. With these extra mods that I do I will be a lot more self sufficient and time efficient with any future incident involving my trusty KLR LONG LIVE THE KLR Richard Hayward ST. Peters Missouri