going to pickup my new 04 klr650 tomorrow!!

[mlbanister@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/12/2003 2:15:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com writes: After looking at that new '04 Red color for 6 hours, I still do not know if I like it or not. I do like it a WHOLE lot better than the ugly GI Joe green things that they have been selling for the last 3 years. Sorry guys. (with the green things) MrMoose Always a matter of taste - I waited for an A18 because I didn't want the "GI Joe green" color. The british used to say there are only 3 "proper colours" for a motorcycle - black, red and black. On another note, my A18 goes in this week for its 500 mile service (by a trusted mech) and he is suggesting a .010" shim under the needle and drilling the 1/8" hole in the slide leaving the stock main jet in. Any opinions on this as a cure for leanness? TIA Mike B [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Fireman Ed]

I personally think the dark green and black color of the A17 is great. The only better match for this bike would be all black. After all, this is no ferrari to be red, no KX to be bright green, it is a tank/SUV, and should be a nice army green and black to match. A nice stealth black would be cool too. Fireman Ed A17

> MrMoose > Always a matter of taste - I waited for an A18 because I didn't

want the "GI

> Joe green" color. The british used to say there are only 3 "proper

colours"

> for a motorcycle - black, red and black. > > On another note, my A18 goes in this week for its 500 mile service

(by a

> trusted mech) and he is suggesting a .010" shim under the needle

and drilling the

> 1/8" hole in the slide leaving the stock main jet in. Any opinions

on this as

> a cure for leanness? TIA > > Mike B >

[Bogdan Swider]

> ---------- > . > > What I am looking for is if there is a way the balancer could be off a > minimal amount (that would be one tooth on a sprocket?) and still run OK > but > with more vibration. I wanted to find out if it were possible to run > around > with a maladjusted balancer and, having nothing to compare it to, think > it > was normal, albeit heavy, vibration. >

Not the first hand evidence you're looking for but I distinctly remember a post describing exactly that experience. Was it a year ago ? Maybe the poster will surface. Bogdan