best way to carry tunes

[J.D. Smith]

Got my new KLR 650 today, already got 69 miles worth of smiles out of it. I noticed that the fork tubes extend 2-3/16 inches above top of triple clamp, which looks strange. I remember reading somewhere that Kawasaki ships these things with the fork tubes in a similar fashion, and was wondering if perhaps the dealership neglected to make this adjustment. Service dept. at dealership told me tube height was correct, but could be adjusted if need be (duh). What say you, group? Thanks in advance, J.D. Smith Doctors Inlet, FL

[Stu]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "J.D. Smith" wrote:

> Got my new KLR 650 today, already got 69 miles worth of smiles out > of it. I noticed that the fork tubes extend 2-3/16 inches above top > of triple clamp, which looks strange. I remember reading somewhere > that Kawasaki ships these things with the fork tubes in a similar > fashion, and was wondering if perhaps the dealership neglected to > make this adjustment. Service dept. at dealership told me tube > height was correct, but could be adjusted if need be (duh). What say > you, group? > > Thanks in advance, > > J.D. Smith > Doctors Inlet, FL

Hey Jay, forks should be flush with the top of the clamps. Thanks CA Stu Riverside CA

[Guy B. Young II]

"Doctors Inlet, FL" ?????? Is this town filled with retired Proctologists, or what? Sorry. Me thinks they've neglected to lower the tubes so they're flush (tube body) with the top of the top clamp. You're goning to need a way to support the front wheel off the ground to correct this - OR - take it back to the dealer and insist they put it right. Guy A16 At 12:10 AM 4/22/04 -0000, J.D. Smith wrote:

>Got my new KLR 650 today, already got 69 miles worth of smiles out >of it. I noticed that the fork tubes extend 2-3/16 inches above top >of triple clamp, which looks strange. I remember reading somewhere >that Kawasaki ships these things with the fork tubes in a similar >fashion, and was wondering if perhaps the dealership neglected to >make this adjustment. Service dept. at dealership told me tube >height was correct, but could be adjusted if need be (duh). What say >you, group? > >Thanks in advance, > >J.D. Smith >Doctors Inlet, FL

[ltslpr]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "deadtvs" wrote:

> I've seen some discussion of this, but definitely not enough to make > a conclusion. What's the best affordable way (affordable= carry tunes on the KLR? I've heard fairly bad things about MP3 > players, so I'm inclined toward a portable CD/AM/FM unit, but have > never owned one and don't have much opinion on the offerings. So, oh > great and wise KLRistas - educate me! > > TIA, > > Dan

The May, '04 issue of MCN has a glowing review of the Archos MP3 player, which is actually a portable harddrive/amp holding 20GB, or around 5,000 songs at 128K bit sampling rate. Install a free third-party utility called Rock Box to increase the error memory buffer to eliminate almost all skipping and rebooting. Around $200, YPMV. Glenn San Jose, Ca.