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----- Original Message ----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Digest Number 6218 Date: 8 Apr 2005 21:35:24 -0000 > > > There are 25 messages in this issue. > > Topics in this digest: > > 1. RE: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "Ramey" > 2. RE: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "Russell Scott" > 3. Re: Re: dDSN...KLR.... WHAT BIKE DO I HAVE > From: Doug Herr > 4. Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: rm@... > 5. Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: Ron Criswell > 6. Re: dDSN...KLR.... WHAT BIKE DO I HAVE > From: "Kentucky Jim" > 7. RE: was, Wildlife nklr now NEW KLR > From: js > 8. NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "klr250not" > 9. RE: RE: Wildlife NKLR / Book recommendation > From: "Stuart Mumford" > 10. Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: John Kokola > 11. NY Dohicky/Tech Session > From: "southampton12000" > 12. Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: Ron Criswell > 13. NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "klr250not" > 14. NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "CA Stu" > 15. Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "Harry Seifert" > 16. Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: Ron Criswell > 17. Re: Wildlife nklr Iggy and Lou > From: Alan L Henderson > 18. Re: First Tank Slapper Today > From: "Mike Peplinski" > 19. Re: First Tank Slapper Today > From: "Mike Peplinski" > 20. Re: Helmet Help > From: "Mike Peplinski" > 21. NKLR - Overpopulation (was wildlife & other nonsense) > From: Bill Emmack > 22. NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: "klr250not" > 23. Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > From: Bogdan Swider > 24. Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > From: Bogdan Swider > 25. klr streaming video > From: Charles Earl > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:05:07 -0700 > From: "Ramey" > Subject: RE: Re: Wildlife nklr > > Ahhh.....the pyramid scheme, the most efficient distribution of wealth and > goods the world has ever seen. Exactly why communism failed. The western > world has found the solution already to the population problem-not fewer > children,but ramped up purchases-thereby negating the need for a larger > population. This is why a Big Mac is more costly in the western world as > opposed to the undeveloped world. Will the "world" suffer? Of course, always > has always will. Remember- abortion, suicide and euthanasia help. HTH. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bogdan Swider [mailto:bSwider@...] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:43 AM > To: rm@...; don cain > Cc: klr250not; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Wildlife nklr > > > > > > > > > >> I did........ Just out of curiosity - does having the sucsess of our > >> economy based on an ever growing purchasing population seem like a > >> huge pyrimid scheme to anyone else? > > > > I agree with this psot. > > > > RM > > What's your alternative ? > > Bogdan > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:04:00 -0700 > From: "Russell Scott" > Subject: RE: Re: Wildlife nklr > > The answer to all of man's problems has already been devised by a mind that > has had eternity to craft the solution. We just need the vacuum of > ignorance to reach maximum abhorrence. > > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: rm@... [mailto:rm@...] > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:48 AM > To: Bogdan Swider; don cain > Cc: klr250not; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Wildlife nklr > > > > >>> I did........ Just out of curiosity - does having the sucsess of our > >>> economy based on an ever growing purchasing population seem like a > >>> huge pyrimid scheme to anyone else? > > >> I agree with this psot. > > > What's your alternative ? > > To disagree with his psot. It's a binary paradigm. > > RM > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 11:08:21 -0700 (PDT) > From: Doug Herr > Subject: Re: Re: dDSN...KLR.... WHAT BIKE DO I HAVE > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005, Bill Watson wrote: > > >> From: "Randall R. Davis" > >> Subject: RE: Re: dDSN...KLR.... WHAT BIKE DO I HAVE > >> > >> This is interesting. My KLR is a 2005 as indicated by the title, the > >> 10/04 > >> date stamp, and the color (dark red and black) but not the VIN? > >> > >> JKAKLEA145DA16283 > >> Made in "Thailand" > >> > >> Interesting > > > Randy, your bike is a 2005, even by the VIN. The last 5 digits > > of our VINS is the consecutive unit number (CUN). Yours is > > 16283, and that's clearly an '05. I don't have the numbers > > with me (I'm at work so I'm working off memory) but the last > > '04's CUN was somewhere around 12000-13000. Your bike would be > > referred to as an "A19" as it's the 19th model year of > > production. > > And the FAQ does state that the 10th digit in the VIN indicates > the year. Your 10th digit is "5", indicating 2005. > > The FAQ states: > > What year is my KLR? > > The frame sticker shows the date of manufacture. The model year > for all cars and bikes sold in the US is indicated by the tenth > digit of the VIN (this is an ISO standard, and is becoming more > widely used). > M=1991; N=1992; P=1993; R=1994; S=1995; T=1996; V=1997; W=1998; > X=1999; Y=2000; 1=2001; 2=2002...A=2010... > > > -- > Doug Herr > doug@... > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:14:05 -0700 > From: rm@... > Subject: Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > > > I'll confess you went over my head especially as I read psot as post. > > OK I know what a binary paradigm is but I don't get psot. Please > > explain for us cabbage heads. > > It's an intentional typo of "post". For no good reason. > > Is your head spinning yet? > > RM > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 13:28:01 -0700 > From: Ron Criswell > Subject: Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > > Ya'll come on down. You will have to eat Tex Mex food though. And move > out west where all the space is. Miles and miles of nothing (but cows > and deer). Second thought move to Dallas and I'll go out west. > > Criswell > On Friday, April 8, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote: > > > > > At 7:54 AM -0700 4/8/05, rm@... wrote: > >> Nobody wants to be the first to step up and say "Six billion > >> people is enough -- > > > > If you do the math, that 6 billion will fit an area the size of > > Texas' land area with 38 people per acre, and it would be about as > > dense as Rio de Janeiro or as third as dense as Cairo. > > China only ranks 77th in pop density and they have 1/4 of the word's > > population. A lot of places that vacationers define as paradise are > > more dense (Virgin Islands, St Lucia, Jamaica, Aruba, Seychelles, > > Mauritius, Dutch Antilles, Switzerland, Cayman Is.) > > The world's a tad bigger than the doomsdayists will have you believe. > > > > Mark > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:43:55 -0000 > From: "Kentucky Jim" > Subject: Re: dDSN...KLR.... WHAT BIKE DO I HAVE > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klr250not" > wrote: > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "John" wrote: > > > > Guys... how do you know what to look for in the model ye > have...ie > > to > tell what year or what actual model you own...????? Thanks.John > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------- > > > > Its stamped on the frame as part of the serial number: about the > 8th > > or 9th digit from the left youll find an "A". The two digits > after > > the A signify the year, with A19 being 2005, A18--2004, on down to > A1-- > > > This is not correct. > You can't tell the year of a KLR650 by looking for A1-A19 in the VIN. > The A1-A19 is NOT in the VIN except by chance. > > > Jimbo > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 11:52:06 -0700 > From: js > Subject: RE: was, Wildlife nklr now NEW KLR > > rm@... wrote: > > >> I'll confess you went over my head especially as I read psot as post. > >> OK I know what a binary paradigm is but I don't get psot. Please > >> explain for us cabbage heads. > >> > >> > > > > It's an intentional typo of "post". For no good reason. > > > > Is your head spinning yet? > > > > RM > > > > > > > an here I wuz thinking he wuz tawkin about pots... > > anyways da answer is easy, of course - Vegas Bay-bee! > > anyways, went to my fav palm reader the other nite - Madam Zalinskya - I > call her Lupe. > An she has confirmed that Kawi is DEFINITELY coming out with any update > on the DS thingamajig. > she even gave me the URL... > shez amazin! > > http://www.strangevehicles.com/content/item/13724.html > > can't wait for the tahr thread... > > js > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:57:01 -0000 > From: "klr250not" > Subject: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > > Yeah, enough is enough and 6 billion sounds like enough to me. Its > not like all those millions in Calcutta and Bombay are just having a > fine time jammed together on the sidewalks (call it home) trying to > avoid starvation, heat stroke and cobras. > > Anyway, by my math you'd need 600,000 square miles to pack in 6 > billion people at 10,000 per square mile (denser than Washington > D.C.). Thats Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California at least. > And 6 billion is probably old news by now, call it 7. > > ----------------------------------------- > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Arden Kysely" > wrote: > > > > Sure, pack 'em in! But don't forget that they need food and homes > and > > produce waste. There may be resources for 6 billion on the planet, > but > > what about 12, or 24, or 48? Where does it stop? Where do the > > resources come from? Can you call it living if you bump into > someone > > or step in their waste every time you turn around? We go to > > places like Death Valley just because they are empty and we enjoy > > the > feeling > > of space. If every landmass was chock-full of humans we wouldn't > have > > much place to ride, or otherwise recreate. Why not hold the > population > > steady and keep the Earth a decent place to live? On the other > hand, > > putting them all in Texas sounds pretty good, too. 8~) > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:00:21 -0700 > From: "Stuart Mumford" > Subject: RE: RE: Wildlife NKLR / Book recommendation > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > CA Stu > space, not a lot > > > of people. > > > > Hey, Stu.....When we met in Moab I remember you telling that you purposely > > polluted the planet by having several children ( brats ). I think you said > > you also had a wife. After reading today's posts I'm thinking > > that I assumed > > things that perhaps I should not have. Especially, since I know > > that you're > > one guy that deeply cares about our planet and worries about its finite > > resources. Just to clear things up. Are your children - how can I ask > > diplomatically - ah human ? They don't have four legs and fur do they ? > > Is your wife...ah...a female human ? I know you go up to Canada > > sometime... > > > > Bogdan > > > > Hi Bogdan, as always, you present several interesting questions. I shall > attempt to answer them all. > > Yes, I have 3 children. > Yes, I have a wife. > I do deeply care about our planet and its finite resource. > My children, I'm proud to say, are all fine examples of humans. > I do have a cat that is older than my oldest child, he has four legs and > fur, and is definitely part of the family, so I guess one of my dependants > (not technically a "child", but a far better mouser than all my children > combined) does have four legs and fur. > My wife is a hot Southern California blond yoga teaching female human. > Haven't been to canada for a long time. 26 years. > > I'm not as eloquent as some people, Bogdan. I are lacking in higher > education. > > Plus, I posted that first one before my second cup of coffee (and daily > bowel movement/ life changing event) so it may not be my finest work ever. > > To try and rephrase my original post to reflect my intentions; > I don't buy into the fearmongering regarding overpopulation, global warming, > and various other manufactured crises designed to keep lawyers busy and the > general population living in fear and confusion. > Localized overpopulation is indeed a reality, I concede that. However, the > original post was worded in a fashion that I found asinine and misinformed. > > As far as finite resources, I rode a bicycle to work one day last week, my > KLR a couple of times in the last two weeks. Both of these vehicles use far > less fuel and parking space than a car, emit less pollution, and leave a lot > less wear and tear on the roads. > Hell, I even scheduled my work 4 days a week, thereby reducing the amount of > pollutants our workforce's commuting is responsible for by 20%. > > So yes, I believe in conservation of natural resources, and no, I'm not > concerned what "environmentalist" lawyers want me to be scared of. > > Thanks > CA Stu, whose sperm count is only matched by his incredible handsomeness. > And modesty. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 10 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 15:04:33 -0400 (GMT-04:00) > From: John Kokola > Subject: Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' say ... > > "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 billion. > The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion by 2300. The > long-range report marks the first time the U.N. has issued > projections for years as distant as 2300, 150 years further out > than earlier estimates." > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop-usat_x.htm > > --John Kokola > not that USAToday is my idea of hard news, but there you go > > -----Original Message----- > From: klr250not > > Yeah, enough is enough and 6 billion sounds like enough to me. > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 11 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:07:46 -0000 > From: "southampton12000" > Subject: NY Dohicky/Tech Session > > > Well folks, it's the time of year to see if there is any interest in > the famous NY doohicky seesion which never seems to evolve. > I'm willing to travel almost anywhere in the greater NY area but I > have available a 3bdrm apt. that is not being used until May 15th that > is available for those who want to spend Fri or Sat Night. There is a > large parking lot available for work Sat. after 1pm and all day > Sunday. The location is Southampton NY out by the woods and beaches > of eastern long island. What say yee? > brian barrett > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 12 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:12:21 -0700 > From: Ron Criswell > Subject: Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > I trust U.N. figures less than our intelligence network. And that is > saying something. > > Criswell > On Friday, April 8, 2005, at 12:04 PM, John Kokola wrote: > > > > > Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' say ... > > > > "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 > > billion. The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion by > > 2300. The long-range report marks the first time the U.N. has > > issued projections for years as distant as 2300, 150 years > > further out than earlier estimates." > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop-usat_x.htm > > > > --John Kokola > > not that USAToday is my idea of hard news, but there you go > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: klr250not > > > > Yeah, enough is enough and 6 billion sounds like enough to me. > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 13 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:25:45 -0000 > From: "klr250not" > Subject: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > > 6 B is way too many in my book; 2-3 B would be far more comfortable, > especially for cougars and many other species more deserving of their > habitat than humanity is. Legislating a death penalty for those who > kill protected species, or even shoot game out of season, might help > chip away at the total. > > ------------------------------------------------- > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, John Kokola wrote: > > Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' say ... > > > > "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 billion. > The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion by 2300. The long- > range report marks the first time the U.N. has issued projections for > years as distant as 2300, 150 years further out than earlier > estimates." > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop-usat_x.htm > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 14 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 19:38:00 -0000 > From: "CA Stu" > Subject: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > > Let's all pull numbers out of the air and make wild predictions, > shall we? > > This post reeks of the "I've got mine, everyone else can go screw" > mentality. > > If you have the courage of your convictions, you should eat a bullet. > > Thanks > CA Stu > > PS last post on this subject from me. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klr250not" > wrote: > > > > 6 B is way too many in my book; 2-3 B would be far more > comfortable, > > especially for cougars and many other species more deserving of > their > > habitat than humanity is. Legislating a death penalty for those > who > > kill protected species, or even shoot game out of season, might > help > > chip away at the total. > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, John Kokola > wrote: > > > Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' > say ... > > > > "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 > billion. > > The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion by 2300. The > long- > > range report marks the first time the U.N. has issued projections > for > > years as distant as 2300, 150 years further out than earlier estimates." > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop-usat_x.htm > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 15 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 12:38:26 -0700 > From: "Harry Seifert" > Subject: Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > > I believe this is called capitalism. or I see it as cancer....ever > growing, overconsuming and eventually, death to the host. > > Buddy > bseifert71@... > > > > [Original Message] > > From: > > To: don cain > > Cc: klr250not ; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: 4/8/2005 10:35:05 AM > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Wildlife nklr > > > > > > On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:09:01 -0700, "don cain" said: > > > > > I did........ Just out of curiosity - does having the sucsess of our > > > economy based on an ever growing purchasing population seem like a > > > huge pyrimid scheme to anyone else? > > > > I agree with this psot. > > > > RM > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List > > FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 16 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:38:41 -0700 > From: Ron Criswell > Subject: Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > Emm I don't know where you live but there is a s______ load of open > space all over the world (except for India maybe). Get in an airplane > and fly over it, or a car / bike and drive for a while. Seems there is > a lot of space for critters. I have seen quite a bit of it. Sometimes I > have seen so much it has almost put me to sleep. > > Criswell > On Friday, April 8, 2005, at 12:25 PM, klr250not wrote: > > > > > > > 6 B is way too many in my book; 2-3 B would be far more comfortable, > > especially for cougars and many other species more deserving of their > > habitat than humanity is. Legislating a death penalty for those who > > kill protected species, or even shoot game out of season, might help > > chip away at the total. > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, John Kokola wrote: > >> Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' say ... > >> > >> "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 billion. > > The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion by 2300. The long- > > range report marks the first time the U.N. has issued projections for > > years as distant as 2300, 150 years further out than earlier > > estimates." > >> > >> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop-usat_x.htm > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 17 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:07:45 -0500 > From: Alan L Henderson > Subject: Re: Wildlife nklr Iggy and Lou > > Bogdan Swider wrote: > > Below is what they send you if you work in a school in Colorado. > > > > Bogdan > > > If you observe the mountain lion contact Security immediately so in turn > > we can contact the Department of Wildlife. Whatever you do, please do not > > approach the lion. > > > > Ron Smith > > Chief of Security > > > I don't know how the hell we've gotten from Bogdan's initial post to > what it has morphed into now, but this constant talk of "Wildlife" makes > me want to listen to Iggy Pop, or the Velvet Underground. > > Alan Henderson A13 Iowa "Lust for Life" makes good add music? > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 18 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:13:26 -0500 > From: "Mike Peplinski" > Subject: Re: First Tank Slapper Today > > I had a nasty wobble at 65 on my BMW airhead. Just short of a tankslapper > but definitely a "undies stainer". Turned out that tire pressure took care > of it. > > > From: rm@... > > To: "John" , DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] First Tank Slapper Today > > Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:03:08 -0700 > > > > > > On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:46:13 -0000, "John" said: > > > > > What actually causes this? Is there any preventative things I can do > > > to the bike to keep it from happening? What about riding technique? My > > > goal was to get out from a tight squeeze and slowing seemed the only > > > way to go. But maybe not. > > > > * Forks fully entended (and not in the lowered shipping position)? > > * Too much rear preload? > > * Worn front wheel bearings? > > * Underinflated front tire? > > * Kenda 270 front tire? > > * Worn fork bushings (sliders)? > > * Loose headset bearings? > > > > I'd start with front tire pressure. If you're under 32psi, try 32. > > > > Does the front-end ever wobble under normal riding conditions? > > > > RM > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 19 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:25:55 -0500 > From: "Mike Peplinski" > Subject: Re: First Tank Slapper Today > > Give this site a look-see > www.joe250.com/motorcycles/ride/tankslapper.htm > > > From: rm@... > > To: "John" , DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] First Tank Slapper Today > > Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:03:08 -0700 > > > > > > On Fri, 08 Apr 2005 01:46:13 -0000, "John" said: > > > > > What actually causes this? Is there any preventative things I can do > > > to the bike to keep it from happening? What about riding technique? My > > > goal was to get out from a tight squeeze and slowing seemed the only > > > way to go. But maybe not. > > > > * Forks fully entended (and not in the lowered shipping position)? > > * Too much rear preload? > > * Worn front wheel bearings? > > * Underinflated front tire? > > * Kenda 270 front tire? > > * Worn fork bushings (sliders)? > > * Loose headset bearings? > > > > I'd start with front tire pressure. If you're under 32psi, try 32. > > > > Does the front-end ever wobble under normal riding conditions? > > > > RM > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 20 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:29:29 -0500 > From: "Mike Peplinski" > Subject: Re: Helmet Help > > The April 05 issue of Rider Magazine has a good article. I"ve got an HJC. > I"ve got a few problems' 1/ very noisy, 2/ pretty hot, 3/ interior is > wearing poorly. On the plus side, it was pretty cheap and I don't mind > tossing it when it gets too shabby. > > > From: Ron Criswell > > To: "cclitle" > > CC: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Helmet Help > > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:14:36 -0700 > > > > > > HJC seems to be good bang for the buck. > > > > Criswell > > On Thursday, April 7, 2005, at 04:49 PM, cclitle wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I need to breakdown and buy a good helmet, but I don't want to to > > > spend a fortune. I live in Montana so it should be warm but be able > > > to vent for hot days. I would like a full face but I wear glasses so > > > it needs to open. Any recommendations on brands and makes. Also any > > > good source on the web to buy a helmet. > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > Helmetless in Montana > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 21 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 13:48:32 -0700 (PDT) > From: Bill Emmack > Subject: NKLR - Overpopulation (was wildlife & other nonsense) > > Might I suggest a solution to overpopulation that was modestly proposed > almost 300 years ago: > > http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/Courses/95c/Texts/modest.html > > BE > SF, A9 > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Messenger > Show us what our next emoticon should look like. Join the fun. > http://www.advision.webevents.yahoo.com/emoticontest > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 22 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 21:21:42 -0000 > From: "klr250not" > Subject: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > > Well that sounds like a wild ass threat to me. I'm going to suggest > that you be thrown off this board. "Eat a bullet"--Ive got > something for you to eat if you care to look me up. We're in the > same state as I recall. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "CA Stu" wrote: > > > > Let's all pull numbers out of the air and make wild predictions, shall we? > > > > This post reeks of the "I've got mine, everyone else can go screw" mentality. > > > > If you have the courage of your convictions, you should eat a > bullet. > > > > Thanks > > CA Stu > > > > PS last post on this subject from me. > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klr250not" wrote: > > > > 6 B is way too many in my book; 2-3 B would be far more > > comfortable, > especially for cougars and many other species more > > deserving of their > habitat than humanity is. Legislating a > > death penalty for those who > kill protected species, or even > > shoot game out of season, might help > chip away at the total. > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, John Kokola wrote: > > > > Alright, how about some consideration to what the 'experts' say ... > > > > > > "U.N. estimates for 2050 are down from 9.4 billion to 8.9 > > billion. > The population is expected to stabilize at 9 billion > > by 2300. > The > > long- > > > range report marks the first time the U.N. has issued > projections > > for > years as distant as 2300, 150 years further out than > > earlier > estimates." > > > > > > http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-12-09-worldpop- > usat_x.htm > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 23 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:22:24 -0600 > From: Bogdan Swider > Subject: Re: NKLR Re: Wildlife nklr > > > > > > If you have the courage of your convictions, you should eat a bullet. > > Only if you do it in the woods so you would feed the fauna. Better than a > bullet would be to position your body in such a way as to initiate a > mountain lion attack. We don't want these cuddly creatures loosing their > hunting skills. > > Bogdan > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 24 > Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 15:32:58 -0600 > From: Bogdan Swider > Subject: Re: Re: Wildlife nklr > > > > > I believe this is called capitalism. or I see it as cancer....ever > > growing, overconsuming and eventually, death to the host. > > Yeah, as to growing and overconsuming I agree...don't know about the death > to host part. But again, Buddy, what alternative do you propose ? I guess > the Chinese under Mao didn't consume much; now their lousy capitalist > economy is helping raise our price of gas. Medieval peasants probably didn't > consume as much as we do either. > > Bogdan > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message: 25 > Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 14:35:21 -0700 (PDT) > From: Charles Earl > Subject: klr streaming video > > Thanks! I got the shots from a co-worker. We do work > for Verticare Showcopters, a stunt copter team. My > friend jumped on board from Watsonville to SF and > back. He was practicing using the nose mounted > gyrocam. I'm going to learn to use this soon. You > basically sit in the back of the vehicle and operate a > control board while viewing through a hooded monitor. > The vehicle is equiped with the hi-res nose gyrocam, > front and rear facing lipstick cams in the cockpit and > a lipstick cam on the tailrotor boom. You can switch > between the cameras at will. If you like helicopters, > we made a piece for these guys, you can view it at: > > http://www.travelswithromney.com/ > > Charles-->>once thought his klr could fly, then I woke > up! > > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 22:48:47 -0700 > From: "Russell Scott" > Streaming video with no hiccups nice! Where did you > get those aerial > shots? > Don't tell me your KLR flies. That would be > trisportmotorcycling.com. > > R > -----Original Message----- > From: Charles Earl [mailto:cdearl1@...] > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 9:09 PM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] klr streaming video > > > > I took a short ride up the coast several weekends ago. > I thought I'd throw some of the shots together and > make a short streaming video. Please bear with my > site, it's under construction. > > http://www.dualsportmotorcycling.com/ > > Charles Earl > Santa Cruz, CA > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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EARTH FIRST, we ride the rest of the planets later. --Jim (not my quote, but I like it) and my birthday is on earth day, how bizzare. A-15

> Sure, pack 'em in! But don't forget that they need food and homes and > produce waste. There may be resources for 6 billion on the planet, but > what about 12, or 24, or 48? Where does it stop? Where do the > resources come from? Can you call it living if you bump into someone > or step in their waste every time you turn around? We go to places > like Death Valley just because they are empty and we enjoy the feeling > of space. If every landmass was chock-full of humans we wouldn't have > much place to ride, or otherwise recreate. Why not hold the population > steady and keep the Earth a decent place to live? On the other hand, > putting them all in Texas sounds pretty good, too. 8~) > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn > wrote: > > At 7:54 AM -0700 4/8/05, rm@r... wrote: > > >Nobody wants to be the first to step up and say "Six billion > > >people is enough -- > > > > If you do the math, that 6 billion will fit an area the size of > > Texas' land area with 38 people per acre, and it would be about as > > dense as Rio de Janeiro or as third as dense as Cairo. > > China only ranks 77th in pop density and they have 1/4 of the word's > > population. A lot of places that vacationers define as paradise are > > more dense (Virgin Islands, St Lucia, Jamaica, Aruba, Seychelles, > > Mauritius, Dutch Antilles, Switzerland, Cayman Is.) > > The world's a tad bigger than the doomsdayists will have you believe. > > > > Mark