need to borrow rotor puller

[Glenn]

I hope you don't mind the interuption, but the site will be down for a few days. It will remain down until I get a new host up and running, I already signed with another. The current host has such a shitty customer support system you get a different person each time and nobody knows what the hell is going on. They autta be sued for shutting us down. That snake who works for the government also. Karma has a way of working things out, though. Nice guys don't finish last.

[Rodney Copeland]

You gotta Bros out here rootin for ya Glenn! Thanks for all your hard work. Rod

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn" wrote: > I hope you don't mind the interuption, but the site will be down for a > few days. It will remain down until I get a new host up and > running, I already signed with another. The current host has such a > shitty customer support system you get a different person each time and > nobody knows what the hell is going on. > They autta be sued for shutting us down. That snake who works for the > government also. Karma has a way of working things out, though. > > Nice guys don't finish last.

[Gary Mayes]

Hi all, I haven't visited the list in quite a while, since I got my bike a couple of months ago, in fact. Been too busy wearing out my stock rear skin. Is 2500 miles a reasonable life-expectancy for a stock rear tire? Sheesh, at 100+ miles/day, this is gonna get rather expensive. Another quick question (tee, hee): what is the best rear tire for 80 on/20 off (Sirac, D607, Avon Gripster, Tourance, Scorpion)? Anyway, I need to borrow the necessary tools to pull my rotor so I can do the doo. I'm a little concerned with the stocker, since I tried to adjust it and I didn't hear it move. If anyone is in the Denver/ Colorado Springs area, has the wrench, and is willing to let me borrow it for a day, I'd be much obliged. When I was actively reading this list, a lot of you said that you can't trust even seemingly reputable dealers with actually checking the valves at the 500 mile service. I now concur. The dealer I bought my bike from was great, as in, he matched a price I was quoted of $4800 OTD on an '05. He was good to his word. He kept trying to convince me to bring my bike in to him for the 500 mile service, even though he admitted to not pulling the valve covers to check the actual gaps. He said that he uses a mechanic's stethoscope, and he can tell if a valve(s) is getting tight. Bah! I'm glad I checked them myself, because the left intake was .003" and the left exhaust was .005". CRAP! It scared me to see them that tight with only 500 miles, but I now feel good that all of them are adjusted to the outside tolerance and I'm good for a few thousand miles. Thanks to this list and Mark's procedure(s), my valve adjustment, oil screen clean-out, carb vent T-mod, 12v power outlet install, chain maintenance and idle-air mixture screw adjustment cost me less than $20. I really felt like an expert on a bike that I had never actually owned, before I even bought it! What great resources this list provides on all things KLR. I'm not worthy! Sorry to ramble, but I'm stoked about being able to do all of the work on my bike myself, and know that it was done right. If anybody is willing to let me borrow a rotor holding wrench, can you please email me directly? As much as I would love to keep up on this list, I just can't get to the hundreds of posts/day. Busy place, this list. Thank you for the bandwidth, and all of the list wisdom that has made me one of the top 10 most satisfied KLR owners, ever. Gary in Parker, CO