washboards and carbs

[nakedwaterskier]

1)Don't take your helmet off. 2)Try and dispose of any illegal substances quickly before the cop gets too close--throw in bushes or swallow 3)Act like you are a foreigner and adopt an accent 4)Point to your ears like you have ear plugs in 5)Talk very loudly; Praise George Bush 6)Don't make any sudden moves 7)When the cop is gone go back and retrieve your stash 8)Drive slower and safer esp. when you are carrying Jeffrey

[Rodney Copeland]

Yup! And if you and a dozen of your Hooligan DualSport Buddies get popped by three cop cars for ridin down the railroad tracks through a major city: Try to act intimidating and they'll prolly back down and you'll get off scott free! HHHHAAAAARRR!!!!! Rod,,,,,,enjoyin his own sarcasm --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "nakedwaterskier" wrote:

> 1)Don't take your helmet off. > 2)Try and dispose of any illegal substances quickly before the cop

gets

> too close--throw in bushes or swallow > 3)Act like you are a foreigner and adopt an accent > 4)Point to your ears like you have ear plugs in > 5)Talk very loudly; Praise George Bush > 6)Don't make any sudden moves > 7)When the cop is gone go back and retrieve your stash > 8)Drive slower and safer esp. when you are carrying > > Jeffrey

[CA Stu]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Rodney Copeland" wrote:

> Yup! > And if you and a dozen of your Hooligan DualSport Buddies get popped > by three cop cars for ridin down the railroad tracks through a major > city: > Try to act intimidating and they'll prolly back down and you'll get > off scott free! > HHHHAAAAARRR!!!!! > Rod,,,,,,enjoyin his own sarcasm > >

"Any of you guys smell bacon?" To paraphrace Ice-T, "F the po-lice!" Cheers CA Stu

[Rodney Copeland]

That's a no shitter! Three cop cars with visabars a blazin while we were just out there just havin fun, was a surprise. Just a little Urban Assault, don't ya know! Glad they were willin to listen to our lame story about not knowin that what we were doin was illegal! They said somethin about railroad tracks bein private property and such. Pretty sure they didn't have enough cuffs on board! HHHHAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!!! Good Dam thing they didn't follow us the rest of the day. Rod,,,,feelin fortunate to have made it through that ride without hittin the slammer

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "CA Stu" wrote: > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Rodney Copeland" wrote: > > Yup! > > And if you and a dozen of your Hooligan DualSport Buddies get popped > > by three cop cars for ridin down the railroad tracks through a major > > city: > > Try to act intimidating and they'll prolly back down and you'll get > > off scott free! > > HHHHAAAAARRR!!!!! > > Rod,,,,,,enjoyin his own sarcasm > > > > > > "Any of you guys smell bacon?" > > > To paraphrace Ice-T, "F the po-lice!" > > > Cheers > CA Stu

[ron criswell]

I used to ride dirt bikes at a place in the DFW area that you could take the short cut back to the car/trailer by going on the railroad bridge. You'd best know when the train schedule was if you did. Criswell

On Friday, June 17, 2005, at 03:45 PM, Rodney Copeland wrote: > That's a no shitter! > Three cop cars with visabars a blazin while we were just out there > just havin fun, was a surprise. > Just a little Urban Assault, don't ya know! > Glad they were willin to listen to our lame story about not knowin > that what we were doin was illegal! > They said somethin about railroad tracks bein private property and > such. > Pretty sure they didn't have enough cuffs on board! > HHHHAAAAAAAAAAAARRRR!!! > Good Dam thing they didn't follow us the rest of the day. > Rod,,,,feelin fortunate to have made it through that ride without > hittin the slammer > > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "CA Stu" wrote: >> --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Rodney Copeland" > wrote: >>> Yup! >>> And if you and a dozen of your Hooligan DualSport Buddies get > popped >>> by three cop cars for ridin down the railroad tracks through a > major >>> city: >>> Try to act intimidating and they'll prolly back down and you'll > get >>> off scott free! >>> HHHHAAAAARRR!!!!! >>> Rod,,,,,,enjoyin his own sarcasm >>> >>> >> >> "Any of you guys smell bacon?" >> >> >> To paraphrace Ice-T, "F the po-lice!" >> >> >> Cheers >> CA Stu > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Conall]

Some of the best swimming holes in Rural New Jersey were at the Railroad trestles. The trestles and train track right aways were wide enough to have single tracks running the whole length of the train track system. We used to climb the trestles and jump into the rivers. Local police didn't usually bother trying to see what we were up to, although occassionally trains loaded with who knows what used to pass through without stopping on the way to Ft. Dix, and those trains had MPs riding shotgun. We used to ride our old enduros 50-60 mph, and yeah, you needed to know the train schedule before passing through any tunnels. Conall --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Ron Criswell wrote:

> I used to ride dirt bikes at a place in the DFW area that you could > take the short cut back to the car/trailer by going on the railroad > bridge. You'd best know when the train schedule was if you did. >

[Edgar Hines]

Because of lawyers all railroads have to restrict access to the tracks. I work for a railroad and I hear of at least one accident involving a motorcycle or 4wheeler playing on the tracks almost every month. It is not fun looking on the right of way for body parts.. Bridges are the worst. If you get stuck on a bridge when a train shows up..... All railroads are moving more trains than ever, you can not predict train traffic anymore. Rodney Copeland wrote: Yup! And if you and a dozen of your Hooligan DualSport Buddies get popped by three cop cars for ridin down the railroad tracks through a major city: Try to act intimidating and they'll prolly back down and you'll get off scott free! HHHHAAAAARRR!!!!! Rod,,,,,,enjoyin his own sarcasm --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "nakedwaterskier" wrote:

> 1)Don't take your helmet off. > 2)Try and dispose of any illegal substances quickly before the cop

gets

> too close--throw in bushes or swallow > 3)Act like you are a foreigner and adopt an accent > 4)Point to your ears like you have ear plugs in > 5)Talk very loudly; Praise George Bush > 6)Don't make any sudden moves > 7)When the cop is gone go back and retrieve your stash > 8)Drive slower and safer esp. when you are carrying > > Jeffrey

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[troyzellers]

No, this is not NKLR. I'm not talking about abs and girly beer.... I managed to take Porky (A19) out for a decent dualsport ride on Sunday. I have to admit, I'm starting to like this bike more and more. I was less than thrilled with it before, but after taking it on a 300 mile r/t journey on interstate, canyon roads, fire roads, jeep trails, rain and sleet - it definately takes its beatings like a good soldier. I hammered it over streams, rocky roads and throughly bottomed out the stock suspension many times over rain berms and smacked the stock bash plate a few good times too. If this kinda fun keeps up, I'm sure I'll go blind Q: Does the stock carb suffer from the same rough stuff induced sputter that the BST fitted KTM's have? There are a lot of washboard dirtroads here in Colorado and the KLR seemd to hesitate / stutter when moving at a good clip. I haven't ridden a KTM (625SXC with BST carb for instance) to compare. I have read that the BST were mainly street carbs and tended to sputter in the rough. FWIW, I'm running the DJ140 MJ with stock filter and the "L" airbox mod, t- mod, stock exhaust. Comments: Before this ride, I thought the KLR had a couch for a seat. At 300 miles, my arse didn't approve. Also, the stock pegs are gonna be burned. The stock ABS..he he...front brakes actually helped in the loose stuff. I'm at 2200 miles on the ODO and the stock rear is spent. The stock mirror/posts suck and will be replaced. All-in-all the KLR took it better than I had anticipated. I still lust after a twin engined, fuel injected, KTM-like 650cc adventure bike, but I think the KLR might be a keeper. Troy Zellers A19 - Castle Rock, Colorado