My A15's tank vent whistles when the fuel gets below 1/4 tank or so.
It stops whistling when I open the cap. Does this mean my vent tube
is blocked somewhere? Or is this normal?
Thanks in advance
Will in Cincy
PS Is there any way of removing those God-awful decals on the silver
tank? Looks like they're clear-coated to me. Any ideas?
barlow trail report - photo's - 6 klr's
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Tom Zangla
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whistling gas tank
When I shut off my new 2005 KLR 650 the gas tanks whistles.
If I press down and leave up on the gas tank cap I can change the
pitch
of
the whistle. If I open the gas tank cap the whistling stops...
Anybody else have a whistlling gas tank?
Tom Zangla
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Guy B. Young II
- Posts: 401
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whistling gas tank
Yup.
Simply learn to live with it, and enjoy the ride.
Guy
A16, which whistles every now and again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Zangla
Sent: Aug 7, 2005 9:54 PM
To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Whistling Gas Tank
When I shut off my new 2005 KLR 650 the gas tanks whistles.
If I press down and leave up on the gas tank cap I can change the
pitch
of
the whistle. If I open the gas tank cap the whistling stops...
Anybody else have a whistlling gas tank?
Tom Zangla
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Gary
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whistling gas tank
Something is up with y'alls tanks.I have never heard mine make any
noise at all.
Regards,Gary
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saverinm
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whistling gas tank
Mine does as well... Especially when filling above 4 gallons and
doing hard trail riding on a hot day..
Mike....
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wrote:
http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html> Yup. > > Simply learn to live with it, and enjoy the ride. > > Guy > A16, which whistles every now and again. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Zangla > Sent: Aug 7, 2005 9:54 PM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Whistling Gas Tank > > When I shut off my new 2005 KLR 650 the gas tanks whistles. > If I press down and leave up on the gas tank cap I can change the > pitch > of > the whistle. If I open the gas tank cap the whistling stops... > Anybody else have a whistlling gas tank? > Tom Zangla > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at:
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barlow trail report - photo's - 6 klr's
Leaving Salem, Oregon at 6:30am I thought I had plenty of time to get to the
start of the Barlow Trail by 8:30am .. well I never took into
account all the slow traffic and arrived 1 minute late 
.. after
un-loading my bike I met up with a whole bunch of people I have
never met before except for Joolie. And they were all riding KLR's,
so they couldn't be all bad right. I'm probably gonna get some of
these wrong, but there was Tom, Dave, Ron, Mrs Ron Gary, Joolie
and myself.
Seeing that I was the only one with a roll chart holder I had to
lead the way ... Sweeeeet, no dust for me .. traffic was
basically non-exsistent so we had the trail to ourselves. We were in
no rush, so we just potted along enjoying the cool morning air until
the heat of the eastern side of the mountain. After a quick break at
the 9.8 mile marker point I must have been in my own world as I
didn't notice anyone else behind me. I waited a while but still no
sign of anyone else. Hmmm that's strange as I know they were a
minute ago. I turn around and found everyone feverishly working on
Gary's bike. He has a center stand (bad idea on KLR's in my opinion
as they always seem to strip the bolts)Yep you guessed it, he had a
stripped foot-peg bolt. After using 3 million zip-ties he was ready
to continue. After that little bit of excitment we just coasted our
way along the trail before reaching the pavement section that takes
into Wamic for lunch. As we arrived at the restaraunt we noticed
there were only 3 bikes in our group of 6 .. DOH!!! ... For some
reason Joolies bike had given up the Holy Ghost, and wouldn't start.
I gather from the convo once they arrived that they had to bump
start the bike (we think it was a blown fuse).
After food in a nice air conditioned room we headed back outside and
Joolie decided to take pavement back rather than risk her bike
breaking down again on the trail. It was here I realized everyone
likes Joolie alot more than they like me, as one by one they all
decided to take pavement back 
Never one to pass up some extra riding of B-Trail, I said my good-
byes and took the trail back .. BIG MISTAKE ... at 5.3 miles on the
roll chart the road is CLOSED (Heads up for anyone going out that
way)... Uh ?? What ??? Hmmm... No big deal I thought, I'll just try
and retrace the route I came in on. Well by now my speedometer is
off and I'm kinda not going the right way, some of you may call this
lost, but not I
Following the slightly wrong way route I put on an extra 6.6 miles
and nothing is looking familar. I turn around and took a gravel road
which I thought (hoped) would get me back on track. That was a great
road and one everyone should ride, sadly I have no idea which rd it
was. Well scurrying around like a squirrel at a chest-nut buffet I
manage to get myself back on HWY 48 and head towards Wamic ... which
might sound all good and well, but that was the opposite direction
of where I needed to go. Once again I pulled into Rock Creek Res and
looked for away around the closed road. No joy, so I got back on HWY
48 and went north-west for a ways before noticing the dirt road we
had joined 48 on early ... Euphoria !!!! ... I now know where I'm
going. Following the road I look up ahead and see some
barracades "Road Closed" ... sob .. I go to the end and notice it's
the other end of Rock Creek Res. I pull out my roll chart and jump
up and down on it in the hopes it can feel pain and I can releve
some of the tension I'm feeling. Quickly realizing I need this
useless piece of paper to get me back to my truck which is a
gazillion miles away. I pick it up and start fumbling through it
looking for a sign, any sign!. Then I notice the words "Gate Cr
Ditch" .. oh wait! .. I just passed that no more than a mile or two
away. I once again turn my bike around and go back the way I came
until I reached the turn off for Gate Cr Ditch ... well goose bumps
just ran over me as I read my slightly ruffled chart and saw this
point was also a RESET mark ... There is a God!.
I reset my odemeter and headed back up the trail, looking for any
chip-munks I could find to see if they like the feel of a Dunlop
606 .. joking of course!
About an hour and 45 minutes later I was back at my truck and on my
way home. Yeahaaaaaa
Photo's here:
http://dive.smugmug.com/
Thanks for the ride pep's
Dave
Salem.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oregon_DSR
.. after
un-loading my bike I met up with a whole bunch of people I have
never met before except for Joolie. And they were all riding KLR's,
so they couldn't be all bad right. I'm probably gonna get some of
these wrong, but there was Tom, Dave, Ron, Mrs Ron Gary, Joolie
and myself.
Seeing that I was the only one with a roll chart holder I had to
lead the way ... Sweeeeet, no dust for me .. traffic was
basically non-exsistent so we had the trail to ourselves. We were in
no rush, so we just potted along enjoying the cool morning air until
the heat of the eastern side of the mountain. After a quick break at
the 9.8 mile marker point I must have been in my own world as I
didn't notice anyone else behind me. I waited a while but still no
sign of anyone else. Hmmm that's strange as I know they were a
minute ago. I turn around and found everyone feverishly working on
Gary's bike. He has a center stand (bad idea on KLR's in my opinion
as they always seem to strip the bolts)Yep you guessed it, he had a
stripped foot-peg bolt. After using 3 million zip-ties he was ready
to continue. After that little bit of excitment we just coasted our
way along the trail before reaching the pavement section that takes
into Wamic for lunch. As we arrived at the restaraunt we noticed
there were only 3 bikes in our group of 6 .. DOH!!! ... For some
reason Joolies bike had given up the Holy Ghost, and wouldn't start.
I gather from the convo once they arrived that they had to bump
start the bike (we think it was a blown fuse).
After food in a nice air conditioned room we headed back outside and
Joolie decided to take pavement back rather than risk her bike
breaking down again on the trail. It was here I realized everyone
likes Joolie alot more than they like me, as one by one they all
decided to take pavement back
Never one to pass up some extra riding of B-Trail, I said my good-
byes and took the trail back .. BIG MISTAKE ... at 5.3 miles on the
roll chart the road is CLOSED (Heads up for anyone going out that
way)... Uh ?? What ??? Hmmm... No big deal I thought, I'll just try
and retrace the route I came in on. Well by now my speedometer is
off and I'm kinda not going the right way, some of you may call this
lost, but not I
Following the slightly wrong way route I put on an extra 6.6 miles
and nothing is looking familar. I turn around and took a gravel road
which I thought (hoped) would get me back on track. That was a great
road and one everyone should ride, sadly I have no idea which rd it
was. Well scurrying around like a squirrel at a chest-nut buffet I
manage to get myself back on HWY 48 and head towards Wamic ... which
might sound all good and well, but that was the opposite direction
of where I needed to go. Once again I pulled into Rock Creek Res and
looked for away around the closed road. No joy, so I got back on HWY
48 and went north-west for a ways before noticing the dirt road we
had joined 48 on early ... Euphoria !!!! ... I now know where I'm
going. Following the road I look up ahead and see some
barracades "Road Closed" ... sob .. I go to the end and notice it's
the other end of Rock Creek Res. I pull out my roll chart and jump
up and down on it in the hopes it can feel pain and I can releve
some of the tension I'm feeling. Quickly realizing I need this
useless piece of paper to get me back to my truck which is a
gazillion miles away. I pick it up and start fumbling through it
looking for a sign, any sign!. Then I notice the words "Gate Cr
Ditch" .. oh wait! .. I just passed that no more than a mile or two
away. I once again turn my bike around and go back the way I came
until I reached the turn off for Gate Cr Ditch ... well goose bumps
just ran over me as I read my slightly ruffled chart and saw this
point was also a RESET mark ... There is a God!.
I reset my odemeter and headed back up the trail, looking for any
chip-munks I could find to see if they like the feel of a Dunlop
606 .. joking of course!
About an hour and 45 minutes later I was back at my truck and on my
way home. Yeahaaaaaa
Photo's here:
http://dive.smugmug.com/
Thanks for the ride pep's
Dave
Salem.
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