#9 shot handlebar vibration project klr650

[Romar]

OK, I have been off of my bike for about 6 months due to the fact that I fell asleep doing 70 at 3am in the morning with throttle lock on and crashed and shattered both bones in left ankle. Well, I have been back up and running for about 2 1/2 weeks now commuting every day. The bike feels pretty good but still a bit noisy and loose - haven't got all the kinks worked out of it yet. So, today I am riding back from lunch and it feels like it is starting to run out of gas - missing a bit. I am doing 65 to 70 on the freeway and I switch it to reserve but don't think that is it because I only have about 160 miles since last fill up. Switching to reserve doesn't seem to make any difference. My bike is an '05 with 12,300 miles on it. I have adjusted the valves twice - last time at 9,052 miles. The temp is about 95 degrees and 28% humidity. It seems like I experienced this issue last summer in the Dallas heat. Vapor lock? Some issue with fuel? Do you think I should check my plug? I haven't looked at it since I bought it. What else should I check or try? I don't notice any issues / problems at lower side street speeds. thanks in advance for your collective wisdom. Romar

[klr6501995]

surging, lean condition. caused by the stock jetting, pilot idle. or stopped up carb breather hose, or gas tank venting or even at that age of bike a bad petcock diaghram and or vac. hose from carb to petcock. sometimes a worn chain is confused with surging. and even a hole in the carb diaghram can feel funny. Mostley when you twist on the throttle wide open and it bogs.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Romar" wrote: > > OK, I have been off of my bike for about 6 months due to the fact > that I fell asleep doing 70 at 3am in the morning with throttle lock > on and crashed and shattered both bones in left ankle. Well, I have > been back up and running for about 2 1/2 weeks now commuting every > day. The bike feels pretty good but still a bit noisy and loose - > haven't got all the kinks worked out of it yet. > > So, today I am riding back from lunch and it feels like it is > starting to run out of gas - missing a bit. I am doing 65 to 70 on > the freeway and I switch it to reserve but don't think that is it > because I only have about 160 miles since last fill up. Switching > to reserve doesn't seem to make any difference. My bike is an '05 > with 12,300 miles on it. I have adjusted the valves twice - last > time at 9,052 miles. > > The temp is about 95 degrees and 28% humidity. It seems like I > experienced this issue last summer in the Dallas heat. Vapor lock? > Some issue with fuel? > > Do you think I should check my plug? I haven't looked at it since I > bought it. > > What else should I check or try? > > I don't notice any issues / problems at lower side street speeds. > > thanks in advance for your collective wisdom. > > Romar >

[clutz003]

My bars are full of No. 6 shot with nothing to hold it in except for a bit of electrical tape over the bar end before I put on the hand guards, now the bar inserts keep the lead in check. Craig "Tingle free" A-18 San Jose, CA

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, jokerloco9@... wrote: > > Just mix the shot with any old goop- caulk, epoxy, construction adhesive, > etc. Heck, you could just use Elmers' white glue. Would probably take a while > to dry, though. Anything. I don't think I would try the rubber stoppers, as > they seem like they could come loose. > My first choice would be the cheapest epoxy you could find, as it hardens > by a chemical reaction, to by evaporating. When you have a big pile of stuff > like caulk or white glue, that needs to evaporate do dry, it could take > months to dry. > > Just make a sticky mess and push it in the handlebar. > > Jeff A20 epoxy works for me > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >