the letter to kawasaki

[A.J.]

I visited Martin at the hospital again on wednesday and he seemed to be doing a little better, but mostly the same. I was happy to see he was standing when I arrived and was able to get back on his bed by himself. This was at a time when his meds were wearing off and he was waiting for an 'update'. He had a pizza ordered so we ate and talked for nearly two hours. He is deffinately in good spirits. Someone had posted and I paraphrase: You rotary guys have too many moving parts, us fixed wingers would've only borken one rib. Well anyway I told this to Martin and he got a really good laugh out of it! He is also glad to hear that his ordeal inspired some to rethink the gear they wear (or don't). I for one am still in the process of buying my gear. Today I was only able to talk with him for a brief time on the phone, but he told me that his IV was removed a little bit before noon, by accident, and it wasn't yet replaced. He is able to deal with the pain without it, I just hope he isn't rushing to much now. However if the IV does stay out I have a feeling they will let him go home. A.J.

[kestrelfal]

At egauges.com you can get a VDO P/N 310-039 water temp. gauge (100-250 deg F) for $24.07 and a P/N 323-088 temperature sender, M10x1, (not sure of Kaw. thread size) for $16.64. Maybe the gauge could also possibly be retrofit into the Kaw. gauge location. http://www.egauges.com/vdo_grou.asp?Series=Cockpit http://www.sso-usa.com/performance/ Fred

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Layton" wrote: > > Guys, Guys. My bike reads damn hot. Like in the Hot section now that its' > summer (yes, in that last little 1/8"). Dead of winter it was touching the > line but not entering the zone. In all cases, the fan is on after it gets up > there. (If it's already in the hot section, how do you know when it starts > to climb?) > > Using the manual & troubleshooting *everything* in the whole coolant system > (including the carb mixture!), Kawasaki's own procedure sez my gage is bad. > I've been through 4 just trying to BUY a new one for 65 freakin dollars and > have taken mine apart like 6 times trying to fool mine into reading right. > > Is it a crime that I'm trying to fix my dang bike & just want the > gold-plated parts made of Unobtanium to meet the manufacturer's own dang > spec? > > I've now checked a total of 9 gauges (also spelled "gages" according to > Webster) and found eight of them out of spec. > > And FWIW, electric fan systems overheat everyday with the electric fan > running. And when aluminum head engines overheat, they get *really > expensive*. > > Jeff "If a gauge is there, it better be right" Layton > A15 Austin > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Peplinski" > To: ; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:58 AM > Subject: RE: [DSN_KLR650] Re: The Letter to Kawasaki > > > > Take it easy Jeff, we don't need to get God into this one just yet. The > > temp gauge does swing quite a bit on mine too. Even in cold weather if I'm > > idling or not going very fast it gets pretty hot but the fan kicks in. I > > think the critical point is that the fan kicks in. The first time I rode > > my bike the fan came on after I parked it. I'm not even certain that there > > is a fixed "normal" position. I'm not a "wrench" but unless the gauge is > > way high or the fan is not kicking in you aren't overheating. The gauge > > could be getting funky, or the sender. My experience is that an > > overheating engine runs irregular before damage is done. Now if you're > > cruising along at 85 mph and the gauge is climbing, you better think real > > hard about slowing down but otherwise. they're really pretty tolerant. >