problem starting after replacing the air filter

[bruhed313nm]

OK, I'm new to the list. Bought my old 92 KLR back but it has a problem. It only has 17K miles on it, but has been sitting for the last 5 years in a horse trailer. Here goes. 1. Machine running at idle, nandlebars straight ahead. 2. Turn off ignition, ....motor keeps running. 3. Move handlebars to left....motor quits. I removed ignition and wiring connections appear to be tight. Not sure where to go from here. ?? where do I start looking? Anybody else have this problem?

[Jeff Saline]

On Mon, 14 May 2007 03:54:57 -0000 "bruhed313nm" writes:

> OK, I'm new to the list. Bought my old 92 KLR back but it has a > problem. It only has 17K miles on it, but has been sitting for the > > last 5 years in a horse trailer. > > Here goes. > > 1. Machine running at idle, nandlebars straight ahead. > 2. Turn off ignition, ....motor keeps running. > 3. Move handlebars to left....motor quits. > > I removed ignition and wiring connections appear to be tight. Not > sure > where to go from here. > > ?? where do I start looking? Anybody else have this problem?

<><><><><><><><><><> <><><><><><><><><><> Bruce, This would be a good one for Norm to step in on if he was still on the list. But to try to answer your questions... I don't have this problem. Mine was never in a horse trailer for 5 years that I know of. : ) I think I'd look at the ignition switch to see if it's got gunk in it. Next I'd probably pull the tank or fairing so I could examine the wiring. Sounds like it could be wiring issue but not sure where that would be exactly and I haven't really thought about it or looked at a wiring diagram. I'd probably check the kill switch on the right controls and see if it works. I'd probably do a good visual inspection before messing around with a test light or multimeter. But with electrickery you really need a testing device to see where it's going or not going. Good luck, Jeff Saline ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT

[kestrelfal]

WHAT!!! Fred

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "E.L. Green" wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Priest" wrote: > > > > On 5/14/07, Jeff Saline wrote: > > > I am curious as to why you are running an Iridium plug? Seems > like the > > > > They are expensive but on the low-tech KLR it's nice to whip out > > something once in awhile that sounds cool and high tech. > > Not to mention that they last longer than the stock steel plugs and > don't slowly degrade in their ability to spark with time as the > stockers do. If you stick one in, your KLR keeps its power(heh! I made > a funny!) for the entire 15,000 mile replacement period, while by the > end of that period the stocker has eroded enough (measurable by > sticking feeler gauge in it) that it isn't sparking near as well as it > started out sparking. Especially with the low-tech KLR ignition system > that doesn't put out a lot of juice compared to the new-fangled ones. >