tankbag reccomendations for '08 klr

[Greg Roeder]

So I washed my KLR at the car wash the other day and have pretty much decided not to do that again! It made my LED tail light go goofy for a while and I ended up blasting off my Kawasaki sticker from below the windshield. I guess washing all the dust away woke everything else up as well because now I've got a maddening metallicky/plasticky (technical terminology) buzzing noise coming out of the front end somewhere near the fairing. It drives me nuts and actually ends up making me shift a little later just to keep the buzzing to a minimum. So, guess I need to hit some dusty roads to get the parts dirty again so they won't buzz. Does that make sense to anyone else? Also, since the Kawasaki sticker disappeared it got me thinking about stripping off the rest of the stickers from the cowlings and gas tank since I've never been real crazy about the graphics anyhow. Anybody else done this on their beast?

[Bogdan Swider]

> > So, guess I need to hit some dusty roads to get the parts dirty again

so they won't buzz. Does that make sense to anyone else? Don t know about the buzzing but I can testify that I haven't washed my bike in years. I m told it s especially harmful to clean off grime or mud from the oil site glass. Bogdan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Tengai Mark Van Horn]

At 2:10 AM +0000 6/2/08, Greg Roeder wrote:

>So I washed my KLR at the car wash the other day and have pretty much >decided not to do that again! It made my LED tail light go goofy for a >while and I ended up blasting off my Kawasaki sticker from below the >windshield. I guess washing all the dust away woke everything else up >as well because now I've got a maddening metallicky/plasticky >(technical terminology) buzzing noise coming out of the front end >somewhere near the fairing. It drives me nuts and actually ends up >making me shift a little later just to keep the buzzing to a minimum.

Here's the thing.... don't use a pressure washer (especially on the chain). If you must, then make sure you have the pressure low enough so that you won't blast decals off the bike and get water past the seals on the electricals, bearings, etc. As far as the buzz goes: Get some 1/2" thin grey foam weather stripping and adhere it to your tank where the rad shouds make contact. This will eliminate the buzz while at the same time prevent the paint from being chafed off the tank in that area. You can do the same thing where the windshield meets the fairing and where the side panels meet the rear of the tank. Mark

[roncriswell@sbcglobal.net]

The Anti Harley. Criswell

On Jun 2, 2008, at 7:47 AM, Bogdan Swider wrote: > > > > So, guess I need to hit some dusty roads to get the parts dirty > again > so they won't buzz. Does that make sense to anyone else? > > Don t know about the buzzing but I can testify that I haven't > washed my bike > in years. I m told it s especially harmful to clean off grime or > mud from > the oil site glass. > > Bogdan > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[John Murray]

I am in need of a tankbag for my '08 KLR. I have a Chase Harper and a Held(magnetic) that I use on my'99 Concours. Neither one is a workable option for the KLR. I would like something with more space than the small tankbag that Kawasaki sells. Any '08 owners have any reccomendations? Thanks, John Murray