Forum: Face plant
04-08-2013, 06:05 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,221
Thank you, all!
Just a few days ago I was emailed a link to Martin Luther King Jr. memorial website to commemorate the date he was shot (April 4, 1968). On the website a quote stuck with me steeped in my sorrow over...
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Forum: Face plant
04-08-2013, 12:07 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,221
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Forum: Face plant
04-07-2013, 07:06 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 6,221
Help me see more clearly... very sad story.
I've been advised by a friend to delete details regarding this accident because it involved a fatality and the widow has yet to inform us how she intends handle the legalities. I wouldn't want to...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
04-05-2013, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 618
Awesome: Bikers Pulling together to save a life
Don't know where else to post this but I really thought it worth sharing:
Locals light up remote Peruvian airstrip for emergency night-flight
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22039813
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
04-05-2013, 02:26 PM
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Replies: 53
Views: 4,761
My two-cents
Who the f*ck cares if he lives in his head or out in the world.
I'm personally glad that someone can live out his fantasies tied to a computer rather than going out and buying a gun to mow down...
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Forum: Pacific Northwet - Where it's green. And wet.
02-20-2013, 11:36 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 205
Which one of ya were in McMinville, OR?
This past week, at the Evergreen Aviation Museum (where the Spruce Goose now nests), I saw a blue '05 Wee with the ever so creative OR plate: ADV RDR.
I parked close by and stuck around the museum...
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Forum: Ride reports
12-05-2012, 10:57 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
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Forum: Ride reports
11-30-2012, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
We're done...
Hey Alabama... No disrespect meant and I certainly did not call names. You should notice that fact in my post even if you happen to be a millionaire corporate golden-parachute retiree.
In my view...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-27-2012, 03:42 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Glad to hear...
that you were nursing your thumb on a video game controller and not laying in traction all this time.
Allow me to start the Healthcare discussion for you...
Alot of us activists were working on...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-15-2012, 08:41 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
What, me worry?
Give her some time & sapce to decompress... I think she worried more to assure her friends than took the time to absorb all that transpired and discover what it means to her.
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Forum: Ride reports
11-13-2012, 11:01 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
I agree with what David has said but it's...
I agree with what David has said but it's unlikely that the bags/mounting design will be changed anytime soon. And anyway, the frame flex for DR/KLR's when heavily loaded has a lot to do with the...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-11-2012, 12:30 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
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Forum: Ride reports
11-07-2012, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
RE: tank slappers
Yes, a steering dampener may help prevent the onset of uncontrolled tank-slappers. But I've never seen one designed specifically for the DR650 nor have I ever seen an affordable, universal set-up for...
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Forum: Ride reports
11-07-2012, 01:31 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Jeez Fey!
No need to wad a lifetime of riding experience in one month!
I've never had a "get-off" at that kind of speed before on the highway in traffic! It is likely the panniers combined with the large...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-16-2012, 01:09 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Glad to hear you are back on the road in good...
Glad to hear you are back on the road in good form. Roadside mechanics is all part of the journey and build's character in my book -aside from increased confidence in oneself and the gasoline...
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Forum: Ride reports
10-07-2012, 11:57 AM
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Replies: 993
Views: 156,451
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Forum: Ride reports
09-23-2012, 11:32 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Hey Looks Good!
Yuriko was impressed by your painting abilities! I think your patterns and color choice makes the bike look almost alien-like, completely out of this world... not at all like Yuriko's little...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-21-2012, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Awe sheeit....
What a drag about the speeding ticket. First I heard of that story.
Not that you would bother to hang around and fight the ticket or anything, but I did get a ticket like that once with a riding...
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Forum: Face plant
09-20-2012, 11:42 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,839
eh...
Somewhere between taking off the riding gear and finding the camera I think I would have switched the ignition off before taking a photo...
Dripping fuel from the tank vent lines is usually too...
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Forum: Ride reports
09-13-2012, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
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Forum: Ride reports
09-11-2012, 08:20 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
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Forum: Ride reports
08-25-2012, 09:19 AM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
Century of the Self
Of course, most of us would concur with Fey... we are all creative human beings who largely discovered parts of our buried souls through living two shared passions: motorcycling and travel.
When...
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Forum: Face plant
08-22-2012, 07:32 PM
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Replies: 172
Views: 26,847
Hell, Ron!
Glad we are discussing this rather than having you be lucky #7 on that curve there.
It's an interesting question you posed. I've thought about that one off and on since I learned that Robert...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-20-2012, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 710
Views: 202,965
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Forum: Americas
08-19-2012, 06:04 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 702
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Forum: Thumpers
08-18-2012, 08:30 AM
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Replies: 2
Views: 509
If you wish to retain the vacuum operated...
If you wish to retain the vacuum operated petcock, do some searching for Kawasaki part #'s on the net that fits the DRZ400 petcock and order the diaphragm in the middle (rubber + plastic sandwiched...
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Forum: Beasts
08-15-2012, 08:23 AM
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Replies: 46
Views: 5,743
I own the Wee...
In fact I own two, one being a dirt-focused Frankenstrom, the other is original suspension, wheels and bodywork for better wind protection and highway travel comfort. That V-twin 650 engine is just...
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Forum: Face plant
08-14-2012, 08:15 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,839
Macho macho Maaaaaan,
I wanna be, a Macho...
Macho macho Maaaaaan,
I wanna be, a Macho Man...
Macho macho Maaaaaan,
I wanna be a MACHO!
But it's true... Don't think you need to put the feet down and you will ride differently....
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Forum: Day Trippin'
08-13-2012, 03:16 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 1,770
Truly,
Beautiful photographs. It makes my heart ache and reminds me why I love the SouthWest. It's been so long since I've visited to those regions on a long ride. Overdue...
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Forum: Face plant
08-12-2012, 02:33 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 4,839
Fool of a Took!
I had to spend a bit to get a mental picture of what you were describing... then I got it.
Bwah ha ha ha!
:lol3
Come now, a Wee is not even that tall with the stock seat. Climb atop a KTM or XR...
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Forum: The Garage
08-10-2012, 05:28 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 9,021
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Forum: The Garage
08-10-2012, 05:27 PM
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Replies: 130
Views: 9,021
Dude... don't worry about bent valves.
Your starter motor on the DRZ just isn't strong enough to do something like that.
It's gonna be a bitch to start but after you verify the valve gaps is OK at the cam, close it up, put in a new...
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Forum: The perfect line and other riding myths
08-06-2012, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 49
Views: 3,737
Glad you 'n yours are alright...
after an accident like you described.
There are lawyers and there are sharks. The way you tell the difference is similar to finding a good mechanic.
Attorney's can be human beings too. And to...
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Forum: The Garage
08-04-2012, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 130
Views: 9,021
Then again,
There may be gas/oil mixture trapped on top of your cylinder that needs pumped out before the bike will formally run or idle. That may require lots and lots of cranking with the throttle wide open...
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Forum: The Garage
08-04-2012, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 130
Views: 9,021
One possible compression cause
In my last post I suggested you don't have a compression problem but merely and overly rich mixture that is making the bike hard to start. There is one possibility that you do have a temporary...
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Forum: Ride reports
08-02-2012, 01:43 PM
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Replies: 1,348
Views: 203,316
Hola Julio, Luisa,
George just dropped by and we caught him up on some of the new photos you've posted in Alaska. -Fresh crisp air!
Glad the trip is still going strong! Safe Journeys!
Ed~
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Forum: The Garage
08-02-2012, 12:29 AM
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Replies: 130
Views: 9,021
OK back to the issue at hand...
Don't worry, you probably don't have a compression problem.
But you still have a carb problem as well as a petcock problem, both in the way of failed o-rings.
If you are running the OEM vacuum...
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Forum: Thumpers
07-19-2012, 09:12 PM
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Replies: 19,481
Views: 2,872,623
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Forum: Thumpers
07-19-2012, 12:40 AM
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Replies: 19,481
Views: 2,872,623
E forks oil change info
Good stuff, kpt4321!
Got'er done!
Yes, a 14mm crescent wrench will hold the nut between the springs to help break the caps loose with a 14mm socket on the cap top. Once they are loose, the...
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Forum: Thumpers
07-18-2012, 09:06 AM
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Replies: 19,481
Views: 2,872,623
Howdy 955616846, Kpt4321, Jon B,
Thank you all...
Howdy 955616846, Kpt4321, Jon B,
Thank you all for the quick replies. I will go back in the garage and check out the internals again to see if I can't at least separate the cap from the internals...
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