Timbo Lewis is Argentina Bound
Tim Lewis, citizen of Arkansas and the
Tim Lewis, citizen of Arkansas and the
For a long time we’ve been preaching about spending your money wisely on aftermarket items for the KLR650. We often find that owners are way too willing to fork-out big bucks on parts that do nothing more than look good and often simply add unwanted extra weight to the already heavy KLR. In fact, we’ve […]
We understand that among the new products released recently are pre-load adjustable
by Elden Carl When I first started having my competition and Baja dirt bike wheels built by Buchanan
Once again, we have Elden doing double-duty on articles, so a short tip this month for DR650 riders. We at Top Gun are pretty anal about our motorcycle maintenance. In the areas of
by Elden Carl As you may know, Top Gun is doing a study of the 2008 KLR650. We had made many improvements on our 2008 before we confirmed that we had an oil guzzler on our hands. We attempted to get Kawasaki to fix the problem within the one year warranty period only to be […]
by Elden Carl In the middle of June we got a phone call from Tom Hawkins, our Hawaiian MSM Squadron One member who opened by saying, “Hey Elden, I have a conference of several days in San Diego.
Q. I’m a 215 lb rider and normally ride solo without much gear. However, from
by Elden Carl MSM Squadron 1 member Mel Clark has headed back south from Canada, but it almost didn’t happen. Seems like our Homeland Security wanted more than a passport from England and he came up short on paperwork.
Rod Morris recently talked to a customer concerning gearing his KLR650 down to 14/49 or 51.
At first I wondered why Pauline and I with our gear all loaded onto the KLR650 never broke a stock upper sub-frame bolt. With over 40,000 miles two-up on and off- road carrying approximately 375lbs on the sub-frame, we should – according to the so called experts on the Internet – have been bitten by […]
Kurt Grife has passed 125,000 miles on KLR650s.
This month Elden answers a “burning” question about oil consumption… Q. My 1987 KLR650 has only 24,000 miles on the odometer but it is using lots of
Todd’s Note: We had Elden pull double duty this month with FFT and Technical Insights.
When I first met Elden Carl and Pauline Read some four years ago in Mulege, Baja California, I had a little less than 10,000 miles on my 2003 KLR650. I remember that he was very scathing of all the gear I was carrying. Little did I realize that after four years I would ring […]
Several months ago, Jay Bass, Rod Morris, and I were north bound in Baja near Punta Prieta when we passed three north bound KLR650s which we later found out were piloted by Phillip Orth of Sierra Vista, Arizona and two female companions. Meredith, one of the two ladies, phoned me the other day from Mexico […]
Lately there have been numerous stories about travelers in Baja and Mainland Mexico encountering bandits and other bad elements; fortunately this has happened on a relatively small scale. Usually it’s because the traveler is unaware or ill-prepared for safe travel in not only Mexico, but third world countries in general. Most crime in Baja occurs […]
As you probably know, there are three drive chains in a KLR650 engine; one drives the cams, one drives the balancer system/water pump, and the third drives the rear wheel. The balancer and rear wheel drive chains are probably the most abused in motorcycledom. Why you ask? The rear wheel drive chain, despite living in […]
On the 3rd of January, Jay Bass, Elden Carl and I took off for a whirlwind 7 day Baja ride to San Borja, San Francisco de la Sierra, Mulege and Rancho San Isidro near San Jose Magdalena, Baja Sur. The highlight of the trip was the time we spent eating Elsa’s great food and watching […]
I’d like to open by apologizing to our readers for goofing off on my lack of information
One of my tasks at Top Gun is to monitor the different websites and groups and see
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