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09/012014

Acerbis Supermotard Fender

Acerbis Supermotard Fender

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

We are generally not fans of most aftermarket parts. Not that we are necessarily fans of the major manufacturers

09/012014

Oil and Oil Filter Replacement

Oil and Oil Filter Replacement

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Way back in ancient times before synthetics and motorcycle specific oils, some folks used to change the

06/092014

Top Gun’s New Custom Spring For The DR650SE

Top Gun’s New Custom Spring For The DR650SE

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

Glossary MSM – Multisurface Motorcycles/Motorcyclist MMP – Multisurface Motorcycle Products

04/162014

DR650 Rear Shock Spring Replacement

DR650 Rear Shock Spring Replacement

By: Rod In: DR650 - Chassis/Drive,Featured Products No Comment

Product: 7.2 kg/mm Rear Shock Spring Price: 80.00 PRICE REDUCED, Includes FREE SHIPPING in the US! Applications:

04/022014

KLR Rear Suspension and Chain Control

KLR Rear Suspension and Chain Control

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

As I sit here in my favorite Subway restaurant (#40249) at the corner of Avocado Ave. and Hwy 94, my

03/012014

More on Final Gearing

More on Final Gearing

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Every two or three weeks I ride down to Ensenada and stay overnite at Hostel Sauzal at 344 “L” Street

02/012014

Air Filtration

Air Filtration

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Some guy on one of the Internet sites wrote recently that I had been riding off road bikes since before

01/062014

Riding Twisty Roads

Riding Twisty Roads

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The most memorable encounters are mostly with lighter bikes usually singles in the 350 to 400 pound range.

12/172013

Two–Stroking Around the World

Two–Stroking Around the World

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

Long after I thought two-stroke motorcycles were extinct I ran into Paul Suchy at Santispak 10 miles

12/092013

Reliability is Not Accidental

Reliability is Not Accidental

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

Back in 1955 when I completed my Korean War enlistment and left the military, the first thing I did

11/012013

Racing Rod’s Rod

Racing Rod’s Rod

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

  Rod Morris and I recently did our first two day Baja loop since rebuilding and breaking in both

07/012013

Mileage! Smileage!

Mileage! Smileage!

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

For years I’ve carried in my wallet a small laminated 50 word paragraph from an article written by

05/012013

Maintenance Tip (KLR650/DR650)

Maintenance Tip (KLR650/DR650)

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

“Grease your long bolts”   If you don’t like rust on your cross bolts, it’s best to apply a

10/012012

DR650 Gas Filter

DR650 Gas Filter

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

We covered this subject some time ago but it’s time to mention it again.   Elden and I had gone

08/012012

Banned From Site

Banned From Site

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

A customer recently sent me an e-mail that he had received his new KLR650 shock spring and absolutely

06/032012

WHICH OIL TO USE

WHICH OIL TO USE

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The question of which oil to use in a motorcycle has been discussed and cussed for as long as I can remember

03/012012

Choke It – But Don’t Kill It

Choke It – But Don’t Kill It

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

I learned about the downside of carbureted motorcycle enrichening systems the hard way. In the first

02/012012

Dangerous EPA Mandate

Dangerous EPA Mandate

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

In the good old days before the Environmental Protection Agency got going, motorcycling was in some regards

01/042012

Oil and/or Filter Changes

Oil and/or Filter Changes

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Since I began riding motorcycles in the summer of 1955 there have probably been hundreds of millions

09/092011

Happy KLR650 Owner

Happy KLR650 Owner

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

“I got my spring within a few days of sending. Installed it with some rachet straps. I had raising

05/022011

KLR650’s Forgotten Bearings & 3 Tiny 0-rings

KLR650’s Forgotten Bearings & 3 Tiny 0-rings

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

It has long been obvious to me that the all important periodic maintenance chart in the factory service

11/012010

KLR650 / DR650 “Carbonmakers”

KLR650 / DR650 “Carbonmakers”

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Every time I turn the WR250R key to the on position and hear the fuel pump pressuring the injection system

10/012010

Bad Baja Roads

Bad Baja Roads

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

by Elden Carl Even though I’ve spent the past 20+ years riding, servicing, building and studying

02/052010

Big Single Engine Abuse Common

Big Single Engine Abuse Common

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

The KLR650 and DR650 have engines that are among the most abused in motorcycledom. Over-gearing, over-loading,

01/052010

Power to the KLR650 and DR650

Power to the KLR650 and DR650

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

There’s always been a long list of negatives attached to the KLR650 that goes all the way back

12/012009

One Wild Motorcycle Weekend

One Wild Motorcycle Weekend

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

by Elden Carl The weekend of 10/3 and 10/4 of 2009 started out normally enough with and early morning

09/032009

Killing Engine Efficiency

Killing Engine Efficiency

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

As we’ve said many times, don’t expect improved performance, good gas mileage and long engine

08/042009

Area 51 1/2

Area 51 1/2

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

by Elden Carl Nestled in the eastern San Diego County mountains on 40 acres of high desert is a two building

07/012009

Shock Spring Kudos

Shock Spring Kudos

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

OK, OK, I know I’m bombarding you with comments from customers that install one of our rear shock

04/072009

Funny DR Story

Funny DR Story

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

By Elden Carl In November 2001 on the same day, Ron Jensen and I each purchased new 2002 Suzuki DR650SE’s

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