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02/252019

Your Riding Safety Depends on Good Information

Your Riding Safety Depends on Good Information

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I began riding and working on motorcycles in 1955 after completing my Korean war service, and now more

10/222018

DR650 and KLR650: Stock Air Filters Are No Good

DR650 and KLR650: Stock Air Filters Are No Good

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

In the spring of 1990 I purchased my first KL650A, a 1989 model with less than 500 miles on the speedometer.

04/282018

Shocks and Springs and Things

Shocks and Springs and Things

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

We are fortunate to have Rod Morris and Multisurface Motorcycle Products on this website. Not only has

09/302017

Baja Travails

Baja Travails

By: Todd In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

From the editor (Pat Rose): As I’ve been looking through Elden’s archives on motorcycles

05/222017

Beware Internet Information

Beware Internet Information

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The other day I was motorcycling on a gnarly forestry road in the Laguna Mountains east of San Diego

08/032016

Lowering Links: Be Careful!

Lowering Links: Be Careful!

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Rod Morris, proprietor of Multisurface Motorcycle Products on this website, recently told me about a

03/062016

Old Folks Off-Road Technique

Old Folks Off-Road Technique

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

  (Editor’s Note – I haven’t ridden a motorcycle for over a year now due to personal

07/122015

What To Fix On My KLR650

What To Fix On My KLR650

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The number one thing that needs attention on every KLR650 is replacing the rear shock spring with the

04/042015

The KISS Principle – You’d Better Believe It!!

The KISS Principle – You’d Better Believe It!!

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The person who came up with the slogan “Keep it simple, stupid” knew what he was talking about.

03/022015

Light Is Right, Even If You’re Not a Kiwi

Light Is Right, Even If You’re Not a Kiwi

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

When Kawasaki added another 25 or so pounds to the front of the already heavy KLR 650 in 2008, it ostensibly

02/012015

KLR650 Rear Shock

KLR650 Rear Shock

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

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

01/012015

Stock Air Filters Suck!

Stock Air Filters Suck!

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Come to think of it, all air filters suck air. The problem is that some of them suck more than air. Not

12/012014

Chassis Wear

Chassis Wear

By: Todd In: Technical Insights No Comment

When we think about a motorcycle frame we normally are thinking of an item to which engine, swing arm

12/012014

Oldie but a Goodie – Dual Sport News December 1999

Oldie but a Goodie – Dual Sport News December 1999

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

Reaching back 15 years, this article first appeared in the now-defunct Dual Sport News. I thought it

11/022014

It’s a Small World

It’s a Small World

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

It Is Indeed a Small World. The other day I took off on one of my short mountain loops of about 50 miles.

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

07/012014

Motorcycle Oil Consumption

Motorcycle Oil Consumption

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Back in 2008 Top Gun Motorcycles purchased a new Kawasaki KLR650-E model which turned out to be a lemon. 

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

04/022014

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

02/272014

Stay “SPOT” On, All the Time

Stay “SPOT” On, All the Time

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I’ve pretty much avoided the electronic age I have only two modern instruments of communication; a

02/152014

Product Highlight – Top Gun KLR650 Chainmaster

Product Highlight – Top Gun KLR650 Chainmaster

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

KLR-650 Chain Master Upper Chain Run Control Device* (*Engineered using a stock KLR-650 with properly

02/032014

Roll-On With Rod

Roll-On With Rod

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I called Rod Morris and he suggested we meet at Bell Valley east of Potrero on Hwy 94 for a roll-on test

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

01/222014

Product Highlight – KLR650 Rear Shock Springs

Product Highlight – KLR650 Rear Shock Springs

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

We see Kawasaki has added a 2014 “New Edition” KLR650 with revised springs and rebound damping

01/142014

KLR650 Chain Adjustment Revisited

KLR650 Chain Adjustment Revisited

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Back in the last century (1990) when I purchased my first KLR650 (1989 A-3), one of the first things

09/132013

Improved Rear Shock Spring for the KLR650 – New Size for 2018

Improved Rear Shock Spring for the KLR650 – New Size for 2018

By: Rod In: Featured Products,KLR650 - Chassis/Drive No Comment

Product: 6.6 kg/mm, 7.4 kg/mm, 8.0 kg/mm, and 9.3 kg/mm (370 lbs/in, 420 lbs/in 450 lbs/in, 525 lbs/in)

12/112008

Timbo Lewis  is Argentina Bound

Timbo Lewis is Argentina Bound

By: Elden In: Contact Patch No Comment

Tim Lewis, citizen of Arkansas and the world has called me several times concerning long distance MSM motorcycles.

05/012008

First and Last, by Melvyn Clark

First and Last, by Melvyn Clark

By: Todd In: Contact Patch No Comment

  When I first met Elden Carl and Pauline Read some four years ago in Mulege, Baja California, I

03/192008

KLR650 Drive Chains 101

KLR650 Drive Chains 101

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

As you probably know, there are three drive chains in a KLR650 engine; one drives the cams, one drives

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