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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

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

11/272017

Protect Your Suzuki DR650SE Starter Torque Limiter!!!

Protect Your Suzuki DR650SE Starter Torque Limiter!!!

By: Todd In: Technical Insights No Comment

Sixty-two years and more than a million miles later, the best motorcycle I’ve ever owned is sitting

05/262017

Motorcycle Engine Break-In

Motorcycle Engine Break-In

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

I have no idea how many motorcycle engines I have broken in since I bought my first, a Triumph in 1955.

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

11/182015

Jay and Emily on the Move Again

Jay and Emily on the Move Again

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

The other day Pauline and I had a nice surprise when Jay and Emily Wilgus and Jay’s mom Linda dropped

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

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

11/012014

Speedo Cable Service

Speedo Cable Service

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Japanese speedos are very reliable as long as you don’t abuse them or store them upside down. However,

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. 

07/012014

Long Live Your Chain and Sprockets

Long Live Your Chain and Sprockets

By: Elden In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

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

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

02/012014

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

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

06/012013

Mis-drilled Shaft Hole

Mis-drilled Shaft Hole

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

The Skipper recently gave me a print out concerning a factory machining error in the inner left cover

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

04/012013

What’s Up With Oil and filter Changes

What’s Up With Oil and filter Changes

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I was discussing motorcycle oil and filter change intervals the other day. We wondered among other things

03/012013

Setting Up KLR650 “A” Front Forks

Setting Up KLR650 “A” Front Forks

By: Todd In: Technical Insights No Comment

I’m not aware of any conventional forks that function better than those found on the original 1987

02/012013

Rod Morris – Gently Blown A-13 Transmission

Rod Morris – Gently Blown A-13 Transmission

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

In a previous article we reported a blown 4-dog gear on the main shaft of Rod’s KL-A13. He was about

02/012013

KLR Engine Top End Failure

KLR Engine Top End Failure

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

I recently had a customer call about getting a new piston for his 2007 KLR650. During the discussion

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

09/012012

Fresh Engine and Hints

Fresh Engine and Hints

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

We just finished rebuilding the engine in my 1996 KLR650A and I wanted to share some things with other

07/012012

Bullet Proof KLR650 In Trouble

Bullet Proof KLR650 In Trouble

By: Elden In: Technical Insights No Comment

Luis T. of San Diego, CA called me the other day stating his late model KLR650 with only 25,000 miles

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

05/062012

Doohickey

Doohickey

By: Rod In: Fuel for Thought No Comment

Real name: Balancer Chain Lever. The name doohickey was first coined by Jake Jakeman in 1987; the very

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