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2008 KLR650

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    "Shoulder nut" hey....? Hmmmm :confused: You are having a little fun with me.... :cool: :D

    Today's "amusing" mechanical issue.... just when I think yep I've done all I want to do for a while.... my hot grips seem to be ON all the time. On light is off, but the grips, especially the right hand one, are warm. Auto hot grips = less than awesome on 30 degree + days.... Shakes head.

    So, what is causing it? Water inside controller, switch melted???? Looks "fun" to take apart :rolleyes:
     
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    Light can be buggered in the controller thing so they look off when they are actually on.
     
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    I thought about that.... but the lights work fine... press the on button and on it goes....even when it's already hot
     
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    Take them off and put them back on in winter.

    Most likely a buggered controller is the answer. You can unplug where the grips plug in as a temporary fix.
     
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    No no , I said I was DONE doing work on the bike for now :) :) :)

    Sigh, yeah good idea I'll do that. Maybe I'll take off the bark busters (aka breeze busters) as well. I've got these great vented gloves that don't get any air cos of them :p
     
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    If they are proper bark busters and you intend on going off road, I'd leave them on. If you want airflow you could try just taking the plastic part off.
     
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    You're about to go on an adventure ride! Do you really want to take your bark busters off? Broken levers will result...

    I just ride one-handed to get some breeze :)
     
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    they're only the cheap ones... ie just the plastic bit without the metal lever protectors....
     
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    If you don't do the hand controls too tight so they can turn/spin on the bars if you drop the bike will save your levers from breaking with no bark busters on.
     
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    That sounds awfully unsafe. What if he hits a branch, the lever unit moves & he can't reach the brake lever!
     
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    Some barkbusters are better than none. Some concrete for your hands is in order to harden the fuck up :)
     
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    Jeezus Christ!? Awfully unsafe we ride effing motorbikes!

    This is a hot tip. Obviously not so loose they twist around in their own: works well.
     
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    Back brake + clutch. Also, without barkbusters (or with only plastic ones that tend to disintergrate when they meet something solid like a tree) the lack of a lever is more of a hinderance to stopping than a rotated but still intact lever.

    (And I know this from experience. Crashed postie at Marulan in 2010, hopped straight back on, forgot to check levers. Pinned it down to the next corner like a good postman should and went to stop, only to discover I'd snapped the lever clean off in the accident. I also have my levers on the postie mx bars set up to be rotateable now and there's never been a drama at Candy Mountain with them -- and I shoulder charged a tree with Whippet once at 30km/h)

    EDIT: It seems unsafe when it is first mentioned but it was one of the tips I was given many years ago when riding a dirtbike around. They don't need to be super loose, just loose enough.
    If you hit a tree far enough down the perch that it will rotate but won't snap the lever off then you've hit the tree pretty inboard on the handlebar and that's exciting in itself cause you then proceed to countersteer into the tree initially then the bike follows the front wheel around and you do doughies around the tree. I have also done this.
    That said, I like to have spare levers if I'm going anywhere silly - road or non-road bike as it makes it easier to get home.
     
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    Can't tell if serious of your trolling...:confused:
     
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    Where's [MENTION=14463]RazorBlade[/MENTION]? He knows a thing or 2 about bark busters and trees? Nearly cut one clean in half on the weekend! Although maybe it was because he was out of control because he had his controls on a bit loose?

    And as supa said why are you using the front as your main brake? On dirt that is.
     
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    Depends where you are and what you're doing as to how much front brake you should use, which is probably a different topic than a KLR650 my bike thread. (One thing I do want to do on the postie, though, is modify a clutch lever from something else to turn the left-hand side into the rear brake).

    In any case, it's a legit thing to question but it's also a legit technique to use to avoid braking brake things unnecessarily and it helps to get people home sometimes :).
     
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    Nope - I don't troll, though I may say completely stupid things sometimes. That just sounded like a mad idea to me.

    Interesting that it's not :)
     
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    Niels Bohr once said "We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question that divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct.". And, very true that is :).
     
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    That's not so unusual for riding adventure bikes. If I adjust my foot levers so I can use them when I'm standing, they're in the wrong position for sitting. So I learned how to go down hills by using my front brakes. One day I'll sort it out so I don't have to sit down to change gears.
    [thread hijack over - sorry]
     
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    I don't think it's just "adventure" bikes. I put my dirtbike lever somewhere in between your toes should be on the pegs anyway so you would have to move you're foot to brake regardless? Also in regards to changing gears standing up I struggle with this sometimes too but I found just making yourself do it instead of allowing yourself to sit down then changing will help re wire the brain a bit.

    I could be mistaken though.

    Has the oil leak stopped?
     
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