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    Wiring/Charging Question

    I'm looking to minimize the work on the LH Alt that charges the front battery and tap into the negative side of the rear battery to get 12v. The goal is to have the rear battery isolated and protected while allowing it to charge a 3rd deep cycle battery in the camper while the truck is running...
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    last word in CUCV stereo install

    I've never wired a thing in my life and just put in a stereo the other day. Here's what I did: Cut off the harness on a used pretty nice head unit. Followed the wiring diagram and extended and soldiered all the connections after measuring distances. One to ground (found a space for a 1/4"...
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    Auto Insurance for Military Vehicles

    An update: I thought it was going smooth with my local snakefarm agent, but there were some vin issues I guess that had to get passed up to higher ups. I spent a good couple hours of back and forth and then just said *it and went on e-surance. No problem with vin, OK, so now the M1028 is a D30...
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    KLR250 Value?

    Jeebus. I never has a single problem with my KLR. Just changed tires and fluids.
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    Auto Insurance for Military Vehicles

    Well, I might as well add my insurance story. Tried to add it as another vehicle to my policy with Progressive, website = useless; phone call - over 3/4 ton = commercial; then, in my state (Colo.) they won't touch anything that was military. She sounded cute over the phone, but I told her I...
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    KLR250 Value?

    You did everything right. Better off to just by another. That thing is toast. Take your goodies and transfer them. Brutal. It's hard to kill those bikes, but it is possible, given, well, that.
  7. M

    KLR250 Value?

    What's wrong with it? They are very easy to work on, and I could scan and post a pic of my old one with even more stuff on it than than that. Man that worked me!
  8. M

    KLR250 Value?

    Quite honestly, not much. And this is coming from a guy who put 24k on a KLR650. It's (I'm guessing here) a KLX 250. Maybe 5 hundo? It's a pig (not that there's anything wrong with that, I like pigs, just not on 2 wheels). And there are so many cheap dirt bikes out there.
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