[dsn_klr650] klr high mileage worries && november destination s

[Krgrife@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/00 4:28:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time, BSwider@... writes: << Kurt, You haven't mentioned how many miles your machine's logged. You did say it was burning oil and needed a new top end; Do you know why? Are you the original owner? What's the maintenance history? Bogdan, who also travels South alone. >> I bought the bike 2 years ago when it had 14,500 miles. It now has 34,000. The oil consumption has been constant at around a quart every 600 miles since I bought it. There were two owners before me both local guys in their 50's. I can only speculate about how it was maintained although the guy I bought it from is an experienced rider. We'll know for sure what is wrong in a week or so when the head and cylinder come off and get sent to the machine shop. Kurt G.