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Correction to my last post. The dealer didn't overfill my recovery tank with coolant. When I picked up my new bike the coolant level was between High + low in the site window. What must have happened was I was testing my new A15 by driving slow and slamming on the front brakes to see how much the front end dives. I did this repeatedly at different speeds so I could get a feel for the bike. Doing this caused the coolant to splash out the overflow hose and get a little on my engine. I have NO problems with the way my dealer set the bike up.

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, "Chuck Tanner" wrote: > I also had the same thing happen to my A14 following it's first maintainence. I drove the bike 50 miles to a shop I thought I could trust and on the way back stopped for a snack. While returning to the bike I spotted all the white splashed stuff all over the front of the motor and some down the right side of the bike. > > I just wanted to get the 500 mile maintenance done by, dare I say, the qualified guys. From here on out it is only touched by me!! > > Chuck > ----- Original Message ----- > From: The Squasher > > Same thing on my engine (A15). I think it was over filled . After runnig it > for a week ther was no more to splash out of the tank. > > > Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 18:29:52 -0500 > From: "Nancy Davis" > Subject: New A-15 Check recovery tank > Hello to all. I took a 340 mile round trip ride to my BMW club meeting on my > three week > old A-15. On the way I looked down and saw a lot of white stuff on the right > side of the engine. > Thought it splashed up off the road some how. After lunch and the meeting, > giving it a closer lookit was coolent.

Hello: After reading the recent engine rebuild story (great story) from Krgrife@... it peaked my interests in the costs involved. Of course there are both direct costs (parts, machine shop, labor) etc.. and also indirect (your time). I wonder if the person doing the rebuild considered the idea of simply searching the nationwide bike junkyards to purchase a low mileage KLR engine and just slap it in there? Although there aren't a lot of KLR's around there MUST be some in a junkyard of recent vintage. I'm a part-time motorcycle roadracer using a F3. When the engine gets tired it's usually cheaper to just go to a sport bike junkyard and purchase a late-model (say 98) F3 motor and put my carbs and stuff on it and push it into the bike. If you decice to have a shop rebuild your existing motor it will generally cost the same or more, and one must then go through the process of breaking in the new engine. A good, very low mileage 98 F3 engine is about $1100-1400 depending on mileage. A decent rebuild job can easily exceed this. Sorry if this has been discussed before. I'm a newbie. Tom Vervaeke A13 ============================ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 23:01:24 EDT From: Krgrife@... Subject: Engine Rebuild Update It has been two months since my balancer chain broke and my rebuild project has proceeded slowly but is now in the final stages. My damaged left side engine case has been welded up and is again serviceable. I have gathered all the parts to redo the balancer system, thanks to Steve Pye who shipped me good used parts and a new balancer chain which he purchased for me in Canada (snip) ===== ========================================================= Tom Vervaeke, Colorado, USA |Email: tom_vervaeke@... '99 Kawi KLR-650 A13, 1.8K |Ph: 719-495-2152 (home) '96 BMW R1100GS, Black 59K |Ph: 719-590-2133 (work) '95 Honda F3 MRA Novice #718|Ph: 719-650-4578 (cell/riding) '95 Honda Cub EZ90S Pit Bike|Ph: 800-539-8361 (pager) ========================================================= __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/