Wilsons Sandbox

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/

i bet it depends on how it's ridden. if you ride mostly offroad, it takes alot more engine revolutions to go 30k miles. anyway, it better last longer than that. i'll have 30k on my a14 by the end of next year and if i don't pay off the loan early, i'll still have 3 yrs of payments left!! (of course i'm paying it off this fall so my wife will let me buy a klx300). i do think that someone smart (elden carl maybe) recommends replacing one of the engine chains (cam or balancer, don't remember which) at around 30k, but i'd be shocked if my engine wasn't still turning over at 100k or so. mw

> -----Original Message----- > From: John Wong [mailto:john.wong@...] > Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 8:47 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] KLR650 Engine Longevity > > > Greetings, > > I'm new to the group. I'm thinking of buying a KLR 650 and > read on one > homepage the engine is good for only 30K miles. Is this > true? My current > ride is Kaw Concours and its motor isn't even broken in by > 30,000! > > TIA, > John > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ Remember four years of good friends, bad clothes, explosive > chemistry experiments. > http://click.egroups.com/1/8013/6/_/911801/_/966397530/ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------|e>- > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >