time to change the oil

[Jim Jackson]

Hey KORG! Spoke to Steve Kesslinger at Quality Engine on Friday last week and was very encouraged by what he had to say. He started with my stock-engined A13 with K&N filter and SuperTrapp IDS with 6 discs. With a dynajet kit installed and his new type of exhaust he has managed approximately a 2 hp increase across the rpm range from throttle crack on up to 6K + (not sure how high he went yet). This is with a pipe that is a bit smaller in diameter than the Trapp. He is working this week with a larger pipe and expects a little better results. He has done some air box work and his idea was to do it on the side cover rather than the rest of the box to enable it to be returned to stock condition with a new cover only. I thought that was a good idea. Anyone have any disagreements? How about heated air coming in? All this is with a pipe that is approximately 2 db louder than the newly-packed Trapp. I'm personally impressed so far. The pipe is totally mechanical and without packing. It will not have a USFS spark arrestor upon release and Steve is not sure if he will be selling a SS or regular pipe setup. The price is going to be around $300. Again personally, I think that's pretty not bad considering the Big Gun is so lound and $200 more expensive and gives the same power increase in a narrower power band. Steve is trying very hard to get everything tuned just right while allowing everything to be returned to almost stock with minimal expense and time. I'm working on getting my personal web pages up so I can post pictures of my bike in his shop being worked on. I'll also post the dyno print-outs and some pictures of the pipe. Release date for the pipe is supposed to be within the next 3 months. Thanks, Jim Jackson II A13 "Gonzo" South Carolina _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com

[Jim & Shannon Morehead]

Hi Jim, Your results sound like about what I got with similar mods to my A13. Did you see my dyno run posts, etc? I hope you enjoy your "new" bike as much as I enjoy mine. The overall rideability is greatly improved from stock and there is a pretty good percentage power gain in the lower rpm range. Jim

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Jackson" To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 7:58 AM Subject: [DSN_klr650] New KLR Exhaust > Hey KORG! > > Spoke to Steve Kesslinger at Quality Engine on Friday last week and was very > encouraged by what he had to say. > > He started with my stock-engined A13 with K&N filter and SuperTrapp IDS with > 6 discs. With a dynajet kit installed and his new type of exhaust he has > managed approximately a 2 hp increase across the rpm range from throttle > crack on up to 6K + (not sure how high he went yet). This is with a pipe > that is a bit smaller in diameter than the Trapp. He is working this week > with a larger pipe and expects a little better results. He has done some air > box work and his idea was to do it on the side cover rather than the rest of > the box to enable it to be returned to stock condition with a new cover > only. I thought that was a good idea. Anyone have any disagreements? How > about heated air coming in? > > All this is with a pipe that is approximately 2 db louder than the > newly-packed Trapp. I'm personally impressed so far. The pipe is totally > mechanical and without packing. It will not have a USFS spark arrestor upon > release and Steve is not sure if he will be selling a SS or regular pipe > setup. The price is going to be around $300. Again personally, I think > that's pretty not bad considering the Big Gun is so lound and $200 more > expensive and gives the same power increase in a narrower power band. Steve > is trying very hard to get everything tuned just right while allowing > everything to be returned to almost stock with minimal expense and time. > > I'm working on getting my personal web pages up so I can post pictures of my > bike in his shop being worked on. I'll also post the dyno print-outs and > some pictures of the pipe. > > Release date for the pipe is supposed to be within the next 3 months. > > Thanks, > > Jim Jackson II > A13 "Gonzo" > South Carolina > > > _________________________________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > http://profiles.msn.com > > > 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 > >

[Brad Davis]

I m glad we are talking about oil again. I can tell my oil needs changing now at about 1000 miles. These are the telltale signs for me: 1) Downshifting is more difficult. It clunks more while downshifting. Upshifting is still smooth. 2) Lately it has sometimes been hard to find first gear. It was a piece of cake with new oil. 3) Before I start the engine, I push the bike to break the wet clutch to avoid the 1st gear clunk. With new oil the break was easily done. Now the breaking point is noticeably greater. 4) I haven t had appreciable oil consumption but it looks pretty dark in the sight glass. I ve read that MC applications are much more severe than auto applications because the transmission and wet clutch apply tremendous shearing stress to the lubricant. Makes sense to me and I will continue to change my oil at 1000 mile intervals or earlier if I feel it is time. My bike had Spectro previously and needed a change at 1000 miles. Now I am running Mobil 1 15-50 and it needs a change at 1000 miles. Frankly, I don t think it would be good to run the oil to 3000 miles like the manual says (maybe if it was all highway you could I haven t tried that yet). This time I might try Castrol GTX. As always, I am looking forward to the opinions of those who know a hell of a lot more about this than I do. Brad A9 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/