nklr: yesterdays weird email

[Richard L Wright]

I have a completely stock 1999 KLR650 (3000 miles) with the Kawasaki tall windshield, tank, saddle and tail bags being the extent of my accessories/modifications. I am thinking about branching out with some simple (and hopefully worthwhile) modifications. As a first step, I plan to add a Supertrapp IDS2 Quiet exhaust. Do I need to rejet the carb? I have seen many references to this but no complete quide. I would love to find out exactly what jets I need, etc. I am no mechanic, but I think I can handle fairly simple stuff. Does anyone have any recommendations for a setup that would give the best results? I don't want to get off on a research project and end up with a bike that runs worse than stock... My apologies if this isn't an appropriate question for the group...

[david gay]

Richard, My '98 is now wearing the same pipe. I have taken out the rubber inlet horn, 152 main, pilot screw out 3 turns, a slide hole drilled to 1/8 th inch. I am also running a Uni-filter. I will proably further open up the air box soon. Depending on the number of rings you use in your Supertrapp, you may want to only try 2 to 2 1/2 turns on the pilot jet first. If you type in KLR tech tips on google, you'll reach dualsport news's tech site, and it has an article on rejetting the carb. Dave Richard L Wright wrote:I have a completely stock 1999 KLR650 (3000 miles) with the Kawasaki tall windshield, tank, saddle and tail bags being the extent of my accessories/modifications. I am thinking about branching out with some simple (and hopefully worthwhile) modifications. As a first step, I plan to add a Supertrapp IDS2 Quiet exhaust. Do I need to rejet the carb? I have seen many references to this but no complete quide. I would love to find out exactly what jets I need, etc. I am no mechanic, but I think I can handle fairly simple stuff. Does anyone have any recommendations for a setup that would give the best results? I don't want to get off on a research project and end up with a bike that runs worse than stock... My apologies if this isn't an appropriate question for the group... Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Zachariah Mully]

On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Richard L Wright wrote:

> I have a completely stock 1999 KLR650 (3000 miles) with the Kawasaki > tall windshield, tank, saddle and tail bags being the extent of my > accessories/modifications.

That's the best kind of KLR!

> > I am thinking about branching out with some simple (and hopefully > worthwhile) modifications. As a first step, I plan to add a > Supertrapp IDS2 Quiet exhaust. Do I need to rejet the carb? I have > seen many references to this but no complete quide. I would love to > find out exactly what jets I need, etc. I am no mechanic, but I > think I can handle fairly simple stuff.

Unless you've got a problem with the stock exhuast, you're really not going to get much out of new exhaust and rejet, other than lower gas mileage and more noise. Take that money and spend it on something worthwhile like highway pegs, bash plate, stainless steel brake lines, progressive front springs, progressive HD rear spring, a variety of different sprocket sizes, Jake improved sprocket nut, improved balancer lever, sealed wheel bearing, linkage grease, etc. etc. etc. Z DC A2 A5

[John Lyon]

I agree. I was going to advise to spend the money on suspension upgrades and protection. JML --- Zachariah Mully wrote:

> > > On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Richard L Wright wrote: > > > I have a completely stock 1999 KLR650 (3000 miles) > with the Kawasaki > > tall windshield, tank, saddle and tail bags being > the extent of my > > accessories/modifications. > > That's the best kind of KLR! > > > > > I am thinking about branching out with some simple > (and hopefully > > worthwhile) modifications. As a first step, I > plan to add a > > Supertrapp IDS2 Quiet exhaust. Do I need to rejet > the carb? I have > > seen many references to this but no complete > quide. I would love to > > find out exactly what jets I need, etc. I am no > mechanic, but I > > think I can handle fairly simple stuff. > > Unless you've got a problem with the stock exhuast, > you're really not > going to get much out of new exhaust and rejet, > other than lower gas > mileage and more noise. Take that money and spend it > on something > worthwhile like highway pegs, bash plate, stainless > steel brake lines, > progressive front springs, progressive HD rear > spring, a variety of > different sprocket sizes, Jake improved sprocket > nut, improved > balancer lever, sealed wheel bearing, linkage > grease, etc. etc. etc.

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[Tengai650]

Yup, if I could do it all over again, I would have stayed stock in this area of the bike. Mark B2 A2 A3 At 5:10 PM -0700 9/22/2002, John Lyon wrote:

>I agree. I was going to advise to spend the money on >suspension upgrades and protection. > >JML > >--- Zachariah Mully wrote: >> Unless you've got a problem with the stock exhuast, >> you're really not >> going to get much out of new exhaust and rejet, >> other than lower gas >> mileage and more noise. Take that money and spend it >> on something >> worthwhile like highway pegs, bash plate, stainless >> steel brake lines, >> progressive front springs, progressive HD rear >> spring, a variety of >> different sprocket sizes, Jake improved sprocket >> nut, improved >> balancer lever, sealed wheel bearing, linkage >> grease, etc. etc. etc.

[jimsherlock]

I received three of those yesterday, except it didn't cc; my mail, it rejected its delivery. Jim Cedar Creek, Texas

>It seems like email I send to the group is getting CC'd to bgsu.edu,

wherever that is. I just got this: Subject: No requests found Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:46:03 EDT From: BGSU ListProcessor To: jarvisd@... CC: list-admin@... No requests were found or recognized in your message. It is possible your message was intended for a person or a list, or none of its contents were recognized by this automated system as requests. If you need to talk to a person, please send mail to list-admin@.... To get general help on Listproc, please send the command: snip Received: from n19.grp.scd.yahoo.com (n19.grp.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.74]) by utility.bgsu.edu (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with SMTP id g8NDk1207841 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:46:02 -0400 (EDT) X-eGroups-Return: sentto-488385-56885-1032788760-listproc=listproc.bgsu.edu@... oo.com Received: from [66.218.67.192] by n19.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 Sep 2002 13:46:01 -0000