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digest number 4377 klr fork conversion
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:07 am
by Murray Dochstader
To: Z, and any other Listers contemplating a Fork Conversion.
I finished grafting a set of KLX 250 R (inverted) forks on to my "Baja" KLR
yesterday. I bought a '94 250 with a "lunched" engine as a theft recovery
for $350.00, removed and rebuilt the forks, replaced the springs with 46 gm.
springs from Race Tech, had a shop cut me a couple of bushings, welded a new
steering stop on the lower clamp, and re-assembled the whole thing.
I used the 250 speedo drive, and the 250 brake set-up (which is marginal)
with the KLR master cylinder.
I found it to be a very simple swap, made simpler by the fact that parts are
readily available from Kawasaki, and, while the new set-up is not
state-of-the-art, it transforms the big KLR into a more-than-acceptable
double-track bike.
If anyone has more questions, feel free to contact me.
Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada.
digest number 4377 klr fork conversion
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:21 am
by Lujo Bauer
What triple clamps and stem did you use?
-Lujo
Murray Dochstader wrote:
> To: Z, and any other Listers contemplating a Fork Conversion.
>
> I finished grafting a set of KLX 250 R (inverted) forks on to my "Baja" KLR
> yesterday. I bought a '94 250 with a "lunched" engine as a theft recovery
> for $350.00, removed and rebuilt the forks, replaced the springs with 46 gm.
> springs from Race Tech, had a shop cut me a couple of bushings, welded a new
> steering stop on the lower clamp, and re-assembled the whole thing.
>
> I used the 250 speedo drive, and the 250 brake set-up (which is marginal)
> with the KLR master cylinder.
>
> I found it to be a very simple swap, made simpler by the fact that parts are
> readily available from Kawasaki, and, while the new set-up is not
> state-of-the-art, it transforms the big KLR into a more-than-acceptable
> double-track bike.
>
> If anyone has more questions, feel free to contact me.
>
> Murray Dochstader B.C. Canada.
>
>
>
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digest number 4377 klr fork conversion
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2003 8:56 am
by Zachariah Mully
On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 06:07, Murray Dochstader wrote:
> To: Z, and any other Listers contemplating a Fork Conversion.
>
> I finished grafting a set of KLX 250 R (inverted) forks on to my "Baja" KLR
> yesterday. I bought a '94 250 with a "lunched" engine as a theft recovery
> for $350.00, removed and rebuilt the forks, replaced the springs with 46 gm.
> springs from Race Tech, had a shop cut me a couple of bushings, welded a new
> steering stop on the lower clamp, and re-assembled the whole thing.
The 94 KLX250R front end is exactly the same as the KLX650R front end.
> I used the 250 speedo drive, and the 250 brake set-up (which is marginal)
> with the KLR master cylinder.
Replace you rotor, I found the OEM rotor to perform really poorly (and
it warped on me), so I replaced it with a cast iron EBC rotor. Stops
quite well now.
> I found it to be a very simple swap, made simpler by the fact that parts are
> readily available from Kawasaki, and, while the new set-up is not
> state-of-the-art, it transforms the big KLR into a more-than-acceptable
> double-track bike.
Simple in what way? It's not trivial, and I'm wondering what OEM parts
were used to make the swap possible.
Z
more carb jetting
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:05 am
by idahoarchaeologist83704
I know this subject is like beating a dead horse but... I installed
an Super Trapp IDS2 Quiet last night. Just rode it to work today,
nice mellow sound, doesn't sound like a VW bus anymore. I also
bought the dynojet kit. The bike seems to run fine with six discs
and stock carb settings. I am going to turn the fuel screw out a bit
and install some of the DJ kit. I am a little leery about drilling
out the slide however (cause it can't be changed back to stock). I
was thinking about going with the 140 main jet, 3rd groove on the
needle. My main interest is cooler running and more low end power
for trail/gravel road riding. Of course I don't want the mileage to
get too bad but a little decrease is fine. I don't get to go far
from home these days anyway (we had a second little girl two weeks
ago today).
suggestions anyone.
Chris