Wilsons Sandbox

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "devilsblo" wrote:

> my buddy and i are thinking about buying new klr650s. can someone > tell me what is the actual top speed of the bike. also, we were > quoted at $5300 each out the door. does this seem like a decent > price? thanks for any replies.

http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html More info there than you can shake a stick at.. Dooden A15 Green Ape And yes $5300 OTD would be about right, as long as what they say as OTD price is "really" the real price. Some dealers quote "OTD" then add title, paperwork fees, tax, destination, setup fees ect ect, of course not all.. my local Honda/Arctic Cat dealer quotes a real honest OTD price all in a friendly manner.

dooden@... wrote:

>--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "devilsblo" wrote: > > >>my buddy and i are thinking about buying new klr650s. can someone >>tell me what is the actual top speed of the bike. also, we were >>quoted at $5300 each out the door. does this seem like a decent >>price? thanks for any replies. >> >> > > >http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > >More info there than you can shake a stick at.. > >Dooden >A15 Green Ape > >And yes $5300 OTD would be about right, as long as what they say as >OTD price is "really" the real price. Some dealers quote "OTD" then >add title, paperwork fees, tax, destination, setup fees ect ect, of >course not all.. my local Honda/Arctic Cat dealer quotes a real honest >OTD price all in a friendly manner. > > > >

What Dooden said, and I would add if outright top speed is very important to you, get something else. The KLR is a great bike in many, many ways but you can't really call it "fast". Find a twisty enough road where you can't put down more than 36hp at any time anyway, you'll spank anything with four cylinders. "Fast", no. "Fast Enough", yes. -- Devon Brooklyn, NY A15-Z '01 KLR650 '81 SR500 cafe racer "The truth's not too popular these days....." Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man

On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 21:57, Red Fred wrote:

> Of course, this is where the story earns it's problems. Upon > lugging it at a California stop, I thought I was in first (I have > trouble with a hand clutch & foot shift) and she died, never to start > again, with a mechanical "clunk" prohibiting a full rev. > So I finally got her all apart (borrowing metric tools), and I see > that the "doohickey" is busted! But the 600 has a different style. > It is stamped, one piece, and very fragile looking. It merely snapped > in 2 at the skinny slot. I wonder why the piston hit valves from > this? > Is an aftermarket 600 Doohicky available?

AFAICT, the 600 can use the same doohickey as the 650, though you might want to talk to Mike at Eagle Machine, as I believe he's had at least one 600 customer use his lever. As for inspecting the damage, pull both the left sidecover/magneto to inspect the balancer and cam chains. Make sure to inspect each of the balancer sprockets for broken pins and springs. Also if the chain jumped off the sprocket, check to make sure the chain guides haven't been bent. Pull the cam caps off and make sure that you didn't fry journals. The head is easily removed with the engine in the bike, though some of the bolts require interesting uses of extensions and coverters to get at. Once you've inspected the valves and chains and verified they're good, you'll just have to retime the balancer mechanism. Some folks are completely baffled by this, but just look at the diagram in the service manual, and if you've got the balancer sprockets out of the engine, simply align the sprockets and plated links on your workbench, then put the whole assembly into the engine. Z