Wilsons Sandbox

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:18 pm**

Hi all, Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more power/speed on my '04 KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not going to get it out of this bike) But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? (and how??) Right now the bike is bone stock... I thank everyone in advance for your coments and sugestions. klr_pilot

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:27 pm**

Check out the hypercharger from Fred http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/hipercharger.html> HTH Randy from Burbank --- klr_pilot wrote:

> > > Hi all, > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more > power/speed on my '04 > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not > going to get it out > of this bike) > > But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? > (and how??) > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and > sugestions. > > klr_pilot > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: > www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > >

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Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:36 pm**

Turn out the air screw so you get better low end response, then spend your money on fork springs, bash plate (if you're going off road), braided steel brake line, a new doohickey, and other doo-dads for handling, comfort, and protection. Sad but true, there's very little horsepower to harvest from the KLR. __Arden

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "klr_pilot" wrote: > > Hi all, > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more power/speed on my '04 > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not going to get it out > of this bike) > > But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? (and how??) > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and sugestions. > > klr_pilot

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:46 pm**

According to my Crandall Hyperbolic torque gauge, I increased combustion amperage to the tune of 22 additonal horsepower (Thumper pulls 6th gear wheelies on command) when I installed the rear polypropolene lactose containment vessel. ( a milk crate to the layman) I have also heard of those who were able to really get more horsepower by simply removing the oil fillercap, rolling a new Ninja 1200 under it, and tightening it back down. "Hi and welcome to thumpertalk, did you have a comment for our listeners?" Sean "slow and steady" A-18 ruddy red with 8000 miles and counting.. --- Randall Marbach wrote:

> > > Check out the hypercharger from Fred > > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/hipercharger.html> > > HTH > > Randy from Burbank > > --- klr_pilot wrote: > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more > > power/speed on my '04 > > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not > > going to get it out > > of this bike) > > > > But what can I do readyly to improve > performance???? > > (and how??) > > > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and > > sugestions. > > > > klr_pilot > > > > > > > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > > www.dualsportnews.com > > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: > > www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: > www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > >

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Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:17 pm**

All your dreams will come true with a $20 14 toother! Got me under 15seconds in the quarter mile! Rod,,,thinkin a bike much faster would surely get me killed!

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "klr_pilot" wrote: > > Hi all, > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more power/speed on my '04 > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not going to get it out > of this bike) > > But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? (and how??) > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and sugestions. > > klr_pilot

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 3:48 pm**

If your looking for more power, sell it, and buy something else. Otherwise, your going to waste money, and decrease the reliability of the motor. A KLR is built for the long hall, not the drag strip. R -----Original Message----- From: Randall Marbach [mailto:remarbach@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:27 AM To: KLR Group Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Need more POWER on my '04 KLR!!! Check out the hypercharger from Fred http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/hipercharger.html> HTH Randy from Burbank --- klr_pilot wrote:

> > > Hi all, > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more > power/speed on my '04 > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not > going to get it out > of this bike) > > But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? > (and how??) > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and > sugestions. > > klr_pilot > > > > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at > www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: > www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > > >

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Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 5:49 pm**

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Russell Scott" wrote: A KLR > is built for the long hall, not the drag strip. Is that why the GF's kids were talking about the guys who rode their bikes into the school building?

Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 6:17 pm**

Russell Scott wrote: If your looking for more power, sell it, and buy something else. Otherwise, your going to waste money, and decrease the reliability of the motor. A KLR is built for the long hall, not the drag strip. R -----Original Message----- From: Randall Marbach [mailto:remarbach@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:27 AM To: KLR Group Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Need more POWER on my '04 KLR!!! Check out the hypercharger from Fred HTH Randy from Burbank --- klr_pilot wrote:

> > > Hi all, > > Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more > power/speed on my '04 > KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not > going to get it out > of this bike) > > But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? > (and how??) > > Right now the bike is bone stock... > > I thank everyone in advance for your coments and > sugestions. > > klr_pilot > >

Got my hypercharger from Fred and it works great. (no dyno chart);-)

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Posted: **Tue Nov 16, 2004 8:42 pm**

I have seen the replies on this list to the power improvement issue, and w/o costly port modifications; the stock bored motor is pretty much resistant to upgrades. However, if you are going to do it anyway, and many do, then I offer the following options, with photos in support at: http://lasvegasrider.smugmug.com/gallery/69225/1 Laser Pro Duro exhaust mounted on a Big Gun Ceramic headpipe - you must grind the inside areas, as per the photos, first K&N air filter w/ air-flow assisting filter top, or other max flow filter solution Airbox backfire screen removed Dynajet stage 2 kit for the carb Airbox modification - L-cut or other flow improvement processes NGK Iridium plug, indexed toward the intake ports. You cannot modify the timing curve - it is fixed. The head - It is NOT going to flow high CFM without raising the port roof, raising the port floor and increasing the net flow capacity. It is costly, and I spent many hours investigating an alternate solution, to no avail. Carb modes, such as going to an alternate carb, have been proven to be wasteful - it isn't the carb, it is the intake port design. The end result? Lost of $$$ spent by me and the original owner. Now, my KLR is faster than most, but the money spent was not effective. The money, as I say again and again, is better spent on suspension and armor. OK, with that said, I am in contact with Steve K., the KLR 727,750 etal guy--- I expect that early next year the project he is working on will be available. But even under the best scenario of the prototype, do not expect more than 45rwhp. I am currently at 40, and stock bikes are 36. In summary, the few extra Ponies enable me, at 230 pounds, to run more mph, but please....

Drivability gains are very good, and I can pull away from lighter riders on their stock / near stock 650's when I run the motor up into the 7k_ range, but the cylinder head will not flow the CFM for the go. It is designed for high velocity airflow, period. Now, if we discuss turbo or supers, than the game changes, but then again, why? It is a KLR650!!! Mike Torst A16 aka lasvegasrider -----Original Message----- From: klr_pilot [mailto:klr_pilot@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:18 AM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] Need more POWER on my '04 KLR!!! Hi all, Need your help on sugestion to add a bit more power/speed on my '04 KLR. I don't need a speed demon (I know I'm not going to get it out of this bike) But what can I do readyly to improve performance???? (and how??) Right now the bike is bone stock... I thank everyone in advance for your coments and sugestions. klr_pilot List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links

Posted: **Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:13 am**

Your best bet is to power up to a KTM. Improving a KLR is futile. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com

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