Wilsons Sandbox

I can agree with most of what Norm says and most riders probably wouldn't ride hard enough to appreciate the gains from carb adjustments/changes, that being said it was well worth it for me. My first mod was to do the airbox L mod, then I did the "Harley Dog" mod to the stock exaust, removing the 1" baffle from the stock pipe, then I drilled out the carb and backed the fuel mixture screw out 2-1/2 turns. I noticed a difference in performance and sound but wanted more, so I went down to the kawi dealer and picked up a 150 main jet and stopped by Radio Shack and picked up some washers for the needle. I pulled the carb off installed the 150 main jet, shimmed the needle up with 3 washers and drilled the slide out slightly. I put it back together replacing the crappy float bowl screws with allen heads and re assembled the KLR. "HELLO" there was a noticeable difference the front wheel will come off the ground pretty much any time in first and if you rev to about 5000 and hit 2nd and grab the throttle the heavy beast will do a nice wheelie, be careful not to loop it out! I then lined up with my nephew's stock KLR and off we went, I smoked him pretty good his bike has about 6000 miles on it and mine is a 07 with 550 miles, he wanted to head home and get started on his. I have a lot of riding experience and "feel" but the gains are significant enough to notice for most. That being said if you are a more laid back rider then leave it stock, but to me it seems these bikes are choked down quite a bit and to not wake them up a bit is like leaving money or in this case horsepower on the table. By the way the cost to turn this meek bike into a BEAST was about $7.00, easy decision for me. Jeff [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]