kickstarter
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2001 8:19 pm
I have a 93 KLR and on theengine it has a place where kicstarter goes.
Is this true??? how big a job and how much for the kickstarter???? thx
kingfish
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goes.> I have a 93 KLR and on theengine it has a place where kicstarter
thx> Is this true??? how big a job and how much for the kickstarter????
Kawi used to make a 'kit' to add a kickstart....I hear there no longer available. The individual new parts purchase would probably put it in the impractical range. On the other hand a friend was about to tear apart a KLR 600 carcass and see if the kickstart gears, etc. would retrofit. Our hunch is it will work. The parts were definitely in good shape and cheap... too early to tell for sure yet..... The labor isn't that major. G'luck.... Slide> kingfish
Apparently there was a kickstarter kit that Kawasaki sold to fit the 650, but that kit seems to be NLA. If you could actually find the parts then it would not be real hard to fit. 600 parts don't work in a 650, BTW. Mister_T Melbourne Australia> I have a 93 KLR and on theengine it has a place where kicstarter goes. > Is this true??? how big a job and how much for the kickstarter???? thx
That would be a good way to recycle all the old 600 carcasses sitting in wreckers yards.> On the other hand a friend was about to tear apart a > KLR 600 carcass and see if the kickstart gears, etc. > would retrofit. Our hunch is it will work.
As I understand it, there is a difference in the kickstart gears, but don't let me stop you from making more conclusive tests. Mister_T Melbourne Australia> The parts > were definitely in good shape and cheap... too early > to tell for sure yet.....
[...] While you are in there, I'm curious about one aspect of putting a kickstart into a 650. One page 4-6 of the base manual there is a diagram of the lube system. The diagram appears to describe how the kickstart idler gear (mounted on the clutch end of the tranny output shaft) is fed by engine oil pressure. At a guess, the 650 will have a plug of some sort to plug in the bore in the crankcase that the kickstart shaft fits into. Can you confirm this? Mister_T Melbourne Australia> On the other hand a friend was about to tear apart a > KLR 600 carcass and see if the kickstart gears, etc. > would retrofit.
goes.> I have a 93 KLR and on theengine it has a place where kicstarter
kickstarter???? thx> Is this true??? how big a job and how much for the
> kingfish
Kawi modified the clutch basket in '95, and the kickstarter no longer works on the later models. So, they eventually phased out the kickstarter kit. If you can find one used/ebay/whatever, you can install it. You have to pull off the right side engine cover to do it, there are a few gears that go in there. -- Dr. J. Christopher Krok John Lucas Adaptive Wind Tunnel Caltech MS 205-45, Pasadena, CA 91125 KLR650 accessories: http://www.bigcee.com> I have a 93 KLR and on theengine it has a place where kicstarter goes. > Is this true??? how big a job and how much for the kickstarter???? thx > kingfish
system.> Slide wrote: > [...] > > On the other hand a friend was about to tear apart a > > KLR 600 carcass and see if the kickstart gears, etc. > > would retrofit. > [...] > > While you are in there, I'm curious about one aspect of putting a > kickstart into a 650. > One page 4-6 of the base manual there is a diagram of the lube
(mounted> The diagram appears to describe how the kickstart idler gear
bore> on the clutch end of the tranny output shaft) is fed by engine oil > pressure. > At a guess, the 650 will have a plug of some sort to plug in the
Ted, Xlnt point. The project is not in my local vicinity, but now I'm curious again. I'll be sure to share what we find. Toby> in the crankcase that the kickstart shaft fits into. > Can you confirm this? > > Mister_T > Melbourne Australia