Wilsons Sandbox

#ygrps-yiv-354190438 {margin:0.7em;}#ygrps-yiv-354190438 p {margin:0;}#ygrps-yiv-354190438 .ygrps-yiv-354190438OECFntDef {font-family:"Segoe UI", Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;}   My friend Allen bought a 2000 KLR650 not long ago and decided to jump head first into the whole KLR experience. Enlisting the help of retired bike shop owner & friend Dan, we: Installed an Acerbis tank, Progressive springs, a version of a the t-mod on the carb vent, drill-through subframe bolt upgrade, PCV mod on the engine breather. I pulled the left engine case & rotor to find the doohickie had already been replaced with an Eagle Mike arm & torsion spring. Kudos to Eagle Mike on the new rotor holding wrench design. It's awesome! The bike also got new fork oil, engine oil & filter, coolant and a new spark plug. Starting at 8am with an hour for lunch, we were done (wrenching and cleaning up) about 5pm. Whew! -eddie   --- New Outlook Express and Windows Live Mail replacement - get it here: http://www.oeclassic.com/  

Building on Monty's suggestion--While you are changing out those subframe bolts;Perform a very careful examination of the bikes' backbone where the bolts attach the sub-frame/bosses; use a loupe or jewelers goggle, and rub your fingernail vertically over the back bone spine and subframe bosses checking for cracks. We have experienced two of these failures (locally) on two Black Hills bikes. Yes Virginia, one of them was mine. This is a MUST-DO, = every time you have the tank off, and should be thoroughly examined any bike that has more than 10 miles on the clock. cough. Especially if you have been riding it, following me. revmaaatin.

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Monty cycletip@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Nice work guys. You're way faster than me but, "older I get faster I was." Sounds like you found a nice bike to modify. All the upgrades are choice. One that lots of riders ignore is the sub-frame bolt. IMHO that's an important one, especially if carrying any weight or riding off road aggressively. Any buddy up and it's almost mandatory! Due to age of the bike ya might think about acing that vacuum petcock before it causes potential problems. Cheap and easy to do.