[mads_klr650] a beautiful day!

[Hank Pfister]

Hello KLRistas, This list has already been a great help to me after I recently bought my first KLR from a salvage yard only for find the damage was worse than I initially thought. I now have a replacement main frame and whole front end and am getting ready to swap out these two componants. If anyone has some helpfull advice on the order of attack I should take, it would be helpfull. I've never done this kind of swap before. I don't anticipate it to be too difficult. I will have some folks with more mechanical knowledge and tools than me to help if needed. Off list response is OK with me, but others may be interested also. Thanks, Hank Pfister Copper Hill, VA pfestus1@... --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Devon Jarvis]

In your shoes, I would get replacement swingarm bearings, and a new swingarm pivot bolt. It's usually easier to remove these (especially if they're rusted in place) when you aren't concerned about re-using them. Same thing with steering bearings, although you may be OK if the races in the donor frame are decent (the bearings and inner races in the front end were fine). Also, some sort of workstand that you can bolt the frame to, that leaves the wheels off the ground and the engine mounts accessible, would save lots of wrestling. Remember, the engine hangs below the frame rails so if you don't make the stand using a frame with a motor, you'll need to leave some space between and below the frame rails. Devon A15 Hank Pfister wrote:

>Hello KLRistas, >This list has already been a great help to me after I recently bought my first KLR from a salvage yard only for find the damage was worse than I initially thought. I now have a replacement main frame and whole front end and am getting ready to swap out these two componants. If anyone has some helpfull advice on the order of attack I should take, it would be helpfull. I've never done this kind of swap before. I don't anticipate it to be too difficult. I will have some folks with more mechanical knowledge and tools than me to help if needed. Off list response is OK with me, but others may be interested also. >Thanks, >Hank Pfister >Copper Hill, VA >pfestus1@... > > >

[dooden]

Be sure to keep receipts and titles and such, at registration time your local DMV might raise an eyebrowe with a title that now the bike has a different VIN on the frame of the bike. Im sure somebody has done this and knows the ins and outs. Dooden

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Hank Pfister wrote: > > Hello KLRistas, > This list has already been a great help to me after I recently bought my first KLR from a salvage yard only for find the damage was worse than I initially thought. I now have a replacement main frame and whole front end and am getting ready to swap out these two componants. If anyone has some helpfull advice on the order of attack I should take, it would be helpfull. I've never done this kind of swap before. I don't anticipate it to be too difficult. I will have some folks with more mechanical knowledge and tools than me to help if needed. Off list response is OK with me, but others may be interested also. > Thanks, > Hank Pfister > Copper Hill, VA > pfestus1@y... > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[steve pye]

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Pfister" > > Hello KLRistas, I've never done this kind of swap before. I don't anticipate it to be too difficult. I will have some folks with more mechanical knowledge and tools than me to help if needed. Off list response is OK with me, but others may be interested also. > Thanks, > Hank Pfister Some listers aren't impressed with the Kawi Service Manuals but I wouldn't attempt a swap like you're doing without them. A good camera couldn't hurt either. Take a few pics as you're taking things apart so you'll be sure how they go back together, you know what they say about a picture being worth a thousand words!! Good Luck, Steve

[The Mule]

I went out to Joisey on the new KLR (still breaking in.....less than 200 miles) to do some shopping at an audio shop and Campmor. Good roads for clicking through the gears and working those rings in. Cheap fill-up before coming back into Manhattan. Tomorrow's sposed to be even nicer, might go north to Harriman and Bear Mtn. to take advantage.............60 degrees and sunny! The Mule

----- Original Message ----- From: don_detloff To: MADS_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 6:25 PM Subject: [MADS_KLR650] A Beautiful Day! First rides of the season today. BOY!!! Did it feel great being out on the bikes again!!! Took the Triumph down to the shop for it's 2 year service. Played with a Boxster on I-94 and made a Mustang SVT turn at the first available chance after he tried his luck at a stop light. When I got home, it was the KLR's turn. It was a bit dusty from sitting in the garage all winter, but after a couple of hours out on the back roads, I can't tell what color it is. It was supposed to get around 50 today in SE Michigan. Not sure if it did or not, but it it sure was nice riding both bikes while seeing the snowmobiles and ice fishermen out on Lake St. Clair. Life is goood. Don Detloff Fair Haven, MI USA '00 KLR650 '00 Triumph Sprint RS '64 Yamaha Trail 80 (Ret.) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]