nklr, need to sell triumph before i buy klr

[mototrout]

Hi KLR folks, I am looking for an engine or just the complete cylinder head assembly. My bike is a 1989 KLR 650. I ran low on oil and now the exhaust cam is shot as well as the cam caps. Everything else is fine, better than fine really as I have after market items on the bike and maintain it well, except for riding low on oil. If anyone out there has an engine or top end please let me know. Thank you, Ted

[Darren Clark]

There is a shop that will fix the cam caps, search the archives or hopefully someone will provide more info. I'll be a lot cheaper to get a new cam, and have the head fixed than try to get a new or used one. Darren Clark mototrout wrote:

> >Hi KLR folks, >I am looking for an engine or just the complete cylinder head assembly. My bike is a 1989 >KLR 650. I ran low on oil and now the exhaust cam is shot as well as the cam caps. >Everything else is fine, better than fine really as I have after market items on the bike and >maintain it well, except for riding low on oil. If anyone out there has an engine or top end >please let me know. Thank you, Ted > > > > > > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > >

[Darren Clark]

This is an archived message I found: In a message dated 8/28/04 6:10:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, gillwrig@... writes:

> I opened my engine for the first time to find that the previous > owner, or his mechanic, failed to tighten the bolts on the right > side of both camshafts. The bearings on that side are destroyed. > I'm actually impressed that the engine was running so well before I > opened it. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to do. > Should I replace with new? Is it possible to have this one > repaired? Replace the entire engine? Replace the entire bike? > For as much as I love these things, I certainly am not having much > luck with them. This one was a replacement for another that was > stolen. I don't want to unnecessarily throw away a bike, but don't > have much money to humor my conscience.

I just had a head with damaged cam journals repaired by Engine Dynamics [www.enginedynamics.com] in Petaluma, Ca. They build up the surface and then remachine it. Mine cost $95.00 for the damaged exhaust side and $20.00 more to hone and polish the intake side. If the damage is too severe nothing can be done but they had no problem with the one I sent them which was pretty nasty looking. I've only talked to them on the phone but my impression of them is highly favorable. Kurt Grife Darren Clark 2004 KLR-650 A-18 (Ummmm. It's big and red) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Don Van Dyke]

Help me sell my Triumph Speedmaster so I can buy a KLR 650. Speedmaster, '03, $6,500 OBO, 2,700 miles, extras, www.intellection.org/Moto/ Don Van Dyke Sacramento, California Moto@... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]