crank rebuild and main bearings

[Lumir]

Hello everyone, I am new to this group, but I think I was a member some 7 years ago when I used to own a 2000 model. I went through three different bikes since then and I am returning to the KLR650 "family" as I figured the KLR is best suited for my driving needs (one just has to learn the hard way ). My question/issue is if the 2008 model with all its improvement is worth the extra money, as one can get pretty nice recent KLRs for much less. I know I am supposed to go/search through the old posts but you guys are so healthy active with thousands of posts that to find the info is quite an undertaking. Could somebody point me to any specific posts dealing with that matter? I did search the internet so I know what all the "official" testers are saying, but I was rather interested in users/riders oppinions. Thanks, Lumir

[Nigel Brooks]

If the timing sprocket was a little off, this could be corrected easily by using a potractor on the crank, and then elongated the timing sprocket holes to right the timing. I've done this many times before on race engines when installing race cams with wild timing. I was thinking of checking the timing anyway. It's just finding domebody with the right skills who I could truct this work to. --------------------------------- Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places on Yahoo! Travel. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]