helmet study

[cycletip]

Any chance this could be "doohicky" related?  Not sure there would be any potential effect on oil level.  Just wondering since all was good then suddenly went south.  

[skypilot110]

My dohicky is done. So far I have found that the oil was 1.5 qts low, not enough to kill the engine but enough not to show on the sight glass. I will get the tank off this week and do a compression test.

 If it fails then I will drop the engine and get it on the bench in the basement first with a probable outcome of going 685cc and rebuilt ported head. If I have to open it up then I am going to play while I am in there.

If it does not look like a valve issue then I need to do some other investigation.

Down to one bike for the winter I guess, crud

Chris

[Yahoo]

I wasn't sure it was possible to do a compression test on the KLR due to the auto compression release until I saw this http://www.klrforum.com/2008-klr650-wrenching-mod-questions/21545-compression-release.html Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 17, 2015, at 4:18 PM, "christopher.eckert@... [DSN_KLR650]" DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  My dohicky is done. So far I have found that the oil was 1.5 qts low, not enough to kill the engine but enough not to show on the sight glass. I will get the tank off this week and do a compression test.  If it fails then I will drop the engine and get it on the bench in the basement first with a probable outcome of going 685cc and rebuilt ported head. If I have to open it up then I am going to play while I am in there. If it does not look like a valve issue then I need to do some other investigation. Down to one bike for the winter I guess, crud Chris