nklr mileage/power

[Bogdan Swider]

> >>in mpg. One senior member of our collective, who shall remain nameless, > >>managed to tweak his mpg down to the mid-thirties. > > >And that would be....? > > I think he has a PhD and is some kind of rocket scientist... > > He also has legendary 3rd world camping gear, because his mid-30's MPG KLR > has driven him to poverty. > > RM > >

Boy, Seems a number of people are being nominated for this honor. I'll never tell who I was thinking of. Bogdan

[Bogdan Swider]

> CA Stu >

Hey, at least you're aware of it. That gives you the power of self awareness; not much I'll admit. Bogdan

[S2Mumford@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/11/01 3:57:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, BSwider@... writes:

> > > CA Stu > > > > Hey, at least you're aware of it. That gives you the power of self > awareness; not much I'll admit. > >

That's because my favorite authors are Stan and Jan Berenstain. CA Stu [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bogdan Swider]

> That's because my favorite authors are Stan and Jan Berenstain. > > CA Stu >

Their books are a bear to read. Bogdan

[Devon Jarvis]

Wise words, Valley with Eggs. Ich bin ein Berliner. Devon Bogdan Swider wrote:

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[Devon Jarvis]

In the DSN back issues, is an article about a guy who built 727 and 770 KLR650 motors. I think he had 30,000mi on the 727, and he built the 770 (no balancer system) to further test reliability. Was not able to blow up the 770 by the time the article ran. Besides the overbore, one motor was stroked, both had high compression, porting, and different cams. The 727 was very well behaved supposedly, suitable for street and trail riding I guess. The 727 was getting something like 55-60hp at the rear wheel, the 770 closer to 70hp. These are numbers about on par with a built DOHC Rotax or 660 Yamaha motor that have been set up for single-cylinder racing. Tobin, if you're listening, a follow-up on those built motors would be a pretty useful article. Devon A15 Stu wrote:

> > 42 hp is a fairy tale that will never come true without head work, > maybe an overbore kit, and different cams and carb IMHO. Then you > head towards the edge of the power vs. reliability and durability > envelope. The sacrifices you will suffer in the latter two don't make > up for the miniscule power gains you will see. I suggest leaving your > bike's motor and exhaust stock, and sinking theat money into the > suspension, brakes, tires and tankbags/luggage in that order. > > My mileage has gone straight to hell, too. On CA gas, I get 36-40 > mpg, but oddly enough on our June Utah loop this year, on Utah gas I > got a consistent 50mpg. Of course that was a lot of steady 50+ mph > cruising, not the 0-65-0 type stuff I subject my bike to around home. >

[Bogdan Swider]

> The 727 was getting something like 55-60hp at the rear wheel, the 770 > closer to 70hp. These are numbers about on par with a built DOHC Rotax > or 660 Yamaha motor that have been set up for single-cylinder racing. > > Tobin, if you're listening, a follow-up on those built motors would be a > pretty useful article. > > Devon > A15 > >

Do you remember what kind of mpg he got. For some of us it's range, range and more range. May not be important back East but out here, not to mention Mexico, for my kind of ridding it's key. Or, as Dr, Krok would say, clave. Bogdan

[monahanwb@yahoo.com]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., Bogdan Swider wrote: May not be important back East but out here, not to > mention Mexico, for my kind of ridding it's key. Or, as Dr, Krok would say, > clave. > > Bogdan Bogster, I believe you said something related to "nail" (clavo). Key would be llave. Bill part meskin