Attachments : #ygrps-yiv-1352264684 .ygrps-yiv-1352264684hmmessage P {margin:0px;padding:0px;} #ygrps-yiv-1352264684 .ygrps-yiv-1352264684hmmessage {font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana;} Rob i wouldn't bother with the carbon fiber muffler just a lot more money for a little bling but that's up to you,i just put Supertrap IDS2 on mine from Happy Trails $236,i put it on yesterday it sounds a lot better than "Twitty" plus you save some weight which fits in with your other post,and with the K&N air filter and a 42 pilot jet and a 160 main plus with the top of the air box drilled out with a 1"circle saw it should be good to go as per Marks carb mods see attachment.
Stu.
To:
chris.eckert@thehartford.com
CC:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
From:
robert@wichert.org
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:41:11 -0700
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Lighter KLR?
I have been looking at exhaust systems, and I am getting closer to Vance&Hines.
What carbon exhaust do you recommend?
Robert P. Wichert P.Eng
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On 4/14/2010 8:30 AM, skypilot110 wrote: [quote] My GS was lighter but it cost many many thousands more. As far as the KLR goes apart from the lighter exaust system everything you can possibly do doesnt add up to much.
That said the larger half of us on this list could loose20+ Kilos by just changing diet and going for a walk each day.
Short version is buy a carbon exaust and invest the rest in a pair of good walking shoes and some salad fixins! You will save your money and live to ride for many more years
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, RobertWichert robert@... wrote:
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> It has been said that the KLR bikes are "too heavy". Although the
> easiest way to have a lighter rig is for me to lose 10 kg myself,
> barring that, I'm curious what might be done to cut weight.
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