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[beygo]

Hello to the KLR 650 collective, I just bought a 1991 KLR 650. The bike has been souped up with a Mikuni carburator, jet kit, K&N air filter and a Superrapp Exhaust. She's pretty powerful, however tends to overheat. Especially on the highway. I checked the radiator. Slight bend on the outside suggest that she had been downed on the left side. However there's no visible damage to the waterlines, in other words, it's only the outmost cooling "honeycombs" that are bent. Should i look into getting a new radiator? If so what do you recommend? Any tried an tested posibly bigger raditors? More imminent than that the threads on the oil drain are stripped. Any way I can get it re-threaded without taking the engine apart? Or would that be a folly leading to an even worse problem? KB

[Devon Jarvis]

What Mikuni carb? A "jet kit" is BS because I think you're talking about a performance carb- dynojet doesn't make anything for an aftermarket carb on the KLR, you just buy the right jets, needle jet, needle, pilot jet, slide cutaway etc.... I had the VM38 Mikuni kit on my KLR for a while, it was great offroad but had a heavy pull and lower fuel mileage than the stocker. The radiator needs to be bent really bad before you have problems. I would change the coolant, raise the needle one clip, and maybe go up one pilot jet. If you mean wide open throttle on the highway, go up one main jet as well. carbparts.com always had what I needed in stock. If the PO stripped the oil plug, then he's certainly capable of f*cking up the jetting. You should pull the carb and write down the settings. http://devonjarvisphoto.com/posted/KLR650/carb_install/KLR650.html Devon beygo wrote:

>Hello to the KLR 650 collective, > >I just bought a 1991 KLR 650. The bike has been souped up with a >Mikuni carburator, jet kit, K&N air filter and a Superrapp Exhaust. >She's pretty powerful, however tends to overheat. Especially on the >highway. I checked the radiator. Slight bend on the outside suggest >that she had been downed on the left side. However there's no visible >damage to the waterlines, in other words, it's only the outmost >cooling "honeycombs" that are bent. Should i look into getting a new >radiator? If so what do you recommend? Any tried an tested posibly >bigger raditors? > >More imminent than that the threads on the oil drain are stripped. >Any way I can get it re-threaded without taking the engine apart? Or >would that be a folly leading to an even worse problem? > >KB > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > >

[EJ]

My 2000 KLR has a habbit of overheating on the highway when you ride a prolonged trip (100 miles)at 75 to 85mph. The temp climbs and never really comes back down. Radiator is fine. New thermostat. New (Suzuki Brand) Coolant. Just shimmed the waterpump impeller out too. Didn't get to really test it out yet, so I don't know if those fixes work yet. EJ

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Devon Jarvis wrote: > What Mikuni carb? A "jet kit" is BS because I think you're talking about > a performance carb- dynojet doesn't make anything for an aftermarket > carb on the KLR, you just buy the right jets, needle jet, needle, pilot > jet, slide cutaway etc.... > > I had the VM38 Mikuni kit on my KLR for a while, it was great offroad > but had a heavy pull and lower fuel mileage than the stocker. > > The radiator needs to be bent really bad before you have problems. I > would change the coolant, raise the needle one clip, and maybe go up one > pilot jet. If you mean wide open throttle on the highway, go up one main > jet as well. carbparts.com always had what I needed in stock. > > If the PO stripped the oil plug, then he's certainly capable of f*cking > up the jetting. You should pull the carb and write down the settings. > > http://devonjarvisphoto.com/posted/KLR650/carb_install/KLR650.html > > Devon > > beygo wrote: > > >Hello to the KLR 650 collective, > > > >I just bought a 1991 KLR 650. The bike has been souped up with a > >Mikuni carburator, jet kit, K&N air filter and a Superrapp Exhaust. > >She's pretty powerful, however tends to overheat. Especially on the > >highway. I checked the radiator. Slight bend on the outside suggest > >that she had been downed on the left side. However there's no visible > >damage to the waterlines, in other words, it's only the outmost > >cooling "honeycombs" that are bent. Should i look into getting a new > >radiator? If so what do you recommend? Any tried an tested posibly > >bigger raditors? > > > >More imminent than that the threads on the oil drain are stripped. > >Any way I can get it re-threaded without taking the engine apart? Or > >would that be a folly leading to an even worse problem? > > > >KB > > > > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > >Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > >DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > >

[Devon Jarvis]

keithn1964 wrote:

> You have to be able to paint plastic. Many cars / car parts are > plastic.

Yes but if you look at a car with accident damage the paint cracks and peels anywhere the plastic has seriously bent. I might get out the heat gun if there are serious fold marks someplace, but the time and effort required to paint plastic isn't worth it for me- whatever it is, is going to get bashed in again anyway. Devon -- "It's a troublesome world, all the people who are in it, are troubled with troubles almost every minute" Dr. Seuss