hard anodizing fork lowers? [signed]

[murfalert]

Has anyone done something to get more power from their KLR? I've done the muffler, jet, airbox stuff and love the bike. Except that it is still sloooow. I've heard that people got 60hp from a KLX, but never heard any details about the differences and how to improve. If this thing had dual front disks and another 10hp I'd be one happy camper. Are there cams, big bore kits, high compression pistons available? If KTM can get 50hp from a 620cc then this 651cc KLR should have more left somewhere than the meager 35-38 that I suspect is produced. Murf

[david gay]

Murf, White Brothers offers all that good stuff including porting and flowing the head. Haven't used any of their services, just bought the catalog. Also, got one from "Thumper Racing", They offer a lot for the KLX, guess they could do a KLR also. Anyone used either of these companies? Come to think of it I did try to order my Bar Snake from White Bros., and they were kinda dicks about it, and told to go to my nearest retailer. Guess I wasn't ordering enough to interest them. Dale Walker Holeshot didn't have any problem selling it to me. www.whitebrothers.com www.thumper-racing.net Dreaming of more Hp. also, Dave murfalert wrote:Has anyone done something to get more power from their KLR? I've done the muffler, jet, airbox stuff and love the bike. Except that it is still sloooow. I've heard that people got 60hp from a KLX, but never heard any details about the differences and how to improve. If this thing had dual front disks and another 10hp I'd be one happy camper. Are there cams, big bore kits, high compression pistons available? If KTM can get 50hp from a 620cc then this 651cc KLR should have more left somewhere than the meager 35-38 that I suspect is produced. Murf Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Zachariah Mully]

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, murfalert wrote:

> Has anyone done something to get more power from their KLR? I've done > the muffler, jet, airbox stuff and love the bike. Except that it is > still sloooow. I've heard that people got 60hp from a KLX, but never > heard any details about the differences and how to improve. If this > thing had dual front disks and another 10hp I'd be one happy camper. > Are there cams, big bore kits, high compression pistons available? If > KTM can get 50hp from a 620cc then this 651cc KLR should have more > left somewhere than the meager 35-38 that I suspect is produced. > Murf

The real question is, how much are you willing to pay for such features? Figure KLX front end graft anywhere between $500 and $1500 dollars, then head work, carb, custom piston, resleeve, etc, etc, and you're probably going to spend more money on the mods than you did on the bike itself. I wish that we could convince Steve Kesserling to either do his 727cc and 770cc overbores (he's refused all my offers) or have him donate the spec's for the overbore and custom piston so that we can take them to Wiseco or whomever and get a kit made up. Apparantly the 770cc made over 70HP and 60+ ftlbs of torque. Yikes! http://www.qualityengine-rd.com/action.html Z DC

[TLrydr@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/15/02 1:53:09 PM Central Daylight Time, cmurphy@... writes:

> KTM can get 50hp from a 620cc then this 651cc KLR should have more > left somewhere than the meager 35-38 that I suspect is produced.

Murf The ONLY way to be more H/P out of a KLR is a big bore kit, Maybe like 770 or so.. Someone had one made somewhere and sometime ago.... Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[david gay]

Maybe the guy in Great Britain, that made the V-8 Kawi, and adds extra cylinders to old Mach III's could make us a 1302cc Twin kit. Dave TLrydr@... wrote: In a message dated 9/15/02 1:53:09 PM Central Daylight Time, cmurphy@... writes:

> KTM can get 50hp from a 620cc then this 651cc KLR should have more > left somewhere than the meager 35-38 that I suspect is produced.

Murf The ONLY way to be more H/P out of a KLR is a big bore kit, Maybe like 770 or so.. Someone had one made somewhere and sometime ago.... Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Checkout Dual Sport News at http://www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: http://www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! News - Today's headlines [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[TLrydr@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/15/02 2:39:04 PM Central Daylight Time, zmully@... writes:

> 770cc overbores (he's refused all my offers) or have him donate the spec's > for the overbore and custom piston so that we can take them to Wiseco or > whomever and get a kit made up. Apparantly the 770cc made over 70HP and > 60+ ftlbs of torque. Yikes! >

I dont think the crank will hold up to anything over 50H/P Any of you guys that have been on a 50 H/P thumper, Were talking FUN FUN like the water cooled XR650R Honda, or Duke, or the 660 yamaha is pretty close.. Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[danmoscicki]

Has any one tryed to advance the ignition timing ? Works great on my Connie & Fxrs and every car that did't have a computer.

[cimarian]

I love my A19. It now has 312mi on it. Does anyone know of any motor builds for this bike. I am completely content with the power of my KLR (for now), but would be interested to hear of someone who has built this motor and made a monster out of it. Just thought I would ask. Ian A19

[Eric L. Green]

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005, cimarian wrote:

> I love my A19. It now has 312mi on it. Does anyone know of any motor > builds for this bike. I am completely content with the power of my > KLR (for now), but would be interested to hear of someone who has > built this motor and made a monster out of it. Just thought I would ask.

Hmm, this *HAS* to be a FAQ by now . Answer: There are no power mods for the KLR that increase the amount of power. The limitation, according to guys who've done the hard work, is the cylinder head -- it simply doesn't flow well enough to make any intake or exhaust mods do anything useful. If your KLR has a lean stumble off idle, there is a tweak (the pilot screw) that can take care of that, otherwise put your money into other things. -E

[nakedwaterskier]

I put a turbocharger and supercharger on mine. Then I added a Supertrapp exhaust. And I got 3 more horsepower! NakedRed04