KLR riders out there

[pete376403]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-08...Q5fAccessories

Wonder what it would cost to have shipped to New Zealand?

[marks]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/06-08...Q5fAccessories

Wonder what it would cost to have shipped to New Zealand?

it would lose too much of its character if you put one of those in Pete

just get a 705 kit and be done with it. Modern day Goldstar

I think 705 has a nice ring to it (and 685 has a nice bark to it)

[JATZ]

Oh woe is me

the boys little klr now sits next to the mighty BIG, in the shed.God I hope nothin rubs off

Nah... seriously not a bad little machine, rode it home from Nelson and overtook Mrs Jatz on the outside of a corner, she was on the Trumpy and too busy pissin herself laughin to offer any resistance.
Should go betterer without the rimlocks now and some decent E-08's on

[Padmei]

Was it the camo one? Post a pic or two.

[JATZ]

Was it the camo one?
No

Post a pic or two.
All in good time

.....

[Woodman]

How do you know if you have a blown rear shocky?
Took mine out yesterday when doing some greasing, and when I pushed the valve thingy there was a fair bit of pressure in there but not as much as I thought there would be. The shocky has a bit of grime on it etc but mainly on the front side so hopefully thats not from the shock leaking.

Bike seems to be handling good at the moment, but Nordie commented on its lack of dampening when he sat on it the other week, but thats how i had it set up etc.

How much mileage have others got from these??

[NordieBoy]

It's probably (over)due for a rebuild.

Some fresh oil and re-gas and it'll be away.

[marks]

It's probably (over)due for a rebuild.

Some fresh oil and re-gas and it'll be away.

actually - he should buy one of these so you and Colin can test it out and I can see if its worth the money

[NordieBoy]

actually - he should buy one of these so you and Colin can test it out and I can see if its worth the money

If/when I upgrade the rear shock, it'll be one of Ricks conversions.

[Woodman]

It's probably (over)due for a rebuild.

Some fresh oil and re-gas and it'll be away.

Got it re gassed today, it isn't leaking or anything. That ricor thing sounds good but I am actually pretty happy with the handling at the moment, and can't go doing too many farkles or there will be none left to do.

[warewolf]

How do you know if you have a blown rear shocky?

"Blown" meaning worn out rather than a leaking seal (which amounts to the same thing anyway)... 20,000km on a road bike and less according to the amount of off-roading you are doing.

Ppl seem to understand that fork oil needs to be changed at that sort of interval, but not the shock oil. You've got ~1L of fork oil and ~200mL of shock oil. The forks are in cooling air and rarely heat up, the shock is usually behind the engine copping all the heat, and being worked harder by the action of the driven wheel. Which one do you reckon suffers the most?

By 15-20,000km the shock on the 640A would noticeably lose damping on protracted rough sections as the oil lost the plot. Didn't do that when the oil was fresher.

[Woodman]

"Blown" meaning worn out rather than a leaking seal (which amounts to the same thing anyway)... 20,000km on a road bike and less according to the amount of off-roading you are doing.

Ppl seem to understand that fork oil needs to be changed at that sort of interval, but not the shock oil. You've got ~1L of fork oil and ~200mL of shock oil. The forks are in cooling air and rarely heat up, the shock is usually behind the engine copping all the heat, and being worked harder by the action of the driven wheel. Which one do you reckon suffers the most?

By 15-20,000km the shock on the 640A would noticeably lose damping on protracted rough sections as the oil lost the plot. Didn't do that when the oil was fresher.

Thats a bloody good point. I presume the gas is just a cooling medium so it will be interesting to see if it does anything. Its such a simple job taking the shock out that a bit of experimentation cannot hurt and i may learn something. Until I ride a klr with all the goodies on this is quite adequate, and if i really want to get it handling well it would probarbly make more financial sense to trade to a ktm or similar. Saw a 2000 xr650 in Filco today, cool but why are xrs so bloody expensive? $9200 and no leccy leg.

[warewolf]

Never heard the idea about the gas being a cooling medium - will have to do some research. Mainly it reduces cavitation which not only ruins your damping for that stroke, it starts a rapid escalation towards foaming the oil = noot good.

Having your existing kit properly serviced and working well is a long way towards good after-market stuff. Ppl tend to let their bike fall in to disrepair, and then rave about how much better the new model is - when in fact it may be only an almost undetectable 1% better but in readily apparent 99% better condition. The shock in my DR-Z250 was OEM with a quick re-valve, and it got serviced every year. It always performed stunningly well - probably the best bit of the bike.

XRs are desirable and that model in particular is what 15+ years newer design than your KLR? They weren't cheap new and obviously are holding their value reasonably well. I'd look hard at one for a japper adventure/trail bike.

[Padmei]

actually - he should buy one of these so you and Colin can test it out and I can see if its worth the money

Shit I was so caught up in all the hype I nearly pushed the button to buy!!
I read thru the complete thread & if I wasn't broke I would be purchasing them & the intimators.

The thing is tho, they sound the business yet look really plain. I mean if this is the future of motorcycle suspension then shouldn't they have fins or spoilers attached?

I know I'll be kicking myself in a years time for not springing for one now while they're so cheap. If it was a nobody company I would not take much notice but from what Ricorshocks says he's pretty much designed the bees knees in suspension over the years.

What do you guys reckon.

[Woodman]

Shit I was so caught up in all the hype I nearly pushed the button to buy!!
I read thru the complete thread & if I wasn't broke I would be purchasing them & the intimators.

The thing is tho, they sound the business yet look really plain. I mean if this is the future of motorcycle suspension then shouldn't they have fins or spoilers attached?

I know I'll be kicking myself in a years time for not springing for one now while they're so cheap. If it was a nobody company I would not take much notice but from what Ricorshocks says he's pretty much designed the bees knees in suspension over the years.

What do you guys reckon.

Personally i never got to the price of the rear ones or any specs etc. Did they come with a free set of steak knives, no not just one set of steak knives but with every free set of steak knives you will get not one but two sets of steak knives absolutely free.
So how much were the rear ones.