KLR riders out there

**Woodman** · 9th July 2010, 21:41

oooooohh Titanium cool Titanium.

**stormtrooper** · 10th July 2010, 00:45

Remember me bragging about the R1 pipes I bought for $175

Took them to my exhaust guy who cut them & made up stainless adaptor to fit onto header. Well turns out they were bloody titanium and you can't MIG or TIG Ti. After trying around Nelson to find someone able to weld it he drew a blank.
Great!! I thought & went away thinking I'd have to pop rivet a bandage type arrangement KLR style to make it work. But called into Cooz' engineering shopon the way home.
Cooz knows a lot of clever people around & put me onto a dude that works from home welding aircraft exhausts. A good sort of character who agreed to weld it in exchange for a date with Angelina Jolie & some expired stock peanut slabs.
There's so much involved with welding Ti - purging & keeping it oxygen freeetc & the cost of rods. Another lesson for this week.

There were a pair of these on trademe recently for $150 reserve. I was about to bid for them when I thought I'd wait to see how yours turned out. As it happened they didn't sell.

Hey i purchased a Yoshimara pipe off trade me not to long ago for peanuts and its the best thing i have done to the bike, i had the local exhaust fitters make up the neck, i rode in with the standard by now sqweeking, heavy mess of a thing and rode away on a deep roaring monster. Money well spent

**Padmei** · 10th July 2010, 08:40

Originally Posted by Woodman

oooooohh Titanium cool Titanium.

Yeah right! At least it wasn't as bad as the dude who bought a set to put on his flash road bike - he left the place after paying $400 in welding costs.

It may be finished today. I will wait & let you know how they go.

Hows your pipe progressing Woodman?

Storm trooper that looks the biznezz

**Woodman** · 10th July 2010, 08:50

Originally Posted by Padmei

Yeah right! At least it wasn't as bad as the dude who bought a set to put on his flash road bike - he left the place after paying $400 in welding costs.

It may be finished today. I will wait & let you know how they go.

Hows your pipe progressing Woodman?

Storm trooper that looks the biznezz

Will have to wait till I get back from holiday.
Its a bit long so I need to angle it up. It may de too loud, but I will see what you guys think cos I don't like too loud bikes.

It also may be a good time to do the 685 kit thing/ jetting/pipe etc. Oil burning is becoming an issue. Its a shame cos it goes like a rocket.

**NordieBoy** · 10th July 2010, 10:49

Originally Posted by Woodman

Its a shame cos it goes like a rocket.

Plumes of smoke and shaking the ground?

**Woodman** · 10th July 2010, 15:51

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Plumes of smoke and shaking the ground?

Well the smoke the other day was the TTS I had in there.(Ihope). I was experimenting with lowering the octane to see if it would stop pinking. It did.

In saying that I am going to try running Penrite 10w70 synthetic to see what that does first.

**Padmei** · 10th July 2010, 18:37

Got the pipe back from the welders today & fitted it on no problems. Looks great & sounds excellent. Went for a quick trip around the neighbourhood & couldn't really tell if it has altered it's performance - maybe a tad more responsive however I'll wait for a ride into the forest tomm to see if it is better on those steep hills.

The only downside is the pop pop pop on decel with the stock now sound like a frigging cannon off the starboard bow. Nearly cacked my daks the first time it happened. I'll research how to eliminate or minimise the back firing tonite as I think I've read somewhere you can't get rid of completely on the kLRs.
I think it needs a better tune as sometimes it stops idling without choke when coldish which it didn't used to do before I did the 22cent mod. Anyone got any ideas about it?

ANyway here's some pics if anyones interested.

Can someone please notice the beautiful weld of th epipe by the collar

**NordieBoy** · 10th July 2010, 18:43

Nice weld of the pipe by the collar mate.

Now to try turning the end cap up the other way.

**Padmei** · 10th July 2010, 18:49

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Nice weld of the pipe by the collar mate.

Now to try turning the end cap up the other way.

sigh.....

**marks** · 10th July 2010, 19:47

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Now to try turning the end cap up the other way.

wot he said

have you unsealed the sealed idle mixture screw and set it to try and stop the popping?

**NordieBoy** · 10th July 2010, 20:03

Originally Posted by Padmei

sigh.....

Or just don't ride in the rain.

**Woodman** · 10th July 2010, 20:25

Nice weld, looks great.

**Padmei** · 10th July 2010, 21:05

Originally Posted by marks

wot he said

have you unsealed the sealed idle mixture screw and set it to try and stop the popping?

Will try that tomm morning.Did you have any probs with the Jardine?

**pete376403** · 10th July 2010, 23:14

Also, have you removed the exhaust air valve? That's the one behind the right side panel, vacuum opens the valve and bleeds fresh air into the exhaust port. Air leaks in the exhaust are a prime source of popping/banging on overrun, as the unburned mixture gets ignited by the hot pipe. You need to make up a plug for the hole in the cylinder head (one which won't fall out, eh MarkS). The fresh air is taken from inside the frame, up by the steering head, so I've re-routed that hose to become the carb bowl vent. Removes a tiny bit of weight, too, which can't hurt.