KLR riders out there

**stormtrooper** · 22nd September 2010, 09:55

Temp and fan problems all fixed, and was just a matter of soldering the wires back on, i have noticed on the temp sensor the wire is tacked onto the plug and has a chance of coming loose at some stage so i managed to locate a stock replacement on ebay for 19.00 this one has a plug for the wire to go into on the end of it.

The earlier problem i had was the speedo shat itself and i was thinking of replacing with a digitial one, or a replacement, anyway after looking at the old one and thinking about how much money it was going to cost to replace i decided to strip it down and rebuild both the dials (not easy and not recomended)
After some nervice moments and some coffee it was done, i had replaced the broken needles with plastic ones, and lubed the speedo mec, this made it run very smooth.
Tested through Odlins rd, if it was to crapout this place would do it, ran spot on happy days better get it in for my WOF

**pete376403** · 22nd September 2010, 21:25

http://www.revzilla.com/commute

It is, of course, a proper green one. And no, I don't know how much oil that ride used.

**Frodo** · 10th October 2010, 06:31

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzjCw...eature=related

This video cries out for smart comments....

**Padmei** · 10th October 2010, 06:58

All I can say is youtube really sucks -it is the only video site that you spend more time buffering than watching. The vid would have been good if I'd beenpatient enough to watch more than5 secs

**Crim** · 10th October 2010, 07:58

[QUOTE=Frodo;1129880099This video cries out for smart comments....[/QUOTE]

Just imagine the awesome power needed to get THAT stuck!

**Waihou Thumper** · 10th October 2010, 08:17

Funny to watch and I can relate to that...
How many times have we gone through the known path and got stuck...realising we should have gone around..

The commute to work was also good to watch...Nice skills, wonder how many takes it required to get the good angles and sequences...If I had that, would love to ride to work each and every day...

**Woodman** · 10th October 2010, 18:21

great vid that. Can definiely relate to that.

**marks** · 13th October 2010, 07:28

I have been mulling over stripping off all the fairing crap on the front of my klr.

I have a swish headlight off a late model wr450 and a wr450 speedo (or could get a vapour or similar).

For this to work I think the side plastics would have to be replaced by earlier versions and possibly the tank as well. I believe the radiator is different between the pre 08 and post 08 types and this may cause complications.

Is anyone aware of any links to info on people who have done this on their 08+'s or have any constructive comments?

Anyone got any early model bits that might work?

whatever I try would need to be reversible as I may well decide I don't like the change and want to go back to stock.

**NordieBoy** · 13th October 2010, 08:33

Done properly or just done?

Paging Padmei, Padmei to the white courtesy phone.

**marks** · 13th October 2010, 09:18

Originally Posted by NordieBoy

Done properly or just done?

Paging Padmei, Padmei to the white courtesy phone.

properly

including replacing the instrument cluster

**Howie** · 13th October 2010, 15:49

Originally Posted by marks

For this to work I think the side plastics would have to be replaced by earlier versions and possibly the tank as well. I believe the radiator is different between the pre 08 and post 08 types and this may cause complications.

Is anyone aware of any links to info on people who have done this on their 08+'s or have any constructive comments?

Anyone got any early model bits that might work?

whatever I try would need to be reversible as I may well decide I don't like the change and want to go back to stock.

You could always try fitting one of the IMS plastic tanks, as they do away with the front side plastics, then all you need to worry about is your headlight suround/ instrument cluster

**Padmei** · 13th October 2010, 16:16

Take off all the plastics & have a look. I would be tempted to replace the rad with a smaller MX type across the front of the frame out of the way, turn the fluid reservoir sideways, leave the tank as is & get rid of the crash bars.

Ebay has some reasonably priced acerbis headlites
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ACERBIS-DHH-HE...item255a554949

or you can search for UFO headlites that have the indicators in them like mine - they are expensive tho.
I got a quote for a trailtech vapour with idiot lites & base thing for $300

I think if you did the mods & got rid of the crash bars you'd save a lot of weight & it wouldn't be as vulnerable.

Actually on 2nd thought the plasics weigh bugger all- you'd lose 10kgs of crash bars tho.

I realised why the DR is so different to ride (yeah yeah apart from being more powerful blah blahblah) & that's because on the KLR you lose sight of the front wheel with the screen and also the instrument cluster in the way.

Remember tho the reason you got a KLR - the weather protection on them is pretty good with a taller screen & over a longish day saves you a lot of energy.

**NordieBoy** · 13th October 2010, 16:59

Originally Posted by Padmei

over a longish day saves you a lot of energy.

Must resist........

**Woodman** · 13th October 2010, 17:47

Get a IMS tank. I got one and they work good. No mods to radiator or anything really.

There is a thread on adv about this . Lightening KLR or something.

I think once you take all the crap off the front the post and pre 08,s are basically the same(ish)