KLR riders out there

[marks]

If that was yesterday good job the puncture ended any chance of play.

that bit was the 'bonus track' which we wouldn't have taken you to

this is what you missed out on.
About halfway through the video the track opens out a bit and is just awesome fun

let us know when you want to go for a look.

[Padmei]

If that was yesterday good job the puncture ended any chance of play. The IRC is balder than a bald thing.
Still some Padmei miles in it provided I run it exclusively on the sides...

Maybe that's why my wheel bearings go - riding with the bike leaned over to one side to use up the tread on the sides.

BTW no one is allowed to walk thru the centre of the carpets at my place - just around the edges to save wear & tear

[Padmei]

padmei, When you get a drz , what would you take on the DB? Schmidt or the drz?? (pre odd name)

Fixed. (My ride on Sat was enough to convince me that to keep myspinesemi vertical I need a liter bike.)

Well funnily enough that's something I've been thinking of since looking at the pics of Day 2

I'm wondering if this years DB was an adv ride or a trail ride with road sections? No negative connotations infered so roll down your shirt sleeves

The road sections were great & easy however on most of the trails 'normal' DS adv bikes (ie 650ish) struggled.

Hmmm...

BTW KLRs still rule if you can only have one bike!!!

[Woodman]

Yup the DB was more technical and traily which is a good thing IMHO.

The day 1 challenge section wasn't necessarily a struggle for the bikes, but more so the riders as it was quite physical and sustained. I think even on a DRZ you would have come down thinking you had been in your first weights session of the year.

You would have got over on Schmidt, look what Shrek, Underground and the GS8hundy boys did.
BTW how much does Schmidt weigh?

[justabum]

that bit was the 'bonus track' which we wouldn't have taken you to

this is what you missed out on.
About halfway through the video the track opens out a bit and is just awesome fun

let us know when you want to go for a look.

Hi Marks.

That's a lovely track. Where about's in the country are you? If you don't mind be asking.

My bikes in Foxton at the moment.

Cheers

[marks]

Hi Marks.

That's a lovely track. Where about's in the country are you? If you don't mind be asking.

My bikes in Foxton at the moment.

Cheers

Hi

These videos were taken up above Waikanae in the Taraua Forest Park

the track is called Odlins Rd or Waiotauru Rd

[Eddieb]

Yup the DB was more technical and traily which is a good thing IMHO.

The day 1 challenge section wasn't necessarily a struggle for the bikes, but more so the riders as it was quite physical and sustained. I think even on a DRZ you would have come down thinking you had been in your first weights session of the year.

You would have got over on Schmidt, look what Shrek, Underground and the GS8hundy boys did.
BTW how much does Schmidt weigh?

But did you talk the Underground or the GS8hundy boy he was with afterwards, both were fucked and the GS8hundy boy (Sorry not sure who you were) said he shouldn't have been up there on that bike.

[Eddieb]

Yup the DB was more technical and traily which is a good thing IMHO.

The day 1 challenge section wasn't necessarily a struggle for the bikes, but more so the riders as it was quite physical and sustained. I think even on a DRZ you would have come down thinking you had been in your first weights session of the year.

You would have got over on Schmidt, look what Shrek, Underground and the GS8hundy boys did.
BTW how much does Schmidt weigh?

But did you talk to Underground or the GS8hundy boy he was with afterwards, both were fucked and the GS8hundy boy (Sorry not sure who you were) said he shouldn't have been up there on that bike.

[Woodman]

But did you talk to Underground or the GS8hundy boy he was with afterwards, both were fucked and the GS8hundy boy (Sorry not sure who you were) said he shouldn't have been up there on that bike.

yea but I think they were happy they done it though. In a marathon sort of way.

[cooneyr]

But did you talk the Underground or the GS8hundy boy he was with afterwards, both were fucked and the GS8hundy boy (Sorry not sure who you were) said he shouldn't have been up there on that bike.

GS8hundy boy = Mountie on KB. It was pretty tiring but if you took your time it shouldn't have been that bad. Riding rocks like that just needs a little bit of momentum (not speed) and good balance. I find standing helps immensely with the balance. I rode the whole of the Lammerlaw standing during the Dusty and most of the Awakino Challenge standing during the pre ride.

[Waihou Thumper]

Hi

These videos were taken up above Waikanae in the Taraua Forest Park

the track is called Odlins Rd or Waiotauru Rd

Marks, I see you took your mirrors off. Good thinking, it sure is nice and low and overgrown. Is the track an 'out and back'? Or can you get through to another road somewhere further down Akatarawa? I see there are tracks north to Ngatiawa but they look like walking tracks only? Just looking from my Topo maps here.
Nice blat though, I bet it would be a good challenge in the thick of winter...

[marks]

Marks, I see you took your mirrors off. Good thinking, it sure is nice and low and overgrown. Is the track an 'out and back'? Or can you get through to another road somewhere further down Akatarawa? I see there are tracks north to Ngatiawa but they look like walking tracks only? Just looking from my Topo maps here.
Nice blat though, I bet it would be a good challenge in the thick of winter...

Odlins Rd is the perfect balance of nasty and fun.

The track is about 20km long and is an in-out job. Gets about halfway to Otaki Forks. The track is fine in winter as its very stony with little clay. The river at the end gets too nasty to cross though.

I nearly always take my mirrors off as I'm paranoid about breaking the clutch or brake perth. and as I dumped the bike twice on that ride it was just as well I did

[RedKLR650]

Hi All,

Having a good year work wise and with the Kiwi-US exchange rate being good at present, I'm about to embark on a WHOLE lot of farkling on the trusty KLR

( Awaiting another 4 parcels to arrive from the states before I post photos of all the 'bits' pre-farkling......... )

Anyway, I know and understand what the PCV mod is, the problem is I have no idea where to source one of the actual PCV valves to splice into the tube

I figured that surely one of you that haunts this space and/or ADVrider might know where I can find a source of this elusive valve

Thanks in advance, Cheers Stu

[pete376403]

I used one from a v6 Commodore - just walked around Pick-a-Part looking at likely candidates. Most PCVs are right-angled and fit into rubber grommets in the rocker/cam cover so not what I had in mind - the Commodore one screws into the inlet manifold and has a hose which goes to the cam cover. I got a bunch of them and after washing them all out with petrol, used the best one (given a blow / suck test)

On reflection, having the valve inserted into the airbox is not goign to be as successful as if it went to the inlet manifold, if only because there isn't going to be any vacuum in the airbox (it's open to the atmosphere). In the car application it's going to have high vacuum on one side.

Also note the breather hole spigot into the airbox is about 25mm dia outside, but the hole itself is more like 6mm diameter. Removing the airbox to open this hole up is quite a mission. Unless there is a better way I had to remove the subframe, with all that that entails.

However I believe that either the valve or opening up the breather hole did help.

[Crim]

G'day

Been trying to build these myself for ages - but did all the price comparisons and stuff and was cheaper to get them built for me - Engineers over the road from work, told them what I wanted - showed them a few piccies and they wipped these up in a couple of hours - rang me for input before welding - all good!
Will use them as is for a while and then go back for adjustments (if required) - but they're looking good at the moment and hug (5mm off) the plastics so can stay on full time. Only thing so far is that I will have to remove one to get to the air filter (two bolts on the passenger footpeg loosen the third and then twist will do it)