KLR riders out there

**Howie** · 21st September 2011, 22:11

Originally Posted by Big Dave

It just suits me. Good in Brisbane traffic, goes great on the open road and the shittier the road gets the more fun it is.

Cheap-as to run too.

Can't wait till it's run in and I can flog it a bit. Kinda wish I was back in Unzud to make better use of its off roadability.

Not sure if your living North or south of Brisbane?

There's plenty of Dirt/gravel roads not to far from Brisbane. I had a look at few roads in the Glass Hose mountains a few weeks ago, which aren't that far north of Brisbane, and there are more tracks up around Noosa. Unfortunatly I was driving a friends late model car back from a wedding, so didn't go that far off the beaten track.

plenty of leads for rides in the Australia section of Advrider

**Big Dave** · 21st September 2011, 23:16

oh yeah - found a few good dirt roads already, but nuffink compares to NZ - anywhere - for ADV riding I reckon.

i'm in the eastern suburbs.

**stormtrooper** · 13th October 2011, 21:32

Hi all, the old KLR650 has been jacked up and pulled to bits over the last eight weeks, after doing the Eagle Mike doohicky upgrade about six mouths ago i decided to give it an overhaul with some new parts, upgrades and mods

**GPS MAN** · 14th October 2011, 18:04

Originally Posted by stormtrooper

Hi all, the old KLR650 has been jacked up and pulled to bits over the last eight weeks, after doing the Eagle Mike doohicky upgrade about six mouths ago i decided to give it an overhaul with some new parts, upgrades and mods

Looking good there Stormtrooper

Need to catchup for a ride....work has had a chain around my neck for the past couple of months

really ready to get out and ride..both bikes

**stormtrooper** · 14th October 2011, 18:39

Originally Posted by GPS MAN

Looking good there Stormtrooper

Need to catchup for a ride....work has had a chain around my neck for the past couple of months

really ready to get out and ride..both bikes

Hey GPS MAN its been far to long since the last ride, looking at doing the Grundys ride down this way, let me know if your keen.

STORMTROOPER

**Crim** · 15th October 2011, 09:49

G'day
Going to grab a fuse to fix this afo - pretty sure it is under the tank on the right hand side - anyone want to disagree and save me some time?
Cheers, Crim

**Howie** · 15th October 2011, 10:32

Originally Posted by Crim

G'day
Going to grab a fuse to fix this afo - pretty sure it is under the tank on the right hand side - anyone want to disagree and save me some time?
Cheers, Crim

The one under the tank on the right hand side by the coolant bottle is your radiator fan one. (experience taught me this) The only other fuses I know of in the standard set up are under the seat on top of the battery.

Edit: Just looked up the wiring diagram, If your horn, and brake light still work it is unlikely to be the fuse, as the horn is on the same fuse. Next choice is probably the Turn signal relay which is under the tank on the right hand side.

**Crim** · 15th October 2011, 11:43

thanks Howie - next question, turn signal relays - can I just bung any one in there or is it a KLR specific beastie?
Just googled it on interweb and saw a video on how to clean points in one so might try that first - am late for work

and need to use the bike

**Howie** · 15th October 2011, 12:07

Originally Posted by Crim

thanks Howie - next question, turn signal relays - can I just bung any one in there or is it a KLR specific beastie?
Just googled it on interweb and saw a video on how to clean points in one so might try that first - am late for work

and need to use the bike

Pretty sure the relay would be bike specfic, or at least some versions of kawasaki specfic.

it could of course also be a loose conection somewhere in the indicator wiring, or bad contacts in the indicator switch. To check the relay plug wiring if you can locate it, and have a multi meter, or 12v test light!

set the meter to DC volts.
put the -ve probe on the orange wire.
put the +ve on brown wire.
Turn ignition and indicators on.
check left and right.
meter should read 12v, or light go.

if it does it indicates the relay is defective. if it doesn't.start checking all the indicator wiring for loose joints etc.

Hope that makes sense.

I have an intermittent fault on mine that I haven't been able to locate yet.

**Crim** · 15th October 2011, 12:50

you da man Howie, actually went back out to the man cave before your last post (which would have made sense to check before I pulled it apart) but took tank off found flasher relay (bloke at Repco laughed at me when I called it a "turn signal relay") and took that apart - whole lot of water fell out, probably cos I went up to Hanmer last night in a bloody storm, I dried it out, cleaned all contacts and put it back together again - wired it all back in and voila I have got indicators again!

The more things I do to the old KLR the more I like her - I will never sell her

unless, of course, I get more than a grand or two and I like the look of another bike

**Howie** · 15th October 2011, 16:27

Good that you got it sorted Crim.

**Woodman** · 15th October 2011, 18:52

For future reference:

I put a thermal flasher relay from repco on mine and it works fine even with front leds and rear incandesent bulbs. A standard 3 pin one works fine too, but not so well with the led combo. The pins are perfect for the Kawaski plug so its all good.

You are right the ol trctors are so easy to work on.

**stormtrooper** · 16th October 2011, 16:49

Hey a tip for those klr650 ridders, i was going to replace the turn signals on my 87klr650 but found they costs $90.00 each in NZ and around $65.00NZ off ebay.
Bugger that, so i had a good look at them and discovered that the neck which is hard rubber comes away from the turn signal case, there is a clip inside that you can slide out and then by pulling the rubber neck it comes away.
My rubber necks were broken and this is most common after a wipeout.
Once you have the neck off, and if broken its most likely its in two bits, you need a bit of copper fuel line, its the perfect size you need to cut the length of the rubber neck and drill out the threaded bolt that goes part way into the rubber neck, but dont drill to far, drill so the copper pipe seats well insde it measure the neck and cut the copper pipe to suit. After that tap the copper pipe into the rubber neck with a hammer and through into the drilled out bolt.
Now you have fixed the neck with no glue and its stronger than it originally came out on the bike, reassemble the neck back onto the turn signal case, when puting the wires back do one at a time as the inside diameter is smaller, its all done

STORMTROOPER