KLR riders out there

**warewolf** · 26th January 2010, 23:50

Originally Posted by Woodman

ordered a k&n filter so it will be good to see what happens.

She'll get full of dust. K&N are not known for keeping dust out. Even the packaging says they let in 50% more dust than OEM.

**Padmei** · 27th January 2010, 06:49

Originally Posted by marks

I go on reserve at 280km so thats the difference in enconomy all the mods make (15.5km/l)

Cheers Marks. Thats why I won't be doing the mod.

**cooneyr** · 27th January 2010, 07:13

Originally Posted by Padmei

..... Having some preoiled filter skins in a plastic bag sounds like a great idea for something like the dusty. ....

I liked your local 640Adv riders idea (used if for the second DB1k in 08). Cut the feet out of your wifes stockings and put them over the air filter. They absorb a little bit of oil from the filter and retain a large amount of the dust. WW exchanged the "foots" in Hanmer (molesworth was very dusty that year) and the stock filter looked like it had been freshly cleaned. Worked brilliantly.

Cheers R

Oh and probably a good idea to cut the foots out the morning you leave home so she has a day to calm down after she finds the evidence

**marks** · 27th January 2010, 07:23

Originally Posted by Padmei

Cheers Marks. Thats why I won't be doing the mod.

the modified bike is so much more fun to ride - its easily worth the $6 per 300km or whatever it costs
mind you it probably costs more in tires as well

**NordieBoy** · 27th January 2010, 07:36

Originally Posted by Padmei

Cheers Marks. Thats why I won't be doing the mod.

That's with the big-bore kit too...

**warewolf** · 27th January 2010, 09:00

Originally Posted by cooneyr

Cut the feet out of your wifes stockings and put them over the air filter. They absorb a little bit of oil from the filter and retain a large amount of the dust. WW exchanged the "foots" in Hanmer (molesworth was very dusty that year) and the stock filter looked like it had been freshly cleaned. Worked brilliantly

Actually it is the other end, the leg bits get used caving so I had lots of the tops left over.

Cut the legs off and tie that end, and oil before install. I have 3 of them, when they are all dirty they get washed & oiled at the same time as the filter. Then 2 spares sit in a zip-lock bag until needed.

I run them all the time since the filter is tiny and self-dusts. It has certainly cut down on the number of times the filter needs a wash. Also it is much easier to kick-start the bike with a clean filter. Do bear in mind that you are trapping the bigger stuff on the skin, and the little stuff will still be accumulating in the filter... so effectively it is dirtier than it looks.

PS you can buy proper "filterskins" from dirt bike shops if you've put ladders in all your stockings.

**Woodman** · 27th January 2010, 20:46

Originally Posted by warewolf

She'll get full of dust. K&N are not known for keeping dust out. Even the packaging says they let in 50% more dust than OEM.

read all that, but its weird considering k&n filters were invented for baja. I am gonna get some of the prefilter foam to put in when it gets dusty. Mind you, you shoulda seen how much dust got through the foam one in there now. icky.

**NordieBoy** · 27th January 2010, 21:01

Originally Posted by Woodman

read all that, but its weird considering k&n filters were invented for baja. I am gonna get some of the prefilter foam to put in when it gets dusty. Mind you, you shoulda seen how much dust got through the foam one in there now. icky.

Rebuild after race type Baja.

**pete376403** · 27th January 2010, 22:36

Did a bunch of rides last week/weekend. Couple of nights in Hanmer, two in Reefton. Taylors Pass (?), Awatere Valley, Molesworth, Hamner, Cheviot, Gore bay, Motunau Beach, back to Culverden via Lowry peaks rd? (not certain about some names) Lakes Taylor and Sumner were visited as well. Random Spur Rd was in there somewhere, Also Napoleon Hill, the river with the tunnels, Big River, Denniston to Iron Bridge, Porika, some other tracks I cant recall names of.
Anyway, Bike didn't use much oil while on the gravel, but sure sucked it up on the boring fast bit between St Arnaud and Blenhiem.
I notice the bike runs very cool - cold. Only warms up to about half way when really plugging hard in mud, even though I have blanked off the bottom half of the radiator. Wonder what (being cold) this does for the oiil usage?

**Howie** · 28th January 2010, 06:13

HI Peter, glad your ride went well, what was the New creek to Denniston track like, how was the Mackley river crosssing? Thinking of doing that one again soon.

My older model KLR only seems to use any oil if it is run consistently at higher revs, last long ride it used about 300ml over 1400km, how does that compare?

**Padmei** · 28th January 2010, 06:55

Wow I think you nailed most of the rides in the Sth Island Pete

Mine runs pretty cool too. Only gets past halfway if it's stuck in mud or something & has to idle or rev while trying to get it out. Really the bike could have been made a lot slimmer by having a narrower rad & turning the fluid receptacle ( cant spell reseiovoir) sideways.

But then again looking at something like the XTX it may have been designed to look big.

**marks** · 28th January 2010, 08:34

Originally Posted by pete376403

Bike didn't use much oil while on the gravel, but sure sucked it up on the boring fast bit between St Arnaud and Blenhiem.
I notice the bike runs very cool - cold. Only warms up to about half way when really plugging hard in mud, even though I have blanked off the bottom half of the radiator. Wonder what (being cold) this does for the oiil usage?

My greeny 08 used 500ml between Reefton - St Arnaud and Picton - sitting at 5500+ rpm on the straight bits - used more on that stretch than the rest of that trip put together.

My black one has a thermobob kit and the temp just sits in the middle of the dial all the time

**Padmei** · 28th January 2010, 20:41

Well I took the top off tonite & measured the valve clearances. The exhaust were not too bad but the intake were pretty tight. one should have been .10 to .20 but was .076.
Any way I've got the cams off & gonna get some new shims tommorrow. Came across an excellent shim calculator spreadsheet thingy that helps out a lot.

Following the manual it was pretty straightforward. Quite pleasing actually. Amazing how much you can learn about your engine when it's sitting there open in front of you.

**Woodman** · 28th January 2010, 21:25

Oil use on mine I am pretty sure can be attributed to long highway use too I think now, and also runs cool when doing that too, but unlike you guys mine gets pretty warm when plugging around in mud and climbing hills. The fan comes on a lot.

Padmei my inlets were tight too. They are very simple to work on aye. Was the rockercover awkward to geet off?