KLR riders out there

[ADVGD]

and yes he hill is steeper tan it looks..

Nice job boys, good vid

[wee pirate]

Hey KLR riders, has anyone made a custom storage compartment in the rear left faring? I love to see some pictures or get some ideas

[Padmei]

Hey KLR riders, has anyone made a custom storage compartment in the rear left faring? I love to see some pictures or get some ideas

I used it once to house a chainoiler bottle. Everything gets covered with crap under there. On 650.net they seem to put tool tubes under there. Try something & post some pics.

[Woodman]

Don't tell Mrs Woodman but my 685 kit is starting to cost a bit.

Got a letter from the lovely folk at customs today saying that my parcel from Schnitz racing will be held there until I send them $103 in gst. Well i suppose we gotta pay for the earthquake somehow.
Should be here by the weekend.

[NordieBoy]

Don't tell Mrs Woodman but my 685 kit is starting to cost a bit.

Got a letter from the lovely folk at customs today saying that my parcel from Schnitz racing will be held there until I send them $103 in gst. Well i suppose we gotta pay for the earthquake somehow.
Should be here by the weekend.

Exempt from duty but not gst...

[marks]

Don't tell Mrs Woodman but my 685 kit is starting to cost a bit.

Got a letter from the lovely folk at customs today saying that my parcel from Schnitz racing will be held there until I send them $103 in gst. Well i suppose we gotta pay for the earthquake somehow.
Should be here by the weekend.

was the total order over $400 NZ?

[Crim]

was the total order over $400 NZ?

I am guessing it was about a $ a cc going on the request from the lovely folk at customs

[marks]

I am guessing it was about a $ a cc going on the request from the lovely folk at customs

complex mathematics was never my strong point....

[Padmei]

I take it yours isnt the KLR for sale in Richmond with the moniker Nige? As with most of them it looks like they're just off the showroom floor

[pete376403]

I am guessing it was about a $ a cc going on the request from the lovely folk at customs

What else was in the order? The 685 kit on its own is 289.95 USD = 380.974 NZD. Under $NZ400 shouldn't attract GST (or has the threshold changed now?)

[Woodman]

I am guessing it was about a $ a cc going on the request from the lovely folk at customs

Yes 685 kit refers to the dollars it cost Customs also charge a Biosecurity levy of $22 plus gst.

Anyway it arrived today and its quite pretty. The casting for the piston is the same JE blank that they use for small block chevys etc. The bore will be 4.035" and a chevy is 4inches(101.6mm) standard. You can even see the castings underneath that accomodate the big valve reliefs that the chevys use. Will get it bored next week and am borrowing a valve compressor this weekend so i can check the head out proper and fit new stem seals and decarb etc. If the valves and seats are ok I will leave them. They should be ok as the rest of the motor looks brand new except for the dusting on the piston.

[Woodman]

What else was in the order? The 685 kit on its own is 289.95 USD = 380.974 NZD. Under $NZ400 shouldn't attract GST (or has the threshold changed now?)

4 x valve stem seals at $12 usd each plus an exhaust flange gasket. The thermobob arrived last week and I still need to recore the radiator cos its basically squished and has had the fan smash into it at some stage so I'm pretty sure its not working to maximum efficiency so is probly the cause of the overheating issue i was having.

[pete376403]

A freind is going to the US for a 5 week holiday (biatch) and has offered to bring back a 658 kit for me. Should get away with not doing the valve stem seals as they were done when Kawasaki NZ replaced the rings (oil burning issue)

Thats interesting about the JE SB Chev piston blank. Wonder if one of the NZ speed shops can supply eg these guys http://www.dynamicraceparts.com/

[Woodman]

Thats interesting about the JE SB Chev piston blank. Wonder if one of the NZ speed shops can supply eg these guys http://www.dynamicraceparts.com/

Pretty sure Schnitz do the machining themselves, but it would be interesting to compare a chevy/ford piston to this one to see how much difference their is. I wouldn'tuse a modified cast chev one as it wouldn't handle the revs. Looking at the new one today, warm up will be more critical with the short skirt and larger clearance forged piston etc.
Marks is yours noisy when its cold?

[marks]

Marks is yours noisy when its cold?

Nope - gets naggery when its hot though (like they all seem to)
mines done over 25k on the 685 piston (32k on the bike) and I just recently had to add 400ml of oil after 4k which included some particularly abusive riding. No top ups needed prior to that between oil changes.

wish I had a 705 - its sounds much bigger than 685.

Recently put a JE forgred piston into my WR450 and that's much noisier than stock - if it didn't go so well I would be worried that I had fooked things up.