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'08 model
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 12:27 pm
by Timothy
I'm a bit dissapointed with the major changes. I've wanted a KLR650
for years now and just purchased an '07. I could have waited for
the '08. It appears that most so-called improvements can be attained
with after market parts and upgrades. The new fairing really turned me
off. It took away from that mad-max look I've always envied. If I want
to block wind, I'll have my wife ride up front. Anyone disagree? The
new look just isn't what I wanted in a dual-sport. I had hoped that in
20 years Kawasaki would still be making the KLR the same way they have
for the past 20 years. Oh well.
'08 model
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 3:21 pm
by Alan L Henderson
One can always graft some pre 08 plastic on the front and keep the
expensive bits for resale or sell them on ebay.
Alan A13 Ia
Timothy wrote:
> I'm a bit dissapointed with the major changes. I've wanted a KLR650
> for years now and just purchased an '07. I could have waited for
> the '08. It appears that most so-called improvements can be attained
> with after market parts and upgrades. The new fairing really turned me
> off. It took away from that mad-max look I've always envied. If I want
> to block wind, I'll have my wife ride up front. Anyone disagree? The
> new look just isn't what I wanted in a dual-sport. I had hoped that in
> 20 years Kawasaki would still be making the KLR the same way they have
> for the past 20 years. Oh well.
>
>
stripped valve cover
Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 10:01 pm
by rustygreasy
You might want to check out Timeserts they work very well in aluminum
castings.
http://www.timesert.com/
--- In
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Zachariah Mully wrote:
>
> Jim wrote:
> > My brother discovered the hard way why not to have monkeys work on
> > your bike. We have diagnosed a severe oil leak as stripped valve
> > covers bolt holes, the two on the riders right (long ones).
> >
> > Now I know others have dealt with this problem as the torque values
> > are 69 inch lbs. We intend to install a helicoil but want to know
> > about any tricks and tips so we don't have to learn the hard way.
>
> Be very careful as the cast aluminum is extremely easy to break when
> helicoiling or retapping. My A12 has the same problem except that the
> posts in the head that the bolts thread into cracked, so no amount of
> helicoiling was going to work. Instead a generous amount of gasket
> sealer around the entire cover gasket did the trick. I then plugged up
> the bolt holes in the cover with rubber corks. That was about 10,000
> miles ago and no leaks yet. Though I suppose with the amount of dirt
and
> nast on the bike I'd not know anyhow.
>
> Z
>