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[Richard Bessey]

All, I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's until you start running into serious issues. By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on the KLR that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly replacing bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car before it starts dying. Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over 32,000 miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the 1st oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues (From what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible) -- Regards, Richard Bessey System Administrator Vivio Technologies Phone: 509-956-3050 Ext. 1005

[Mike Frey]

You are probably good to at least 50,000 miles or more. If the top end was rebuilt before 32,000 miles, it may not have been maintained as good as it could have been, and/or ridden hard and put up wet. But then again, 25,000 miles and then a top end rebuild is not unreasonable if the bike spent a lot of time at high rpms, even if the oil was changed regularly. Many KLRs go 50,000 miles or more without any major surgery. A few get to 100,000 (or more) on original engine components. Richard Bessey wrote:

> > All, > I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's until > you start running into serious issues. > By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, > etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on the KLR > that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? > > I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly replacing > bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then > typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car before it > starts dying. > > Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over 32,000 > miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st > oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the 1st > oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues (From > what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible) > > -- > Regards, > > Richard Bessey > System Administrator > Vivio Technologies > Phone: 509-956-3050 Ext. 1005 > >

[mikeypep]

While there are several KLRista who claim 100K plus miles the average seems to be more like 70,000. If I had that kind of miles on mine and the trans or some other major component wore out I think it would be more economical to just buy another used one.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Richard Bessey wrote: > > All, > I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's until > you start running into serious issues. > By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, > etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on the KLR > that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? > > I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly replacing > bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then > typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car before it > starts dying. > > Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over 32,000 > miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st > oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the 1st > oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues (From > what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible) > > -- > Regards, > > Richard Bessey > System Administrator > Vivio Technologies > Phone: 509-956-3050 Ext. 1005 >

[mikeypep]

While there are several KLRista who claim 100K plus miles the average seems to be more like 70,000. If I had that kind of miles on mine and the trans or some other major component wore out I think it would be more economical to just buy another used one.

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Richard Bessey wrote: > > All, > I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's until > you start running into serious issues. > By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, > etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on the KLR > that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? > > I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly replacing > bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then > typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car before it > starts dying. > > Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over 32,000 > miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st > oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the 1st > oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues (From > what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible) > > -- > Regards, > > Richard Bessey > System Administrator > Vivio Technologies > Phone: 509-956-3050 Ext. 1005 >

[Mark Van Horn]

In my experience, about 60K miles before things get weird. It will run after that, but you don't trust it like you used to. Mark At 2:40 AM +0000 6/21/08, mikeypep wrote:

>While there are several KLRista who claim 100K plus miles the average >seems to be more like 70,000. If I had that kind of miles on mine and >the trans or some other major component wore out I think it would be >more economical to just buy another used one. > > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Richard Bessey wrote: >> >> All, >> I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's >until >> you start running into serious issues. >> By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, >> etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on >the KLR >> that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? >> >> I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly >replacing >> bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then >> typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car >before it >> starts dying. >> >> Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over >32,000 >> miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st >> oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the >1st >> oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues >(From >> what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible)

[RM]

I agree 100%. My klr at about 60k is breaking in interesting and imaginative ways. I don't trust it very much these days. RM -----Original Message----- From: Mark Van Horn Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 8:22 PM To: mikeypep Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: How long does a KLR last? In my experience, about 60K miles before things get weird. It will run after that, but you don't trust it like you used to. Mark At 2:40 AM +0000 6/21/08, mikeypep wrote:

>While there are several KLRista who claim 100K plus miles the average >seems to be more like 70,000. If I had that kind of miles on mine and >the trans or some other major component wore out I think it would be >more economical to just buy another used one. > > >--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Richard Bessey wrote: >> >> All, >> I was curious, how many miles does everyone get out of there KLR's >until >> you start running into serious issues. >> By serious issues, I mean throwing a rod, transmission blowing up, >> etc... At what mileage (roughly) does some sort of part break on >the KLR >> that is more expensive to fix then the bike is worth? >> >> I know if you are a gear head like myself, you are constantly >replacing >> bad parts and keeping the bike in top notch shape. But even then >> typically you can only get 250,000 miles of a typical ford car >before it >> starts dying. >> >> Does anyone have input on this? I personally have a hair over >32,000 >> miles on my bike, 5,000 of them are mine. The engine is on its 1st >> oversize piston and has had a couple seals replaced, other then the >1st >> oversize piston and rings, the bike has not had any serious issues >(From >> what the previous owners have told me which are fairly credible)

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[David Critchley]

Somebody asked about this a couple of days ago, (I'm on the road and can't remember exactly when). My 08 Service Manual says 78 INCH pounds. That is six and a half foot pounds if you like. This is a conversion that comes up every now and then as a problem because it was misread, and if you put 78 ft lbs on those little screws, they should be sticking out the far side. Having a ball on this trip, It is slightly shorter than the 4 Corners, but I am slightly older to compensate. DC OGC 3804 D Critchley [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]