oem counter-sprocket @ 10k

[The Reverend]

I'm looking for new rims and was wondering if they changed over the years. Will a '91 set of rims just swap in to a 2001 KLR? Also, if I were to re-lace them, would they be identical (amount of spokes etc) to the 2001 rims? (possible swap of hubs between them). If not - when did they change? What years would be the same rims as my 2001? Thanks Rev

[Harry Seifert]

Uh, yup to both. My relaced '99 front came from a used front end setup off a '90. The most difficult part of the relacing party (Eagle Mike, Mark Bakarich and me) we had was trying to remove the spokes in one piece. Way too much corrosion between the steel of the spokes and rim and the bronze of the nipples. So, that wasn't happening, so we used a bigass angle grinder to cut the spokes to free the hubs. We replaced the stock rims with 18" Excel rims, heavy duty spokes and nipples from Buchanan Spoke and Rim in LA. With a little patience, agile fingers and a decent truing stands, we got three wheels laced and trued to better than OEM stds in less than an hour and a half. Eagle Mike took pix throughout our little adventure, so I'll ask him to put up the pix and a narrative on the leftcoastklr site. Also, it really helped to have one of Buchanan's spoke torque wrenches during the relacing. We used it after we got everything finger tight. Remember, when you get down to getting the nipples equally torqued, you go from opposite spoke to opposite spoke around the wheel 'til you get back to the spoke you started at and increase the torque incrementally as you go around.......... 30% of the torque value for three passes and the final pass at 100% of the torque value, I sure as hell don't remember the final torque value, so maybe Eagle Mike will chime in here. Buddy bseifert71@...

> [Original Message] > From: The Reverend > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> > Date: 6/22/2008 1:58:13 PM > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] KLR wheels change over the years? > > I'm looking for new rims and was wondering if they changed over the years. > > Will a '91 set of rims just swap in to a 2001 KLR? Also, if I were to > re-lace them, would they be identical (amount of spokes etc) to the 2001 > rims? (possible swap of hubs between them). > > If not - when did they change? What years would be the same rims as my

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[Spike55]

I'm now running a 16T:44T combo with the OEM 106 link chain (one notch of adjustment left) and I posted pics of the OEM 15T after 10K. The wear is all on the leading edge of each tooth. I guess this process would continue to thin each tooth until they fold backward. Don R100, A6F