2008 klr's oil burners?
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 9:35 pm
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote:
~~~I had an ST 1100 Honda I thought never used oil, until I rode it day after day doing slab to get out west and by the time i hit WY I had to use a litter better than a pint to bring it back up to the correct level Same with my 08' KLR, ridden locally she doesn't use a drop of oil; but on a road trip from here to B'ham AL back in 08' doing a lot of slab and maintaining pert near indicated 80 MPH for a lot of those miles, by the time the odo hit 800 miles on the return leg of that trip, I had to use better than a pint of oil to get it back up to the top of the sight glass A single cylinder motor like our KLR's turning 5 K + RPM's hour after hour will use some oil to help cool the motor. And it's also documented the factory configuration for the oil breather into the air box will help *relieve* the crankcase of oil Yes, and there are those that own and ride an 02' KLR (or some other year) that doesn't use a drop of oil and gets ridden real hard (harder than I've out lined) and put away wet I had a Honda Silverwing scooter (600 cc's parallel twin) I rode to Denver and back in 04' that only used an ounce or two of oil the whole time, and I rode that one at 80 MPH indicated using slab all the way there and back, w/aux fuel so I was on the throttle for better than 250 miles at a crack and 500 miles was my lowest mile ridden day. Did a couple 800 mile days on that trip But getting back to riding a single cylinder motor at slab speeds all day or most of it, you better be checking your oil level when you stop for fuel, and that's where a lot of the horror stories of 08 KLR motors grenading themselves came from, errant owners not checking their motor oil level, but there were some whose motor would eat even more copious amounts of oil and it wasn't there fault but the ones that used better than a quart between fuel tank fill ups, those were far and few between...but even if one used a pint of oil a tankfull (every 250 miles), that's too much oil consumption AFAIC Jake Reddick Fla. I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there. -- Herb Caen http://www.shakinjake.blogspot.com/> > I have an early 2008, the dealer told me I had the first one in Texas, > who knows! I am having NO oil > burning issues at all. I have 4700 miles only and have changed the oil > multiple times and have never > had to put in any oil at all. I sometimes wonder exactly how many people > actually had an issue. >
> > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:31:07 -0500 "Brad Schultz" > > writes: > > I've tried 2 other posts with this question but nothing happed, so if > > this gets double or tripple posted sorry. I'am considering buying a > > 2008 with 2200 miles. I've heard the 08's had an oil burning > > problem. Is this true? All of them or just some of them. Will the > > bike be blowing smoke if it's an oil burner? Should I stay away from > > 08's? What's the true story. Thanks to all. > > Brad > > <><><><><><><><> > > <><><><><><><><> > > Brad, > > My understanding is some of the early 08s had oil use issues. I also > > understand that if you get an oil burner one of the easiest solutions > > is to install a 685 kit. There are almost no oil use issues reported > > with 685 kits that had the cylinder properly bored and honed. > > I installed a 685 in my KLR last spring. For me the most notable > > results were significantly less vibration than a stock 650 (I'm > > talking the difference between lawn mower smooth and sewing machine > > smooth), no oil use since installation of the kit and a bit more > > power. I think the cost of the piston kit is about $300, boring a > > cylinder is probably less than $100 including shipping, maybe $50 for > > gaskets and odds and ends and a few hours of labor. > > I doubt you'll see smoke unless it's a serious oil user. Maybe ask to > > pull the sparkplug and see what it looks like. If it's black and > > nasty it might be an oil user. That might be worth a few bucks as a > > lower price depending on the seller and the buyer. > > Best, > > > > Jeff Saline > > ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal > > Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org http://www.airheads.org> > > The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota > > 75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > > . > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > *Free Credit Score* > > A bad credit score is below 598. Click here to see yours for $0. > > Checking won't affect your score. By Experian > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4c4bb4171211f8f100m07vuc>FreeCreditScore.com > > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3142/4c4bb4171211f8f100m07vuc> > > >