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mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:26 am
by Eddie
Barry,
A used 07' with only 3k miles? It's barely broken-in!
There are list members with tens of thousands (30k-40k+)of miles on their bikes.
List: Who thinks they might have the highest mileage KLR here?
=)
eddie
09' with 13,600(s)miles.
> [Original Message]
> From: Barry
> To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: 8/16/2011 1:54:52 AM
> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] mileage on klr
>
> what mileage can rider expect to get out of 2007.......bike I am looking at has under 3000 miles and appears to been taken care of.....with general maintenance how many miles to expect out klr???
>
> With 70percent road and 30 percent fire road????
>
> Thanks for your input....shoutscout
>
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mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:33 am
by Jeff Khoury
Oh, oops. I thought he meant MPG.
I have 26,000 and change on my 2009 and it shows no sign of getting "tired". I do my maintenance regularly and use high-quality full synth oil.
I read somewhere that a particular KLR started to develop piston slap at about 90,000 miles. At that point you can put in a 685 kit and you'd be good for 90,000 more.
The 685 kit costs about 350 bucks and machining is ??? but I can't imagine it would be too terribly much. Other than maybe the SV650, the KLR is about the best "bang for the buck" that you can get.
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Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: mileage on a KLR
Barry,
A used 07' with only 3k miles? It's barely broken-in!
There are list members with tens of thousands (30k-40k+)of miles on their bikes.
List: Who thinks they might have the highest mileage KLR here?
=)
eddie
09' with 13,600(s)miles.
> [Original Message]
> From: Barry < shoutscout@... >
> To: <
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >
> Date: 8/16/2011 1:54:52 AM
> Subject: [DSN_KLR650] mileage on klr
>
> what mileage can rider expect to get out of 2007.......bike I am looking at has under 3000 miles and appears to been taken care of.....with general maintenance how many miles to expect out klr???
>
> With 70percent road and 30 percent fire road????
>
> Thanks for your input....shoutscout
>
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mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 5:13 am
by Robert
I have right at 20K, it uses no oil and is as strong as the day I bought
it. I wouldn't think of selling due to it getting near warn out. I'll
probably wear out before it does.
Huntsville, AR
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mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:17 am
by ron criswell
I have 54,000 on mine and it is running great but a friend had 83,000 on his. He babied his never really winding it up. I don't baby mine but with 3 bikes I haven't been riding it much. I use Shell Rotella 15 / 40 w Dino. My buddy with 83, 000 was going to overhaul his as it started using oil pretty bad. He added up the cost of new parts and what he could buy a used one for and decided to sell. He got $800 for his and bought a low milage one for 3 grand. His old one was the teal green one. He never washed it and I asked why? Ugly he said but he might wash the new red and silver one.
Criswell
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On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:25 AM, "eddie" wrote:
> Barry,
>
> A used 07' with only 3k miles? It's barely broken-in!
> There are list members with tens of thousands (30k-40k+)of miles on their bikes.
>
> List: Who thinks they might have the highest mileage KLR here?
>
> =)
> eddie
> 09' with 13,600(s)miles.
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Barry
> > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: 8/16/2011 1:54:52 AM
> > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] mileage on klr
> >
> > what mileage can rider expect to get out of 2007.......bike I am looking at has under 3000 miles and appears to been taken care of.....with general maintenance how many miles to expect out klr???
> >
> > With 70percent road and 30 percent fire road????
> >
> > Thanks for your input....shoutscout
> >
>
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>
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mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:46 am
by D Critchley
My A13 was sold with 82000 km, about 50K miles, and the 08 has a bit
over 38000 on it, so far, (going up by 2000 next week end). Not a
record, but a pretty good mileage, I think.
DC
DC
On 16/08/2011 00:25, eddie wrote:
> Barry,
>
> A used 07' with only 3k miles? It's barely broken-in!
> There are list members with tens of thousands (30k-40k+)of miles on their bikes.
>
> List: Who thinks they might have the highest mileage KLR here?
>
> =)
> eddie
> 09' with 13,600(s)miles.
>
>
mileage on a klr
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:12 am
by judjonzz
My A12 shows 47,000 miles on the clock, but I ran it for half a season qith the sreedo out of order, so the true mileage is probably in the neighborhood of 50K.
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, D Critchley wrote:
>
> My A13 was sold with 82000 km, about 50K miles, and the 08 has a bit
> over 38000 on it, so far, (going up by 2000 next week end). Not a
> record, but a pretty good mileage, I think.
> DC
>
> DC
>
>
> On 16/08/2011 00:25, eddie wrote:
> > Barry,
> >
> > A used 07' with only 3k miles? It's barely broken-in!
> > There are list members with tens of thousands (30k-40k+)of miles on their bikes.
> >
> > List: Who thinks they might have the highest mileage KLR here?
> >
> > =)
> > eddie
> > 09' with 13,600(s)miles.
> >
> >
>
klr650 noises
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:27 am
by spike55_bmw
The oil-burning "litmus test" with the stock muffler was at the rear fender. I would gauge engine health by looking there. Would use some brake cleaner on a rag to clean that area / start over again with another test period.
Don R100, A6F
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DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jeffrey" wrote:
>
> The only noise I ever notice is whether it is running or not. With a metal skid plate echoing and amplifying the normal racket of a thumper, who the hell can tell much by listening? I just maintain my KLR. Though some people apply truck be liner to metal skid plate which might allow you to catch some foreign noise.
>
> Now that I added a Jardine exhaust and wear earplugs; can't hear much at all except the smooth powerful bass tone.
>
> It is starting to use some oil but rarely see any smoke come out the exhaust. 34K
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> J#3
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