nklr: updated doohickey, checked valve clearence, and cleaned oil s

[Jason Arsenault]

Hey guys, I have a few questions about fork oil for the KLR. 1. Can I mix 20w with 5w of the same brand to make 15w? I want to try 15w in my fork but the bike shop where I live only stocks 5w, 10w and 20w. I know you can mix weights in a mountain bike fork but don't know about KLRs. 2. After adding the oil to the fork fully compressed is the measurement 170mm or 190mm from the top of the sanchion tube to get the correct oil volume? I've seen both numbers on different sites. Wondering which one is correct. Thanks guys, Jason --------------------------------- Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger with Voice [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:15 PM, Jason Arsenault wrote:

> 1. Can I mix 20w with 5w of the same brand to make 15w?

Yes, but it might be easier to mix equal portions of 10W and 20W to get your desired 15W.

> 2. After adding the oil to the fork fully compressed is the > measurement 170mm or 190mm from the top of the sanchion tube to get > the correct oil volume? I've seen both numbers on different sites. > Wondering which one is correct.

Both are. It depends on whether you have a 600 or a 650; the 650 recommends 190mm from the top with the forks compressed and the springs out. The other figure is for the 600. -- Blake Sobiloff http://sobiloff.typepad.com/> San Jose, CA (USA)

[dooden]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jason Arsenault wrote:

> > Hey guys, > I have a few questions about fork oil for the KLR. > 1. Can I mix 20w with 5w of the same brand to make 15w? I want to

try 15w in my fork but the bike shop where I live only stocks 5w, 10w and 20w. I know you can mix weights in a mountain bike fork but don't know about KLRs.

> > 2. After adding the oil to the fork fully compressed is the

measurement 170mm or 190mm from the top of the sanchion tube to get the correct oil volume? I've seen both numbers on different sites. Wondering which one is correct.

> > Thanks guys, > Jason

Yes you can mix it. I cheated... pulled screws, pulled caps, drained and added 355ml and put caps back on. I used 10w and have only got a short ride sofar after doing, but the stock fish oil seemed thicker. Pretty Metal Flake colored even. Figured no biggy, run it this way for awhile and maybe later do a proper flush and fill, consider this pre-soak. Dooden A15 Green Ape

[clint lee jin yew]

i just changed my fork oil last week, with 10w-30 engine oil, yes its true and it works fine a lot cheaper too. clint --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jason Arsenault wrote:

> > Hey guys, > I have a few questions about fork oil for the KLR. > 1. Can I mix 20w with 5w of the same brand to make 15w? I want to

try 15w in my fork but the bike shop where I live only stocks 5w, 10w and 20w. I know you can mix weights in a mountain bike fork but don't know about KLRs.

> > 2. After adding the oil to the fork fully compressed is the

measurement 170mm or 190mm from the top of the sanchion tube to get the correct oil volume? I've seen both numbers on different sites. Wondering which one is correct.

> > Thanks guys, > Jason > > > > --------------------------------- > Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada

Messenger with Voice

> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >

[el_derrick2001]

I feel like an offical DSN_KLR member after updating my doohickey, getting my valves in check and cleaning my oil screen. My Orginal doohickey was in good shape but I feel much better now that it is upgraded. I also cleaned the oil screen even though this probably did not have to be done. There was a small wire of some kind that i felt was kind of odd. I also checked my valve clearence and they were getting tight. My Left Exhaust was at .002, Right exhaust was at .002, Left Intake was at .003 and right intake was at .004. I set them all to the max clearence and now i got some slap happy valves:). When i bought the bike i had 4,000 miles on it and the owner told me that all the maintenance was up to date by the shop (including valve check). I now have 13,000 miles. I never got around to checking them until now, good thing i did because i was looking at catastrophic engine failure!!!!!