I know that I don't have any numbers, and I don't think anyone else
does, however I am keeping a record of KLR motors that I have seen
inside of.
Right now, because of what I have seen, and heard, my educated guess
is in the neighborhood of 35-40%. It doesn't really matter to me
what the actual figure is because when I see that many failed
doohickey's and/or springs, and I know that they have failed at all
different milages, I KNOW that it NEEDS to be done, to be 100% sure
that I won't have any problems.
I understand the internet thing, but believe me, when you open up
even just 10 motors, and you see the same thing over and over again,
and you've talked to dozens of folks who are seeing the same thing,
it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that there is a
problem with doohickey failure on the KLR's.
When someone says that they think it's just a internet paranioa
thing, just ask them how many KLR motor's they have been into. I'll
bet that it's less than 2.
Your not going to hear many, if any, riders say that they have
problems with the doohickey, unless they go into the motor to look
for it.
Your not going to hear many riders at all say that the bike just
broke down, and they opened the motor up to see that the doohickey
was broken and it seized the motor. These awesome bikes just keep
running anyway. I went into one motor last month, that had 30,000
miles on it, and the spring and top 1/2 of the doohickey were
completely gone. The bike still ran, and the owner rode the bike
alot. Yes it vibrated like a KTM, and the balancer chain was eating
into the sides of the case, and loose parts had scored up some other
stuff in there, but the sucker just kept on going. So you won't know
for sure, till you look. When you couple that fact with the fact
that most riders will only put 2,000 miles a year on their bikes, you
can see why your not going to hear of people being broke down because
of this problem. But it is there.
MrMoose
A8 (Barbie and Ken special)
M
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DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Dennis Angus"
wrote:
> Anyone have actual numbers and/or percentages for the Doohickey
> problem? Another list used the Doohickey problem, on this list,to
> convince others that some problems are nothing more than internet
> induced paranoia. I took issue with this, but I couldn't argue
> numbers to illustrate the point. I had the problem and thanks to
> this list, I was able to cure it. [ Belated thanks to Jake, Devon,
> etc.] In my humble opinion this is the best list on the internet.
> [Sorry, my previous post should have been nklr.]
>
> Thanks
>
> DAngus
> A-11 [sold to brother]
> 03 V-Strom