2009 us spec klr650 owner's manual.

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Jeff, " guess I wouldn't put much faith in a lot of what that manual says. : )" Kinda why I bothered with a valve lash inspection at 600 miles. 15,000 was just too long to wait. Besides, it was easy and I had free use of a m/c shop on a Monday! =) As mentioned before, at 600 miles I had 1 intake valve right in the middle of the range, 1 exhaust at roughly 75% of the maximum gap and 1 In/Ex each at less than 50% of the allowable gap. I went down a shim size on the last two and left the others alone. Waiting to change the oil at 600 miles I could've lived with. But, not waiting another 6,900 miles to do it again on a new engine (or a broken-in one for that matter!) I went back and rechecked the oil I had leftover yesterday and I told ya'll wrong. I didn't add 2,500ml to the drained engine. I only added about 2,400ml..... and It still shows no bubble in the sight glass after rundown. Not KLR related: I also have a Honda GL1800. The 1st oil change for a brand new, took it home from the dealership Gold Wing is at 4,000 miles and then every 8,000 miles after that. It's got 10W-30 oil in it new, also. Think I waited anywhere near that long? lol -eddie -----Original Message-----

>From: Jeff Saline >Sent: Jul 8, 2009 9:52 AM >To: transalp1@... >Cc: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] 2009 US Spec KLR650 owner's manual. > >eddie, > >Thanks for the quick answer. > >I guess I wouldn't put much faith in a lot of what that manual says. : ) > >Best, > >Jeff Saline >ABC # 4412 South Dakota Airmarshal >Airheads Beemer Club www.airheads.org >The Beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota >75 R90/6, 03 KLR650, 79 R100RT > >On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 09:41:06 -0400 "transalp 1" >writes: >> It lists 5 gears and the very 1st valve inspection at 24km/15mi. >> Oil change intervals are: 1st at 1,000km/600mi., then at >> 12,000km/7,500mi. >> and every 12,000km/7,500mi. afterward. >> >> Personal observations on the 09' in my driveway: >> Oil was NASTY at just over 100 miles when changed and the filter >> had >> trapped metal particles visible. Oil was nasty again at 600 miles. >> Also, >> when the 2 of the 4 valves inspected were found to be on their way >> to too >> tight. >> >> eddie